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<!doctype html><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /><title></title><style>span.block { display: block; }</style></head><body><span class="block" style=""><span style="font-size:36px"><strong>Description</strong></span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style="font-size:28px"><strong>Title of Invention: </strong></span><span style="font-size:28px"><strong>PCT Test Application </strong></span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">[0001]</span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">The</span><span style=""> description must disclose the invention in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for it to be carried out by a person skilled in the art. It must start with the title of the invention as appearing in Box No. I of the request. Rule 5 contains detaile</span><span style="">d requirements as to the “manner and order” of the description, which, generally, should be in six parts. Those parts should have the following headings: “Technical Field”, “Background Art”, “Disclosure of Invention”, “Brief Description of Drawings”, “Best</span><span style=""> Mode for Carrying Out the Invention” or, where appropriate (see paragraph 115), “Mode(s) for Carrying Out the Invention”, “Industrial Applicability”, and, where applicable, “Sequence Listing” and “Sequence Listing Free Text”. </span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">[0002]</span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">For the purposes of according an international filing date, the requirement that the international application be in a prescribed language is met, in most receiving Offices, if the description and claims (but not necessarily the other elem</span><span style="">ents of the international application) are in a language accepted by the receiving Office under Rule 12.1(a) or (c) (see Rule 20.4(c) and paragraph 54). If any of the other elements of the international application are not in a language accepted by the rec</span><span style="">eiving Office, they may be corrected later without affecting the international filing date (see paragraphs 240 and 241). </span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">[0003]</span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">A translation will need to be furnished by the applicant in respect of any international </span><span style="">application which is filed in a language which is not a language accepted by the International Searching Authority which is to carry out the international search and/or a language of publication; see paragraphs 229 to 236). </span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">[0004]</span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">In</span><span style=""> certain Offices, however, Rule 20.4(c) is incompatible with the applicable national law. For as long as that incompatibility continues, that Rule will not apply for those Offices; all elements of an international application filed with tho</span><span style="">se Offices as receiving Office must therefore comply with the language requirements of Rule 12.1 before an international filing date can be accorded (see Annex C for details). </span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">[0005]</span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">What</span><span style=""> is the effect of failing to f</span><span style="">ile a paper copy of the international application when the request is prepared using the PCT-EASY software? A PCT-EASY diskette filed alone - without any corresponding application papers - does not meet the requirements for according an international filin</span><span style="">g date. The paper form of the international application remains the legally determinative version. Thus, the paper form of the international application which accompanies a request prepared filed using PCTEASY must contain the required elements in order to</span><span style=""> receive an international filing date. See paragraph 240A for further details about receiving an international filing date for requests prepared using the PCT-EASY software. </span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">[0006]</span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">What</span><span style=""> date is accorded as the interna</span><span style="">tional filing date? The reply to this question depends on whether the requirements for according an international filing date (see paragraph 222) were fulfilled on the date on which the international application was received by the receiving Office or - fo</span><span style="">llowing correction of defects in relation to those requirements - on a later date. </span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">[0007]</span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">The international filing date will, in the former case, be the date on which the international application was received by the </span><span style="">receiving Office and, in the latter case, the date on which the correction was received by the receiving Office. Naturally, any correction has to comply with some conditions; in particular it has to be filed within a certain time limit. More is said about </span><span style="">this in paragraph 238. Where all the sheets pertaining to the same international application are not received on the same day by the receiving Office, see Rule 20.2 and paragraphs 238(b) and 239. </span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">[0008]</span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">Does non-payme</span><span style="">nt, incomplete payment or late payment of fees influence the international filing date? The reply to this question is in the negative. However, those defects will eventually lead the receiving Office to declare that the international application is, or cer</span><span style="">tain designations are, considered withdrawn (see paragraphs 213 and 214). Although an international application which has not been accorded an international filing date and an international application which is considered withdrawn are both excluded from f</span><span style="">urther processing in the international phase, an international application which fulfills the requirements necessary for it to be accorded an international filing date may be invoked as a priority application under the Paris Convention for the Protection o</span><span style="">f Industrial Property (if the conditions laid down by that Convention are fulfilled) even where the international application is considered withdrawn under the PCT (for non-payment of fees or other reasons). </span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">[0009]</span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">Ca</span><span style="">n</span><span style=""> the receiving Office refuse to treat an international application as such for reasons of national security? Each </span><span style="">ContractingState</span><span style=""> is free to apply measures deemed necessary for the preservation