---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 1.54"
title: "37"
number: "1.54"
heading: "Parts of application to be filed together; filing receipt."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/1.54"
---

# §1.54. Parts of application to be filed together; filing receipt.

- (a) It is desirable that all parts of the complete application be deposited in the Office together; otherwise, a letter must accompany each part, accurately and clearly connecting it with the other parts of the application. See § [1.53 (f)](/cfr/37/1.53.md?p=f) and [(g)](/cfr/37/1.53.md?p=g) with regard to completion of an application.
- (b) Applicant will be informed of the application number and filing date by a filing receipt, unless the application is an application filed under [§ 1.53(d)](/cfr/37/1.53.md?p=d). A letter limited to a request for a filing receipt may be signed by a juristic applicant or patent owner.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 53188, Oct. 10, 1997, as amended at 78 FR 62399, Oct. 21, 2013]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[62 FR 53188, Oct. 10, 1997, as amended at 78 FR 62399, Oct. 21, 2013]