The following proposals for change were received by the International Bureau and made available as PFC files. Received comments have been included as Annexes to the PFC files concerned.

  • PCT/EF/PFC 08/010: Changes to Annex F (relating to the filing and processing of sequence listings)
    proposal by the International Bureau (extract from circular C. PCT 1149 - SCIT 2652)
  • PCT/EF/PFC 08/009: Changes to Annex F (transmission protocol and formatting requirements)
    proposal by the United States Patent Office
  • PCT/EF/PFC 08/008: Changes to Annex F, Appendix I (CAF)
    proposal by the European Patent Office, the Japan Patent Office and the United States Patent Office
  • PCT/EF/PFC 08/007: Changes to Annex F, Appendix I (sequence listings)
    proposal by the International Bureau
  • PCT/EF/PFC 08/006: Changes to Annex F, Appendix I (e-mail)
    proposal by the International Bureau
  • PCT/EF/PFC 08/005: Changes to Annex F, Appendix I (The XML tagging of corrections and changes)
    proposal by the European Patent Office and the International Bureau
  • PCT/EF/PFC 08/004: Updates to package-data DTD adding some of the missing document types xmit-receipt, ro-requestreceiving-info and pre-conversion-filespackage
    proposal by the International Bureau
  • PCT/EF/PFC 08/003: Changes to Annex F, Appendix I (PCT 2008 Rule Changes)
    proposal by the International Bureau
  • PCT/EF/PFC 08/002: Changes to Annex F, Appendix I (Priority Document Digital Access Service)
    proposal by the International Bureau
  • PCT/EF/PFC 08/001: Changes to Annex F, Appendix I (power of attorney)
    proposal by the International Bureau

Attention is drawn to the following circular, whose contents may have relevance to electronic processing of applications:

  • C. PCT 1132 (21 February 2008): Proposed modifications of certain Forms relating to the Receiving Office, the International Searching Authority and the International Bureau