PCT Applicant's Guide - International Phase

CHAPTER 1: THIS GUIDE AND ITS ANNEXES Introduction
CHAPTER 2: WHAT IS THE PCT?
CHAPTER 3: THE INTERNATIONAL PHASE AND THE NATIONAL PHASE OF THE PCT PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 4: USEFULNESS OF THE PCT FOR APPLICANTS Regional Patents via the PCT
CHAPTER 5: FILING AN INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION General The Request 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 The Description The Claims The Drawings The Abstract Other Formal Requirements Fees
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
CHAPTER 7: THE INTERNATIONAL SEARCH PROCEDURE: PROCESSING OF THE INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION BY THE INTERNATIONAL SEARCHING AUTHORITY 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 General Supplementary Search Request 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
CHAPTER 9: INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION, AMENDMENT OF CLAIMS, AND OTHER PROCESSING OF THE INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION BY THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU 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 Licensing Indications Third Party Observations

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