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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION2001 JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY, SUITE203,ARLINGTONVIRGINIA 22202-3694

Telephone (703) 415-0780Facsimile(703) 415-0786

March 8, 1996

MEMORANDUM

PCT Seminar Participants

Martha Morales

Enclosed please find copies of the slides that Mr. Louis Maassel presented at the PCTSeminar.on February 26-27, 1996.

Formerly AMERiCAN PATENT LAW ASSOCiATION (APLA)

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PCTFORMS

(Annex A to the Administrative Instructions under the PCT)

PART V

Request and Demand Forms

(Applicable as from January 1996)

! For receiving Office use only! peTii InternationalApplicationNo.

I REQUEST! InternationalFiling Date

iThe undersigned reqnests that the present

international application be processedName of receivingOffice and "peT InternationalApplication"according to the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

Ii Applicant's or agent's file reference

I (ifdesired) (12characters maximu"!!

Box No. I TITLE OF INVENTION

Box No. II I APPLICANT .I

Name and ac"<Y" (Family nam'il/illowed by given name; for a legal entity. fuJi officialdesignation. addressmust includepostalcode'and name ofcountry) D This person is also inventor.

Telephone No.

Facsimile NQ,

Teleprinter No.

State {i.e. corntry) ofnaiionaJity: ·1 State (i.e. country) of residence:!

This person 15 applicant D all designated o all designated Statesexcept D the United States D the States indicatedinfor the purposes of: States the UnitedStatesof Amenca of Americaonly the Supplemental Box

I FURTHER APPLICANT(S) ANDIOR (FURTHER) INVENTOR(S)Box No. III!

Name and address: (Family namerl/:llowed by given name; for a legalentity, fill official

I designation. addressmustincludepostalcodeandnameofcountry.) This person is:

i D applicant only:

i D applicant and inventorI

iI D inventor only (lfthis check-box:! is marked, do n.otfill in below.)

i 'State (i.e. c~untry) of nationality: 1 State (i.e. country) of residence:

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IThis person IS applicant D alldesignated D all designated States except D theUnited States D theStates indicated infor the purposes of: States theUnited States ofAmenca ofAmerica only theSupplemental Box

D Further applicants and/or (further) inventorsare indicatedon a continuationsheet.

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Box No. IV i AGENT OR COMMON REPRESENTATIVE; OR ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE

The person identified below is hereby/hasbeen appointedto act on behalf o agent o common representativeof the applicantts) before the competentInternationalAuthorities as:I

Name and address: (Family nam'il/illowedby given name; for a legalentity, fUll official Telephone No.

Idesignation. address mustincludepostalcodeandnameofcountry)

i Facsimile No.

i,Teleprinter No.

iio Mark this check-box where no agent or commonrepresentative is/has been appointedand the space above is used instead to

indicate a special address to which correspondence should be sent. .Form PCTIR0/101 (first sheet) (5 July 1994; reprint January 1996)

ISee Notes to the requestform

Continuatio of Box No. III FURTHER APPLICANTS AND/OR (FURTHER) INVENTORS

,Ifnone ofthefollowingsub-boxes is used, this sheetis not to be includedin the request.

Name and (Family narnerl/:llowed by given name; Jor a legalentity, fUJI official· designation. e address must includepostal code andname ofcountry.)

This person is:

D applicant only

D applicant and inventor

D inventor only (ifthis check-boxis marked, do notfill in below.)

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State (t.e. coi,ntiy) of nationality: IState (i.e. country) of residence:ii

This person is applicant D all designated D all designated States except D theUnited States D the States indicated infor the purp9ses,of: States theUnited States of Amenca of America only the Supplemental Box

,Name and address: (Family namw::llowed by given name; Jor a legalentity, fUll official

i designation. address must include postal code andname ofcountry.)This person is:i

iD applicant only

i D applicant and inventorII D inventor only (if this check-boxII is marked, do not fill in below.)

IState (i.e. country) of nationality: I State (i.e. country) ofresidence:

II

This person i~ applicant D all designated D all designated States except D the United States D the States indicated infor the purposes-of States theUnited States of Amenca ofAmerica only the Supplemental Box

Name and (Family namw::llowed by given name; Jor a legalentity, fUJI official· designation. address must include postal code andname ofcountry.)

This person is:

D applicant only

D applicant and inventor

D inventor only (ifthis check-box. is marked, do not fill in below.)