of its national security. For example, each receiving Office</span><span style=""> has the right not to treat an international application as such and not to transmit the record copy to the International Bureau and the search copy to the International Searching Authority. </span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">[0010]</span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">Compliance with nat</span><span style="">ional security prescriptions where the international application is filed with the International Bureau as receiving Office will not be checked by the International Bureau; such compliance is the applicant’s responsibility. Where an international filing da</span><span style="">te has been accorded but national security considerations prevent transmittal of the record copy, the receiving Office must so declare to the International Bureau before the expiration of 13, or at the latest 17, months from the priority date. </span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">[0011]</span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">How</span><span style=""> does the applicant know whether his application has been accorded an international filing date or that his application is not treated as an international application or is considered to have been withdrawn? Where the r</span><span style="">eceiving Office accords an international filing date to the international application, it promptly notifies the applicant of that date and of the international application number; where it decides that the international application is not to be treated as </span><span style="">an international application (because of a negative determination for lack of compliance with Article 11, or because national security considerations prevent it from being treated as such) or is to be considered withdrawn, it promptly notifies the applican</span><span style="">t accordingly. </span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style="font-size:36px"><strong>Claims</strong></span></span><span class="block" style=""><li><span style="">The claim or claims must “define the matter for which protection is sought.” Claims must be clear and concise. They must be fully supported by the description. Rule 6 contains detailed requirements as to the number and numbering of</span><span style=""> claims, the extent to which any claim may refer to other parts of the international application, the manner of claiming, and dependent claims. As to the manner of claiming, the claims must, whenever appropriate, be in two distinct parts; namely, the state</span><span style="">ment of the prior art and the statement of the features for which protection is sought (“the characterizing portion”). </span></li></span><span class="block" style=""><li><span style="">In principle, under the PCT, any dependent claim which refers to more than one other claim (“multiple dependent claim”) must refer to su</span><span style="">ch claims in the alternative only, and multiple dependent claims cannot serve as a basis for any other multiple dependent claim. However, the national laws of most Contracting States permit a manner of claiming which is different from that provided for in </span><span style="">the preceding sentence, and the use of that different manner of claiming is in principle also permitted under the PCT. </span></li></span><span class="block" style=""><li><span style="">For the purposes of those designated States where that different manner of claiming is not permitted, the applicant must decide which dr</span><span style="">afting style to adopt. If that different manner of claiming is used, amendments may need to be made to the claims during the national phase in those States which do not permit it. Moreover, the national Offices of such States, when they act as Internationa</span><span style="">l Searching Authorities, may indicate under Article 17(2)(b) that a meaningful search could not be carried out if that different manner of claiming is used (see paragraph 280). </span></li></span><span class="block" style=""><li><span style="">An international application should be drafted so that the claims relate to on</span><span style="">ly one invention or to a group of inventions so linked as to form a single general inventive concept. This principle is laid down in Rule 13. Observance of this requirement is checked by neither the receiving Office nor the International Bureau, but it is </span><span style="">checked by, and is important to the procedure before, the International Searching Authority (see paragraphs 281 to 287) and the International Preliminary Examining Authority (see paragraph 398), and may be relevant in the national phase before the designat</span><span style="">ed and elected Offices. </span></li></span><span class="block" style=""><li><span style="">Since separate searches and examinations are required for distinctly different inventions, additional fees are required if the international search or international preliminary examination is to cover two or more inventions (or gro</span><span style="">ups of inventions linked as just described). </span></li></span><span class="block" style=""><li><span style="">The physical requirements are the same as those for the description as outlined in paragraph 120. Note that the claims must commence on a new sheet. </span></li></span><span class="block" style=""><li><span style="">The claims may include tables if this is desirable in view o</span><span style="">f the subject matter involved. In this case, the tables must be included in the text of the relevant claim; </span><span style="">they may not be annexed to the claims nor may reference be made to tables contained in the description (see paragraph 124). </span></li></span><span class="block" style=""><li><span style="">The claims may be amend</span><span style="">ed under Article 19 on receipt of the international search report (see paragraphs 296 to 303); they may also be amended during international preliminary examination if the applicant has filed a demand (see paragraphs 345 and 393) and during the national ph</span><span style="">ase (see Volume II). </span></li></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style="font-size:36px"><strong>Abstract</strong></span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style="">The abstract must consist of a summary of the disclosure as contained in the description, the claims and any drawings. Where applicable, it must also contain the most characteristic chemical formula. The abstract must be as</span><span style=""> concise as the disclosure permits (preferably 50 to 150 words if it is in English or when translated into English). </span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style="font-size:36px"><strong>Drawings</strong></span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">[Fig. 1]</span><span style=""></span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style="">[Fig. 2]</span><span style=""></span></span><span class="block" style=""><span style="font-size:27px"></span></span></body></html>