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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

Section 1801 Basic Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Principles
Section 1802 PCT Definitions
Section 1803 Reservations Under the PCT Taken by, and Notifications of Incompatibility Made by, the United States of America
Section 1804 [Reserved]
Section 1805 Where To File an International Application
Section 1806 Applicants and Inventors
Section 1807 Agent or Common Representative and General Power of Attorney
Section 1808 Change in or Revocation of the Appointment of an Agent or a Common Representative
Section 1809 PAIR Access
Section 1810 Filing Date Requirements
Section 1811 [Reserved]
Section 1812 Elements of the International Application
Section 1817 PCT Member States
Section 1818 [Reserved]
Section 1819 Earlier Search
Section 1820 Signature of Applicant
Section 1821 The Request
Section 1822 [Reserved]
Section 1823 The Description
Section 1823.01 Reference to Deposited Biological Material
Section 1823.02 Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Listings, and Tables Related to Sequence Listings
Section 1824 The Claims
Section 1825 The Drawings
Section 1826 The Abstract
Section 1827 Fees
Section 1827.01 Refund of International Application Fees
Section 1828 Priority Claim and Document
Section 1828.01 Restoration of the Right of Priority
Section 1828.02 Continuation or Continuation-in-Part Indication in the Request
Section 1829 [Reserved]
Section 1830 International Application Transmittal Letter
Section 1831 [Reserved]
Section 1832 License Request for Foreign Filing Under the PCT
Section 1833 [Reserved]
Section 1834 Correspondence
Section 1834.01 Filing of Correspondence by Facsimile
Section 1834.02 Irregularities in the Mail or Electronic Communications Service
Section 1835 [Reserved]
Section 1836 Rectification of Obvious Mistakes
Section 1840 The International Searching Authority
Section 1840.01 The European Patent Office as an International Searching Authority
Section 1840.02 The Korean Intellectual Property Office as an International Searching Authority
Section 1840.03 The Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) as an International Searching Authority
Section 1840.04 The Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) (Russian Federation) as an International Searching Authority
Section 1840.05 The Israel Patent Office (ILPO) as an International Searching Authority
Section 1840.06 The Japan Patent Office (JPO) as an International Searching Authority
Section 1840.07 The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) as an International Searching Authority
Section 1841 [Reserved]
Section 1842 Basic Flow Under the PCT
Section 1843 The International Search
Section 1843.01 Prior Art for Chapter I Processing
Section 1843.02 Certain Subject Matter Need Not Be Searched
Section 1843.03 No Search Required if Claims Are Unclear
Section 1843.04 Procedure for Claims Not Required To Be Searched and for Claims That Are Unclear
Section 1843.05 Time Limit for Establishing the International Search Report and the Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority
Section 1844 The International Search Report
Section 1844.01 Preparing the International Search Report (Form PCT/ISA/210)
Section 1845 Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority
Section 1845.01 Preparing the Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority (Form PCT/ISA/237)
Section 1845.02 Notification of Transmittal of the International Search Report and the Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority, or the Declaration (Form PCT/ISA/220)
Section 1848 Sequence Listings
Section 1849 [Reserved]
Section 1850 Unity of Invention Before the International Searching Authority
Section 1851 Identification of Patent Documents
Section 1852 Taking Into Account Results of Earlier Search(es)
Section 1853 Amendment Under PCT Article 19
Section 1856 Supplementary International Searches
Section 1857 International Publication
Section 1858 [Reserved]
Section 1859 Withdrawal of International Application, Designations, or Priority Claims
Section 1860 International Preliminary Examination Procedure
Section 1861 [Reserved]
Section 1862 Agreement With the International Bureau To Serve as an International Preliminary Examining Authority
Section 1863 [Reserved]
Section 1864 The Demand and Preparation for Filing of Demand
Section 1864.01 Amendments Filed Under PCT Article 34