State (i.e. cocntiy) of nationality: IState (i.e. country) of residence:

IThis person is applicant D all designated D all designated States except D the United States D the States indicated infor the purposes of: States . the United States of America of America only the Supplemental Box~,,Name and (Family namf{~llowed by given name; Jor a legalentity, fUR official

designation. e address must includepostal code and name ofcountry.)This person is:

D applicant only

D applicant and inventor

D inventor only (if this check-boxis marked, do notjill in below.)

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State (i.e. co~ntty) of nationality: IState (i.e. country) of residence:

IThis person ,S applicant D all designated D all designated States except D the United States D the States indicated infor the purpqse~ of: States theUnited States of Amenca of America only theSupplemental Box

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Further applicants and/or (further) inventors are indicated on another continuation sheet.I

Form PCTIRO/IQ1 (continuation sheet) (July 1993; reprint January 1996) See Notes to the request form

Check-boxes reserved for designating States (for the purposes ofa national patent) which have become party to the PCT afterissuance of this sheet:

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Box No.vi DESIGNATION OF STATES

The folloJing designations are hereby made under Rule 4.9(a) (mark the applicablecheck-boxes; at least one must be marked):i

Regional PatentIo Ali ARIPO Patent: KE Kenya,LS Lesotho, MW Malawi,SD Sudan,SZ Swaziland,UG Uganda, andany other State which: is a Contracting State of the Harare Protocol and of the PCT

o El Enrasian Patent: AZ Azerbaijan,BYBelarus,KZ Kazakstan, RU RussianFederation,r JTajikistan 'I'M Turkmenistan. and any other State which is a Contracting State of the Eurasian Patent Convention and of the PCT ' ,

o EP European Patent: AT Austria, BE Belgium, CH and LI Switzerlandand Liechtenstein,DE Germany DK Denmark, ES Spain FJl France, GB United Kingdom, GR Greece, IE Ireland, IT Italy, LU Luxembourg' MC Monaco'. NL Neth;r1ands, PT Portugal, SE Sweden, and any other State which is a Contracting State of the European Patent: Conventionand of the peT .o 0"\ OAPI Patent: BF Burkina Faso, BJ Benin, CF CentralAfricanRepublic,CG Congo, CI C6te d'I~\>lre, CM Carneroon,

GA Gabon, GN Guinea, ML Malt, MR Mauritania, NE NIger, SN Senegal, 'I'D Chad, TG Togo, and any other StateI which isamemberStatecfOAPI andaContracting StateofthepeT (ifotherkinda/protectionor treatmentdesired, specify: 9f1 dolled line) .

NationalPatent (tfother kind a/protection or treatmentdesired, specify on dotted line):o A~ Albania 0 MD Republic of Moldova ...••..................

o AM Armenia . . . .. . . .. . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . 0 MG Madagascar .

o A+Austria , . . . . . . . . 0 MK The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

o AU Australia................... . .

o At Azerbaijan 0 MN Mongolia

o BJ Barbados 0 MW Malawi .

o BIj; Bulgaria . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 MX Mexico .

o BI} Brazil .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. . 0 NO Norway

o BY Belarus 0 NZ New Zealand ..

o C,} Canada 0 PL Poland ..

o qland LI Switzerlandand Liechtenstein 0 PT Portugal .o CN China .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 0 RO Romania

o ci Czech Republic .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 RU Russian Federation ...•••••................

o D~ (Jermany"""....................... 0 SD Sudano D* Denmark............................. 0 SE Sweden

o Ell Estonia 0 SG Singapore

o E~ Spain............................... 0 SI Slovenia " .

o FIi Finland .••........ ··················· 0 SK Slovakia .o GJiI United Kingdom 0 TJ Tajikistan .

o GE Georgia.............................. 0 'I'M Turkmenistan , .io Hlp Hungary 0 TR Turkey , .

o IS I Iceland 0 TT Trinidad and Tobago .

o JP, 'apan............................... 0 UA Ukraine .Io KIj: Kenya............................... 0 UG Uganda .

o Kif Kyrgyzstan........................... 0 US United States of America .

o ~ Democratic People's Republicof Korea ,.... . .

! 0 UZ Uzbekistan .Io KI} Republic of Korea , . . . . . . . . . 0 VN Viet Narn .

o KZ Kazakstan .i .o LI} Sn Lanka

o LIj. Liberiao L~ Lesotho ..

o L~ Lithuania

O LU Luxembourg .I •o L~ Latvia

In addftlon 10 the designations made above, the applicant alsomakes under Rule 4.9(b) all designations which would be permittedunder the 'PQTexcept the designation(s) of . .Theapplicantdeclaresthat those additional designations are subjectto confirmation and that any designation which is not confirmedbeforeth~ expirationof 15monthsfromthe prioritydate is to be regarded aswithdrawn by the applicantat the expirationof that timelimit. (Cohjinnation of a designation consists of the filing of a notice specifying that designation and thepayment of the designation and confirmationfees. Confirmation mustreach thereceiving Office within the15wmonth time limit.)

