---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 1.438"
title: "37"
number: "1.438"
heading: "The abstract."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/1.438"
---

# §1.438. The abstract.

- (a) Requirements as to the content and form of the abstract are set forth in PCT [Rule 8](/cfr/37/8.md), and shall be adhered to.
- (b) Lack of an abstract upon filing of an international application will not affect the granting of a filing date. However, failure to furnish an abstract within one month from the date of the notification by the Receiving Office will result in the international application being declared withdrawn.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1.401 to 1.499 also issued under 35 U.S.C. 41 and 351 through 376.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 20466, May 11, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, unless otherwise noted.