PCT APPLICANT'S GUIDE – INTERNATIONAL PHASE

1 PCT Applicant s GUIDE INTERNATIONAL PHASE Contents Page 1 1 July 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS PCT APPLICANT S GUIDE INTERNATIONAL PHASE Paragraphs CHAPTER 1: THIS GUIDE AND ITS 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.

2 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.

3 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, or Correct Elements or Parts in case they have been erroneously filed .. Record Copy and Search Copy .. CHAPTER 7: THE INTERNATIONAL SEARCH PROCEDURE: PROCESSING OF THE INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION BY THE INTERNATIONAL SEARCHING AUTHORITY.

4 General .. Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Listings .. PCT Applicant s GUIDE INTERNATIONAL PHASE Contents Page 2 1 July 2020 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.

5 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.

6 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.

7 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 .. PCT Applicant s GUIDE INTERNATIONAL PHASE Contents Page 3 1 July 2020 Processing of the Demand for INTERNATIONAL Preliminary Examination.

8 The INTERNATIONAL Preliminary Examination .. The INTERNATIONAL Preliminary 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.

9 Rectification of Obvious Mistakes .. Amendments of the Claims, Description and Drawings .. Withdrawals .. Computation of Time 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.

10 Third Party Observations .. INDEX ANNEXES A List of Contracting States B General Information on Contracting States and Intergovernmental Organizations C Receiving Offices D INTERNATIONAL Searching Authorities SISA INTERNATIONAL Searching Authorities (Supplementary Search) E INTERNATIONAL Preliminary Examining Authorities K Country Names and Two-Letter Codes L Deposits of Microorganisms and Other Biological Material: Requirements of Designated and Elected Offices List of Depositary Institutions PCT Applicant s GUIDE INTERNATIONAL PHASE Page 1 1 July 2020 CHAPTER 1 THIS GUIDE AND ITS ANNEXES INTRODUCTION This part of the PCT Applicant s GUIDE (the GUIDE ) consists of general information on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) intended for those interested in filing INTERNATIONAL patent applications, in particular, information on the INTERNATIONAL PHASE of the PCT procedure.