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1864.03 MANUAL OFPATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE<br />
number <strong>or</strong> teleprinter address,'nationality and residence)<br />
are the same as those required underPCT Rule<br />
4 in connection with the Request. , Note that any<br />
invent<strong>or</strong> who is not also an applicant is not indicated<br />
in the Demand.<br />
If the rec<strong>or</strong>ding of a change in the,name <strong>or</strong> person<br />
has been requested under PCT Rule 92 bis :1 bef<strong>or</strong>e the<br />
Demand was filed, it is the applicai1t(s)ofrec?rdat<br />
the time when the Demand is filed who must be indicated<br />
in the Demand,<br />
1864.03 States Which May Be Elected<br />
PCTArticle 31.<br />
Demandf<strong>or</strong> 1nternational Preliminary Examination<br />
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(4)(a)<strong>The</strong> demand shall indicate the Contracting State <strong>or</strong><br />
States in which the applicant intends to usethe results of the international.<br />
preliminary.:examination__ ("elected _States"), _Additional<br />
Contracting States may be elected later. Election rna)' relate only<br />
to Contracting,States already designated under Anicle a.<br />
(b) Applicaots referred toinparagraph (2)(a) may' elect aoy<br />
Contracting State bound by: Chapter -II, Applicants referred to.in<br />
paragraph (2)(b) may elect only such Contracting States bound by<br />
Chapter II as have declared that they are prepared to be elected by<br />
such applicants.<br />
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Only PCT member states which have ratified <strong>or</strong><br />
acceded to Chapter Hand which lVere designated in<br />
the Requestmay be elected under. Chapter II. <strong>The</strong><br />
Assembly has taken no action to allow persons who<br />
are residents <strong>or</strong> nationals of a State not party to the<br />
PCT <strong>or</strong> not bound by Chapter II to make a Demand<br />
u.nder Article 31(2)(b).<br />
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1864.04 . Agellt's Right to Act<br />
Any agent entitled to practice bef<strong>or</strong>e the receiving<br />
Office where the international application was filed<br />
may represent the applicant bef<strong>or</strong>e the international<br />
auth<strong>or</strong>ities (PCT Article49).<br />
If f<strong>or</strong> any reason, the examiner needs to question<br />
the right of an att<strong>or</strong>ney <strong>or</strong> agent to practice bef<strong>or</strong>e the<br />
International Preliminary .Examining. Auth<strong>or</strong>ity, the<br />
USPTO roster of. registered att<strong>or</strong>neys and agents<br />
should be consulted.'. If the international application<br />
was filed with a receiving Office other than the United<br />
States, F<strong>or</strong>m PCTIIPEA/410 maybe used by the<br />
requesting IPEA to ask the receiving Office with<br />
August 2001<br />
1800-88<br />
which the international application was filed, whether<br />
the agent named in the international application has<br />
therightto practice bef<strong>or</strong>ethatOffice.<br />
<strong>The</strong> PCT Article and Regulations governing the<br />
right to practice are PCT Article 49 and PCT Rule 83.<br />
1865 Filing of Demand<br />
PCTArticle 31.<br />
Demandf<strong>or</strong> International Preliminary Examination<br />
(1) On.the demand of the applicant, his internationalapplication.<br />
shall be. the subject of an' international preliminary examinationas<br />
provided in the following provisions and.the Regulations.<br />
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(3). <strong>The</strong> demand f<strong>or</strong>._international. preliminary. examination<br />
shall be made separately from the international application. <strong>The</strong><br />
demCllld shall contain the prescribed particulars and shall be in the<br />
prescribed language and f<strong>or</strong>m.<br />
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(6)(a)<strong>The</strong>demaod shall be submitted to the competent International<br />
Preliminary Examining Auth<strong>or</strong>ity referred to in Article'<br />
32.<br />
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Applicants should mail the Demand·and appropriate<br />
fees directly to the International preliminary<br />
EXamining Auth<strong>or</strong>ity they desire toprepare theInternational<br />
Preliminary Examination . Rep<strong>or</strong>t. United<br />
States applicants who have had the international<br />
search prepared by the European <strong>Patent</strong> Office may<br />
als<strong>or</strong>equestthe EuropeanPa.tent Office to act as the<br />
International Preliminary Examining Auth<strong>or</strong>ity.<br />
Demands filed in the European <strong>Patent</strong> Office<br />
should be addressed to:<br />
European <strong>Patent</strong> Office<br />
Erhardstrasse 27<br />
D-80331 Munich<br />
Federal Republic of Germany.<br />
Demands directed to the United States <strong>Patent</strong> and<br />
Trademark Office should be addressed to:<br />
Assistant Commissioner f<strong>or</strong> <strong>Patent</strong>s<br />
BoxPCT<br />
Washington, DC 20231.<br />
<strong>The</strong> "Express Mail" provisions Of 37CFR 1.10<br />
may be used to file a Demand under Chapter II in<br />
the USPTO. Applicants are advised that failure to