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Form PCTf\'t0/IOI (second sheet) (January 1996) SeeNotes to the request/arm

supptemental BoxI

Ifthe Supplemental Box is not used, this sheet need not be included in the request.

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Usethis box ~n the following cases:I

1. If, in any of the Boxes, the space is insufficient tofurnish all thf information:

in particular: i'I

(0 tfmore (han two persons are involved as applicantsand/or "inventors and no "continuation sheet' isavailab{e:

(ilj if, in Bb No. II or in any ofthe sub-boxes ofBoxNo. III, uhe indication "the States indicated in theSupplemental Box" is checked:

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if, in BcIx /.to. II or in anY of the sub-boxes ofBoxNo. III, the-inventor or the inventor/applicant is notinventorfor the pUP!Jses ofall designated States orfor the purposes ofthe United States ofAmerica:

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i(iv) if, in addition to the agent(s) indicated inBoxNo. IV,

there are further agents:I,

(v) if, in Bo~ No. V. the name ofany State (or OAPl) isaccompanied by the indication "patent ofaddition, II

or "certificate ofaddition, " or if, in Box No. V, thename ofthe United States ofAmerica is accompaniedby an indication "Continuation" or "Continuation­in-part": !

(vi) if there 4re' more than three earlier applicationswhose priority is claimed:

"2. If the applibant claims, in respect ofany designatedOfjlce, the benefits of provisions of the national lawconcerning non-prejudicial disclosures or exceptions tolack ofnovelty:!

in such case, write "Continuation ofBox No• ... " {indicate the numberof the Box] and furnish thfJ. information, in the same manner asrequired according to the captiolis of'he Box in which the space wasinsufficient;

in such case, write "Continuation ofBox No. Ill" and indicate for eachadditional person, the same type of information as required in BoxNo. III;

in such case, write "Continuation ofBox No. Il" or "Continuation ofBoxNo. III" or "Continuation ofBoxes No. II and No. IIr (as the case maybe), indicate the name ofthe applicant(s) involved and, next to (each)such name, the Staters) (and/or, where applicable, ARIPO, Eurasian,European orOAPIpatent) for the purposes ofwhich the namedperson isapplicant;

in such case, write "Continuation ofBox No. II" or "Continuation ofBoxNo. IIr Or "Continuation ofBoxes No. II and No. III" (as the case maybe), indicate the name ofthe inventorts] and, next to (each) such name,the Staters) (and/or, where applicable, ARlPO, Eurasian, European orOAPIpatent) for the purposes ofwhich the namedperson is inventor;

in such case, write "Continuation ofBox No. IV" and indicate for eachfurther agent the same type ofinformation as required in Box No. IV;

in such case, write "Continuation ofBox No. V" and the name ofeachState involved (or OAPI), and after the name of each such State (orGAPI), the number ofthe parent title or parent application and the dateofgrant ofthe parent title or filing ofthe parent application;

in such case, write "Continuation ofBox No. Vt" and indicate for eachadditional earlier application the same type oftnformatton as requiredin Box No. VI

in such case,write "StatementConcernin1lNon ..Pr(!;udicialDisclosuresorExceptions to Lack ofNovelty" andJllrnish that statement below.

Form PCTIROIIOI sheet) (January 1996) See Notes to the request form

i .Further priority claims are indicated in the Supplemental Box DBox No. VI i PRIORITY CLAIM

The priority6fthe following earlierapplication(s) is herebyclaimed:

Country FllingDate Office of filin~(in which, oifor which, the Application No. (only for regiona or

application was filed) (day/month/year) international application)

item(I)

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item(2) : i

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item(3) .

