Letter & Annex A - Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

Annex AGlossary of Terms UsedTermMeaningClaims correspondencetableDeadlineInternational preliminaryreport on patentability(IPRP)Mixed examinationreport/results/IPRPNegative examinationreport/results/IPRPPositive examinationreport/results/IPRPPrescribed informationA table referencing the claim numbers of two sets of claimswith an explanation how the two sets of claims are related.(see Related claims)A deadline is the last day for the prescribed requirements to besatisfied and an applicant can take action to satisfy saidrequirements earlier to expedite the application prosecution.An international preliminary report on patentability (Chapter Iof the Patent Co-operation Treaty) or an internationalpreliminary report on patentability (Chapter II of the PatentCo-operation Treaty).(Section 2 of the Singapore Patents Act)At least one examined claim or a part of an examined claim isobjected to by the examiner.All examined claims are objected to by the examiner.There is no outstanding objection from the examiner.Information that indicates the result of the correspondingapplication or corresponding international application and anysymbol of the International Patent Classification allocated tothe application.(Rule 44 of the Singapore Patents Rules)Related claims A claim is related to another claim if –(i) the 2 claims are identical; or(ii) each limitation in the second claims –(A) is identical to a limitation in the first claim; or(B) differs from a limitation in the first claim only inexpression but not in content; andmore than one claim may be related to a single claim.(Section 2(4) of the Singapore Patents Act)Page 2 of 31