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1801 MANUAL OF PATENTEXAMlNlNG PROCEDURE<br />
1878 Preparation ofthe Written Opinion<br />
1878.01(a) Pri<strong>or</strong> Art Under Chapter II<br />
1878.01(a)(I) Novelty Under Chapter II<br />
1878.01(a)(2) Inventive Step Under Chapter II<br />
1878.01(a)(3) Indnstrial Applicability Under<br />
Chapter II<br />
1878.02 Reply to the Written Opinion<br />
1879 Preparation ofthe International Preliminary<br />
Examination Rep<strong>or</strong>t<br />
1879.01 Time Limit f<strong>or</strong> Preparing Rep<strong>or</strong>t<br />
1879.02 Transmittal of the International Preliminary<br />
Examination Rep<strong>or</strong>t<br />
1879.03 Translations<br />
1879.04 Confidential Nature of the Rep<strong>or</strong>t<br />
1880 Withdrawal of Demand <strong>or</strong> Election .<br />
1881 Receipt ofNotice of Election by the <strong>Patent</strong><br />
1890<br />
1891<br />
1893.01{c)<br />
1893.01(d)<br />
1893.01(e)<br />
1893.02<br />
1893.03<br />
and Trademark Office<br />
Receipt of Notice of Designation<br />
Receipt of Notice of Election and Preliminary<br />
Examination Rep<strong>or</strong>t<br />
1893 National Stage (U.S. National Application<br />
Filed Under 35 U.S.C. 371)<br />
1893.01 Commencement and Entry<br />
1893.01(a) Entry via the U.S. Designated Office<br />
1893.01(a)(1) Submissions Reqnired by 20 Months From<br />
the.Pri<strong>or</strong>ity Date<br />
1893.01(a)(2) Article 19 Amendment (Filed With the<br />
International Bureau)<br />
1893.01(b) Entry via the U.S. Elected Office<br />
1893.01(b)(I) Submissions Required by 30 Months From<br />
the Pri<strong>or</strong>ity Date<br />
1893.01(b)(2) Article 19 and Article 34 Amendments<br />
(Filed With the International Preliminary<br />
Examining Auth<strong>or</strong>ity)<br />
Fees<br />
Translation<br />
OathlDeclaration<br />
Abandonment<br />
Prosecution ofUS. National Stage<br />
. Applications Bef<strong>or</strong>e the Examiner<br />
1893.03(a) How To Identify That an Application<br />
Is a U.S. National Stage Application<br />
1893.03(b) <strong>The</strong> Filing Date of a U.S. National Stage<br />
Application<br />
1893.03(c) <strong>The</strong> Pri<strong>or</strong>ity Date, Pri<strong>or</strong>ity Claim, and<br />
Pri<strong>or</strong>ity Papers f<strong>or</strong> a U.S. National Stage<br />
Application<br />
1893.03(d) Unity of Invention<br />
1893.03(e) Papers Received From the International<br />
Bureau and Placed in a U.S. National<br />
Stage Application File<br />
1893.03(f) Drawings and PCT Rille 11<br />
August 2001 1800-2<br />
1893.03(g) Inf<strong>or</strong>mation Disclosure Statement in a<br />
National Stage Application<br />
1895 A Continuation <strong>or</strong> Continnation-In-Part<br />
Application ofa PCT Application Designating<br />
the United States<br />
1895.01 Handling of and Considerations In the<br />
.Handling of National Applications Under<br />
35 US.c. 371 and 35 U.S.c. 111(a)<br />
Continnations and Continuations-In-Part<br />
of a PCT Application<br />
1896 <strong>The</strong> Differences Between a National<br />
Application Filed Under 35 US.C. 111(a)<br />
and a National Stage Application Filed<br />
Under 35 U.S.C. 371<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
This chapter is designed to be a guide f<strong>or</strong> patent<br />
examiners in searching and examining applications<br />
filed under the <strong>Patent</strong> Cooperation Treaty (PCT).<br />
Applicants desiring additional inf<strong>or</strong>mation f<strong>or</strong> filing<br />
international applications should obtain. a copy of the<br />
PCT Applicant's Guide from the W<strong>or</strong>ld Intellectual<br />
Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Articles and Regulations under the PCT are<br />
reproduced in Appendix T of this Manual and the<br />
Administrative Instructions are reproduced in Appendix<br />
AI of this Manual. <strong>The</strong> text ofthe PCTApplicant's<br />
Guide, the monthly PCT Newsletter, the weekly PCT<br />
Gazette, downloadable PCT f<strong>or</strong>ms, and additional<br />
inf<strong>or</strong>mation about the processing of international<br />
applications are available. from WIPO's website<br />
(www.wipo.int/pct).<br />
PCT applications are processed by the International<br />
Application Processing Division within the U.S.<br />
<strong>Patent</strong> and Trademark Office.<br />
1801 Basic <strong>Patent</strong> Cooperation<br />
Treaty (PCT) Principles<br />
MAJOR CONCEPTS OF THE PCT<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Patent</strong> Cooperation Treaty (PCT) enables the<br />
U.S. applicant to file one application, "an international<br />
application," 'in.· a standardized. f<strong>or</strong>mat in<br />
English in the U.S. Receiving Office (the U.S. <strong>Patent</strong><br />
and Trademark Office), and have that application<br />
acknowledged as a regular national. filing inas many<br />
member countries to the PCT as the applicant "designates"<br />
<strong>or</strong> "elects,"that is, names, as countries in