Section 1864.02 Applicant’s Right To File a Demand
Section 1864.03 States Which May Be Elected
Section 1864.04 Agent’s Right To Act
Section 1865 Filing of Demand
Section 1866 [Reserved]
Section 1867 Preliminary Examination Fees
Section 1868 Correction of Defects in the Demand
Section 1869 Notification to International Bureau of Demand
Section 1870 Priority Document and Translation Thereof
Section 1871 Processing Amendments Filed Under Article 19 and Article 34 Prior to or at the Start of International Preliminary Examination
Section 1872 Availability of the International Application File for International Preliminary Examination by the Examining Corps
Section 1873 [Reserved]
Section 1874 Determination if International Preliminary Examination Is Required and Possible
Section 1875 Unity of Invention Before the International Preliminary Examining Authority
Section 1875.01 Preparation of Invitation Concerning Unity
Section 1875.02 Reply to Invitation Concerning Lack of Unity of Invention
Section 1876 Notation of Errors and Informalities by the Examiner
Section 1876.01 Request for Rectification and Notification of Action Thereon
Section 1877 Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Listings During the International Preliminary Examination
Section 1878 Preparation of the Written Opinion of the International Preliminary Examining Authority
Section 1878.01 [Reserved]
Section 1878.01(a) Prior Art for Purposes of the Written Opinion and the International Preliminary Examination Report
Section 1878.01(a)(1) Novelty for Purposes of the Written Opinion and the International Preliminary Examination Report
Section 1878.01(a)(2) Inventive Step for Purposes of the Written Opinion and the International Preliminary Examination Report
Section 1878.01(a)(3) Industrial Applicability for Purposes of the Written Opinion and the International Preliminary Examination Report
Section 1878.02 Reply to the Written Opinion of the ISA or IPEA
Section 1879 Preparation of the International Preliminary Examination Report
Section 1879.01 Time Limit for Preparing Report
Section 1879.02 Transmittal of the International Preliminary Examination Report
Section 1879.03 Translations
Section 1879.04 Confidential Nature of the Report
Section 1880 Withdrawal of Demand or Election
Section 1881 Receipt of Notice of Election and Preliminary Examination Report by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Section 1893 National Stage (U.S. National Application Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 371)
Section 1893.01 Commencement and Entry
Section 1893.01(a) Entry via the U.S. Designated or Elected Office
Section 1893.01(a)(1) Submissions Required by 30 Months from the Priority Date
Section 1893.01(a)(2) Article 19 Amendment (Filed With the International Bureau)
Section 1893.01(a)(3) Article 34 Amendments (Filed with the International Preliminary Examining Authority)
Section 1893.01(a)(4) Claim Amendment (Filed With the U.S. Designated or Elected Office)
Section 1893.01(b) Applicant for a U.S. National Stage Application
Section 1893.01(c) Fees
Section 1893.01(d) Translation
Section 1893.01(e) Inventor’s Oath or Declaration
Section 1893.02 Abandonment
Section 1893.03 Prosecution of U.S. National Stage Applications Before the Examiner
Section 1893.03(a) How To Identify That an Application Is a U.S. National Stage Application
Section 1893.03(b) The Filing Date of a U.S. National Stage Application
Section 1893.03(c) The Priority Date, Priority Claim, and Priority Papers for a U.S. National Stage Application
Section 1893.03(d) Unity of Invention
Section 1893.03(e) Documents Received from the International Bureau and Placed in a U.S. National Stage Application File
Section 1893.03(e)(1) Title of the Invention
Section 1893.03(f) Drawings and PCT Rule 11
Section 1893.03(g) Information Disclosure Statement in a National Stage Application
Section 1894 [Reserved]
Section 1895 A Continuation, Divisional, or Continuation- in- Part Application of a PCT Application Designating the United States
Section 1895.01 Handling of and Considerations in the Handling of Continuations, Divisions, and Continuations-In-Part of PCT Applications
Section 1896 The Differences Between a National Application Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) and a National Stage Application Submitted Under 35 U.S.C. 371

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

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