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PCT Circulars 2016

Number Date Concerning
C. PCT 1491 December 22, 2016 Report for the ninth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group on the web site of WIPO at: https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=39464
C. PCT 1490 December 16, 2016 Report on Characteristics of International Search Reports (data underlying the graphs in the Annex ZIP, title goes here) PDF, Circulars
C. PCT 1489 December 15, 2016 Promulgating modifications to the Administrative Instructions under the PCT, the PCT Receiving Office Guidelines and the PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines, with effect from December 15, 2016.
C. PCT 1488 November 30, 2016 Use of National Classification Symbols in International Applications
C. PCT 1487 December 22, 2016 Technical requirements to enable the implementation of the notification to the International Bureau of information concerning events at designated and elected Offices related to the national phase entry of international applications, following the adoption by the PCT Assembly, in October 2015, of amendments to PCT Rule 95.1 that will enter into force on July 1, 2017
C. PCT 1486 November 30, 2016 Number of Words in Abstracts and Front Page Drawings  (data underlying the graphs in the Annex ZIP, title goes here)  
C. PCT 1485 November 17, 2016 Transition from WIPO Standard ST.25 to WIPO Standard ST.26 for the presentation of Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequence Listings. To facilitate completion, the questionnaire is also available as a Word document WORD, Circulars
C. PCT 1484 November 3, 2016 Invitation to the twenty-fourth session of the Meeting of International Authorities under the PCT (PCT/MIA), which will be hosted by the Nordic Patent Institute in Reykjavík from February 8 to 10, 2017, and to the MIA Quality Subgroup, also in Reykjavík on February 6 and 7, 2017.
C. PCT 1483 October 11, 2016 Invitation to submit its annual report on its quality management.
C. PCT 1482 September 20, 2016 Availability of new ePCT tools designed to support International Authorities in producing international search reports and written opinions, and inviting feedback from your Office on those tools.
C. PCT 1481 August 25, 2016 Report for the twenty-ninth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Committee for Technical Cooperation on the web site of WIPO at: https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=39465
C. PCT 1480 August 15, 2016 Proposed modifications to the Administrative Instructions under the PCT, the PCT Receiving Office Guidelines and the PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines
C. PCT 1479 June 24, 2016 Renewal of the Agreement that your Office has with the International Bureau in relation to the functioning of your Office as an International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority
C. PCT 1478 June 23, 2016 Promulgating modifications to the Administrative Instructions under the PCT, certain PCT forms relating to the Receiving Office, the International Bureau, the International Searching Authority, the Authority specified for Supplementary International Search and the International Preliminary Examining Authority, as well as modifications to the PCT Receiving Office Guidelines and to the PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines, with effect from July 1, 2016.
C. PCT 1477 July 22, 2016 Results of the “PCT Office Feedback Survey 2014-2015” assessing your level of satisfaction with PCT services
C. PCT 1476 June 2, 2016 Travel expenses and subsistence allowance for one delegate. Copies available on request to pct.legal@wipo.int
C. PCT 1475 April 12, 2016 Invitation to an informal session introducing the agenda items for discussion at the upcoming ninth session of the PCT Working Group, scheduled to take place in Geneva from May 17 to 20, 2016.
C. PCT 1474 March 29, 2016 Proposed modifications to the Administrative Instructions under the PCT, the PCT Receiving Office Guidelines and the PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines.  The proposed modifications implement amendments to the Regulations under the PCT, that will enter into force on July 1, 2016
C. PCT 1473 March 21, 2016 Travel expenses and subsistence allowance for one delegate. Copies available on request to pct.legal@wipo.int
C. PCT 1472 March 21, 2016 Travel expenses and subsistence allowance for one delegate. Copies available on request to pct.legal@wipo.int
C. PCT 1471 March 21, 2016 Travel expenses and subsistence allowance for one delegate. Copies available on request to pct.legal@wipo.int
C. PCT 1470 February 12, 2016 Invitation to participate in the ninth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group and in the twenty‑ninth session of the PCT Committee for Technical Cooperation, which will both be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), from May 17 to 20, 2016
C. PCT 1469 February 12, 2016 Invitation to participate in the ninth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group and in the twenty‑ninth session of the PCT Committee for Technical Cooperation, which will both be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), from May 17 to 20, 2016
C. PCT 1468 February 12, 2016 Invitation to participate in the ninth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group and in the twenty‑ninth session of the PCT Committee for Technical Cooperation, which will both be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), from May 17 to 20, 2016
C. PCT 1467 February 12, 2016 Invitation to participate in the ninth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group and in the twenty‑ninth session of the PCT Committee for Technical Cooperation, which will both be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), from May 17 to 20, 2016
C. PCT 1466 February 12, 2016 Invitation to participate in the ninth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group and in the twenty‑ninth session of the PCT Committee for Technical Cooperation, which will both be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), from May 17 to 20, 2016
C. PCT 1465 January 22, 2016 PCT Office Feedback Survey 2014 - 2015
C. PCT 1464 January 6, 2016 Questionnaire on training for examiners in substantive examination of patents.  To facilitate completion, the questionnaire is available as a Word document WORD, Circulars