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Markthefollowmgcheck-box ifthecertifiedcopyoftheearlierapplicationis to be issuedbytheOfficewhich/or thepurposesofthepresent internationalapplication is the receiving Office (alee may be required):

D The receiving Office is hereby' re~uested to prepare and transmit to the InternationalBureaua certified copy of the ear ier application(s) identified above as item(s) :

Box No. VII I INTERNATIONAL SEARCIDNG AUTHORITYI

Choice of International Searching Authority (lSA) (If two or more International Searching Authoritiesarecompetent t6carry outtheinternational search, indicate theAuthority chosen; thetwo-letter code maybeused): ISA l-

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Earlier search Fillinwhereasearch(international, international-type orother) by theInternationalSearchingAuthorityhas alreadybeencarriedoutorrequested,andtheAuthorityisnowrequestedtobasetheimernationalsearch; totheextentpossible, ontheresultsofthatearliersearch. Identifysuchsearchor feq1f£st eitherby reference to therelevant application (or thetranslation thereof) or by reference to thesearchrequest:Country (or regionalOffice): Date (day/month/year): Number:

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Box No. VIlli SHECK LIST

This international application contains This international application is accompanied by the item(s)markedbelow:the following numberof sheets: 1. D separate signed 5. 0 fee calculationsheetI powerof attorney1. request : sheets

!2 0 copy of general separate indications. concerning2. description : sheets 6·0

3. claimis sheets· powerof attorney depositedmicroorganisms

:I 3 0 statement explaining 7·0 nucleotideand/or aminoacid4. abstract : sheets

5. draw~ngs· lackof signature sequencelisting(diskette)

: sheets4· D priori~ documen~s)i 8·0 other (specify):

i · . Identi led in Box. o. VITotal : sheets as item(s):!

FigureNo. i of the drawings(if any) shouldaccompany the ahstractwhen it is published.:

Box No. IX ISIGNATURE OF APPLICANT OR AGENTi

Next toeachSignfture, indicate thename qftheperson signingandthe capacity inwhich theperson signs afsuch capacity isnotobviousfrom reading therequest).

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For receiving Officeuse onlyi; .

1. Date of actualreceipt of the purported 2. Drawings:international application:

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3. Corrected date of actual receiptdue to later but D received:timely receivedpapersor drawingscompletingthe purportedinternationalapplication:

4. Dateof timely receiptof the required D not received:corrections under PCT Article 11(2):

5. InternationW SearchingAuthority ISA /1

6. 0 Transmittal of searchcopy delayedspecifiedby the applicant: until searchfee is paid

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DateofreceiJt of the record copyFor International Bureauuse only

by the International Bureau:

Form PCTIRO!IOI (last sheet)(January 1994; reprintJanuary 1996)I

See Notes to the request form

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These Noles are intended to facilitate the filling in ofthe request form. For more detailed information, see the PCT Applicant'sGuide, a publication ofWIPO. The Notes are based on the requirements ofilie Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), the Regulationsand the Administrative Instructions under the PCT. In case ofany discrepancy between iliese Notes and iliose requirements, the latterare apPlicabl1'

In the request form andtheseNotes, "Article",.,"Rule" and"Section" refer to the provisions ofthe PCT, the PCTRegulationsand the PCT ?-d1"inistrative Instructions, respectively.'

,Please usd a typewriter; check-boxes may be marked by hand with black ink (Rule 11.9(a)and (bj),I . . .. ... .

Different Applicants for Different Designated States(Rules 4.5(d), 18.3 and 19.2): It is possible to indicate different·applicants for the purposes of different designated States. Atleast one of all the applicants named must be a national orresident of a PCT Contracting State for which the receivingOffice acts, irrespective of the designated State(s) for thepurposes of which that applicant is named. Where the United

Residence (Rules 4.5(a) and (c) and 18.1): Each applicant'sState (i.e., country) ofresidence must be indicated. Ifthe Stateofresidenceis not indicated, it will be assumed to be the sameas the State indicated in the address. Possession of a real andeffective industrial or commercial establishment in a State isconsidered residence in that State. The indication of theresidence is not required where a person is' inventor only:

Names of States (Section 115): For the indication ofnames of States,' the two-letter country codes appearing inWIPO Standard ST.3and in the PCT Applicant's Guide,Annex K, may be used.

Only one address may be indicated per person. For.theindication of a special "address for correspondence", seethenotes to Box No. IV.

Check-box "applicant only" (Box No. III): Mark thischeck-box ifilie person named is a legal entity or ifilie personnamed is hot- also inventor.

Names and Addresses (Rule 4.4): The family name(preferably in capital letters ) must be indicated before the givenname(s). Titles and academic degrees must be omitted. Namesof legal entities must be indicated by ilieir full officialdesignations.

The address must be indicated in such a way that it allowsprompt postal delivery; it must consist of all the relevantadministrative units (up to and including the indication ofiliehouse number, ifany), the postal code (ifany), and the name ofthe country.

Check-box "inventor only" (Box No. III): Markiliis check­box if the person named is inventor but not also applicant; donot mark this check-box if the person is a legal entity.

