PCT Applicant's Guide - International Phase
CHAPTER 1: THIS GUIDE AND ITS ANNEXES
CHAPTER 3: THE “INTERNATIONAL PHASE” AND THE “NATIONAL PHASE” OF THE PCT PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 4: USEFULNESS OF THE PCT FOR APPLICANTS
CHAPTER 5: FILING AN INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION
Box No. I: Title of Invention
Boxes Nos. II and III: Applicants; Inventors
Box No. IV: Agent or Common Representative
Box No. V: Designation of States
Box No. VI: Priority Claim and Restoration of the Right of Priority
Box No. VII: International Searching Authority
Box No. VIII: Declarations
Box No. IX: Check List
Box No. X: Signature of Applicant or Agent
Notes to the Request Form
Fee Calculation Sheet
CHAPTER 6: PROCESSING OF THE INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION BY THE RECEIVING OFFICE
- General
- International Filing Date
- Translation of International Applications
- Correction of Defects and Incorporation by Reference of Missing Elements or Parts
- Record Copy and Search Copy
- General
- Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Listings
- Limitations on International Search
- Unity of Invention
- Title and Abstract
- International Search Report
- Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority
CHAPTER 8: SUPPLEMENTARY INTERNATIONAL SEARCH
Box No. I: Identification of the International Application
Box No. II: Applicant
Box No. III: Agent or Common Representative
Box No. IV: Basis for Supplementary International Search
Box No. V: Check List
Box No. VI: Signature of Applicant, Agent or Common Representative
Notes to the Supplementary Search Request Form
Fee Calculation Sheet
- Fees
- Processing of the Supplementary Search Request by the International Bureau
- Supplementary International Search Procedure
- General
- Amendment of the Claims Under Article 19
- International Publication
- Communication of Copies to the Designated Offices
CHAPTER 10: INTERNATIONAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION UNDER CHAPTER II OF THE PCT
- General
- Making a Demand for International Preliminary Examination
- Translation of International Application for the Purposes of International Preliminary Examination
- The Demand
Box No. I: Identification of the International Application
Box No. II: Applicant(s)
Box No. III: Agent or Common Representative
Box No. IV: Basis for International Preliminary Examination (Statement Concerning
Amendments and Indication of the Language for the Purposes of International Preliminary Examination)
Box No. V: Election of States
Box No. VI: Check List
Box No. VII: Signature of Applicant, Agent or
Common Representative
Notes to the Demand Form
Fee Calculation Sheet
- Fees
- Processing of the Demand for International Preliminary Examination
- The International Preliminary Examination
- The International Preliminary Examination Report on Patentability (Chapter II of the PCT)
CHAPTER 11: MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL PHASE
- Representation by Agents and Common Representatives
- Correspondence to the Applicant
- Changes Concerning the Applicant, Inventor, Agent or Common Representative
- Death of Applicant or Inventor
- Applicant Unavailable or Unwilling to Sign the International Application or Other Documents
- Rectification of Obvious Mistakes
- Amendments of the Claims, Description and Drawings
- Withdrawals
- Computation of Time Limits
- Irregularities in the Mail Service
- Excuse of Delay in Meeting Time Limits
- Filing of Letters, Documents and Papers
- Confidentiality of International Applications
- References to Deposited Biological Material
- Requirements for Sequence Listings
- Extension of International Applications to Successor States of Former Contracting States
- Filing of Request Form Print-outs Produced by the PCT-SAFE Software
- Licensing Indications
- Third Party Observations
