---
kind: "unit"
title: "35"
title_heading: "Patents"
key: "ptIV/ch36"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 36"
heading: "International Stage"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/35/ptIV-ch36"
sections_count: 8
---

# Chapter 36 — International Stage

Title 35 — Patents › Part IV — Patent Cooperation Treaty

## Sections

- [§361. Receiving Office](/usc/35/361.md)
- [§362. International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority](/usc/35/362.md)
- [§363. International application designating the United States: Effect](/usc/35/363.md)
- [§364. International stage: Procedure](/usc/35/364.md)
- [§365. Right of priority; benefit of the filing date of a prior application](/usc/35/365.md)
- [§366. Withdrawn international application](/usc/35/366.md)
- [§367. Actions of other authorities: Review](/usc/35/367.md)
- [§368. Secrecy of certain inventions; filing international applications in foreign countries](/usc/35/368.md)