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Administrative Instructions under the Patent Cooperation Treaty

Section 415
Notification of Withdrawal under Rule 90bis.1, 90bis.2, 90bis.3, 90bis.3bis  or 90bis.4

(a)  The fact of withdrawal by the applicant of the international application under Rule 90bis.1, of designations under Rule 90bis.2, or of a priority claim under Rule 90bis.3, together with the date on which the notice effecting withdrawal reached the International Bureau, the International Preliminary Examining Authority or the receiving Office, shall be recorded by the International Bureau and promptly notified by it to the receiving Office, the applicant, the designated Offices affected by the withdrawal and, where the withdrawal concerns the international application or a priority claim and where the international search report, or the declaration referred to in Article 17(2)(a), and the written opinion of the International Searching Authority have not yet issued, the International Searching Authority. However, where the withdrawal concerns the international application and where the notice effecting withdrawal was filed with the receiving Office before the sending of the record copy to the International Bureau, that Bureau shall send the notifications referred to in the preceding sentence and in Rule 24.2(a) to the receiving Office and the applicant only.

(b)  If, at the time of the withdrawal of the international application under Rule 90bis.1, or of a priority claim under Rule 90bis.3, a demand has already been submitted and the international preliminary examination report has not yet issued, the International Bureau shall, unless the notice effecting withdrawal was submitted to the International Preliminary Examining Authority, promptly notify the fact of withdrawal to that Authority, together with the date on which the notice effecting withdrawal has reached the International Bureau or the receiving Office.

(c) If, at the time of the withdrawal of the international application under Rule 90bis.1, or of a priority claim under Rule 90bis.3, a supplementary search request has already been submitted and the supplementary international search report has not yet been established, the International Bureau shall promptly notify the fact of withdrawal to the Authority specified for supplementary search, together with the date on which the notice effecting withdrawal has reached the International Bureau or the receiving Office.

(d) The fact of withdrawal by the applicant of the supplementary search request under Rule 90bis.3bis, together with the date on which the notice effecting withdrawal was, or was considered to have been, submitted to the International Bureau, shall be promptly notified by that Bureau:

(i) to the applicant, and

(ii) to the Authority specified for supplementary search, unless the notice effecting withdrawal was submitted to that Authority.

(e)  The fact of withdrawal by the applicant of the demand or of one or more elections under Rule 90bis.4, together with the date on which the notice effecting withdrawal was, or was considered to have been, submitted to the International Bureau, shall be promptly notified by that Bureau:

(i) to the applicant,

(ii) to each elected Office affected by the withdrawal, except where it has not yet been notified of its election, and

(iii) in the case of withdrawal of the demand or of all elections, to the International Preliminary Examining Authority, unless the notice effecting withdrawal was submitted to that Authority.