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Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations   RULE 65 INVENTIVE STEP OR NON-OBVIOUSNESS 65.1 Approach to Prior Art For the purposes of Article 33(3), the international preliminary examination shall take into consideration the relation of any particular claim to the prior art as a whole. It shall take into consideration the claims’s relation not only to…

Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations   RULE 60 CERTAIN DEFECTS IN THE DEMAND OR ELECTIONS 60.1 Defects in the Demand (a) If the demand does not comply with the requirements specified in Rules 53 and 55, the International Preliminary Examining Authority shall invite the applicant to correct the defects within 1 month from the date…

Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations   RULE 50 FACULTY UNDER ARTICLE 22(3) 50.1 Exercise of Faculty (a) Any Contracting State allowing a time limit expiring later than the time limits provided for in Article 22(1) or (2) shall notify the International Bureau of the time limits so fixed. (b) Any notification received by the International…

Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations   RULE 50 FACULTY UNDER ARTICLE 22(3) 50.1 Exercise of Faculty (a) Any Contracting State allowing a time limit expiring later than the time limits provided for in Article 22(1) or (2) shall notify the International Bureau of the time limits so fixed. (b) Any notification received by the International…

Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations   RULE 47 COMMUNICATION TO DESIGNATED OFFICES 47.1 Procedure (a) The communication provided for in Article 20 shall be effected by the International Bureau. (b) Such communication shall be effected promptly after the International Bureau has received amendments from the applicant, or a declaration that the applicant does not wish…

Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations   RULE 34 MINIMUM DOCUMENTATION 34.1 Definition (a) The definitions contained in Article 2(i) and (ii) shall not apply for the purposes of this Rule. (b) The documentation referred to in Article 15(4) (“minimum documentation”) shall consist of: (i) the “national patent documents”as specified in paragraph (c), (ii) the published…

Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations   RULE 21 PREPARATION OP COPIES 21.1 Responsibility of the Receiving Office (a) Where the international application is required to be filed in one copy, the receiving Office shall be responsible for preparing the home copy and the search copy required under Article 12(1). (b) Where the international application is…

Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations   Article 66 Denunciation (1) Any Contracting State may denounce this Treaty by notification addressed to the Director General. (2) Denunciation shall take effect six months after receipt of the said notification by the Director General. It shall not affect the effects of the international application in the denouncing State…

Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations   CHAPTER VII REVISION AND AMENDMENT Article 60 Revision of the Treaty (1) This Treaty may be revised from time to time by a special conference of the Contracting States. (2) The convocation of any revision conference shall be decided by the Assembly. (3) Any intergovernmental organization appointed as International…

Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations   Article 57 Finances (1)(a) The Union shall have a budget. (b) The budget of the Union shall include the income and expenses proper to the Union and its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the Unions administered by the Organization. (c) Expenses not attributable exclusively to the…

Patent Cooperation Treaty; with Regulations   Article 27 National Requirements (1) No national law shall require compliance with requirements relating to the form or contents of the international application different from or additional to those which are provided for in this Treaty and the Regulations. (2) The provisions of paragraph (1) neither affect the application…