In Box No. III, one ofilie three check-boxes must alwaysbe marked for each person named.

Apetsonmustnotbenamedmorethan oncein Boxes .Nos; IIand III, evenwhere that person is bothapplicant andinventor.

Telephone,Facsimileand/orTeleprinterNumbersshouldbe indicated for the person named in Box No. II in order toallow rapid .communication with the applicant. Any suchnumber should include the applicable country and area codes.

Natlonality (Rules4.5(a) and (b) and 18.1): For eachapplicant, thenationality must be indicated by the name ofilieState (i.e., country) of which the person is a national. A legalentity constituted according to the national law of a State isconsidered a national of that State. The indication of thenationality is not-required where a person is inventor only.

BOXES Nos. II AND III

If the United States of America is designated, all of theinventors must be named as applicants (aswell as inventors) forthe purposes pf\hat designation (see "Different Applicants forDifferent Designated States", below).

IIndication whethera Person is Applieantand/or Inventor

(RuIes 4.5(a)iand 4.6(a) and (bj):i

Check-box "This person is also inventor" (Box No. II):Mark this check-box ifilie applicant named is also the inventoror one of the inventors; do not mark this check-box if theapplicant is ~ legal entity,

,,Check-box "applicant and inventor" (Box No. III): Mark

this check-box if the person named is both applicant andinventor; do!not mark this check-box ifilie person is a legalentity. !,

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Notes to the requestform (PCT/RO/101) (5 July 1994; reprintJanuary 1996)I ,

IGeneral: iAt least one of the applicants named must be a

resident or national of a PCT Contracting State for which thereceiving Office acts (Articles 9 and l1(1)(i) and Rules 18and 19). If Ithe international application is filed with theInternational Bureau under Rule 19.I(a)(iii), at least one oftheapplicants mustbe aresident ornational ofanyPCT ContractingState. I'

Title of'fnvention (Rules 4.3 and 5.I(a»: The title must beshort (preferably two to seven words when in English ortranslated into English) and precise. It must be identical withthe title heading-the description.

BOX No. I

WHERE TO FILETHEiINTERNATIONAL APPLICATION

Theinternational application trequest, description, claims,abstract and drawings, if any) must be filed with a competentreceiving Office (Article 11(1)(i)}-iliat is, subject to anyapplicable pr¢scriptions concerning national security, atthechoice ofthe applicant, either:

I(i) the receiving Office of, or acting for, aPCT Contracting

State of which .the applicant or, if iliere are two or moreapplicants, a~ least one of them, is a resident or national(Rule 19.I(a)(i) or (iij), or

i(ii) the International Bureau of WIPO in Geneva,

Switzerland, iif the applicant or, if iliere are two or moreapplicants, at leastone ofilie applicants is a resident or nationalof any PCT Contracting State (Rule 19.1(a)(iii)).

IAPPLICANT'S OR AGENT'S FILE REFERENCE

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A file ref~rehee may be indicated, ifdesired. It should notexceed 12 characters, Characters in excess of 12 may bedisregarded. i(R\,le 11.6(f) and Section 109).

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designation fee in respect of the regional patent and as manydesignation fee,s as there are national patents or other titles ofprotection sought (Rule 15.I(ii) and Section 210). ',

Extension ofEuropean Patent (EP) to Certain States: Ifit is intended, at the time of entry into the European regionalphase, to request the extension of the subsequently grantedEuropean patent to Albania, Latvia, Lithuania andlor Slovenia(andlor to any other PCT Contracting State for which, on thedate of flling of the international application, an extensionagreement With the European Patent Organisation is in force),BoxNo. V mustcontain both adesignation ofthe State concernedfor the purposes ofa national patent and also a designation, forthe purposes of,obtalning a European patent, ofat least one PCTContracting :State party to the European Patent Convention.

OAPI pltent (OA): The designation ofStates members ofOAPI and partyto the PCT can only be made for the purposesof an OAPI patent (no national protection is available);furthermore" it is not possible to designate only some ofthem.

Choice ~fCertain Kinds of Protection or Treatment(Rules 4.12104.14 and Section 202): Where, inany countrywhere it is possible, a national title other than a patent is desired,write after the name ofthat country on the dotted line the nameof the title; i that is, "petty patent" (available in Australia),"provisional patent" (available in Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan,Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), "utility model" (available inAlbania, Armenia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, the CzechRepublic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany,Hungary, Japan, Kazakstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho,Mexico, Poland, Portugal, the Republic ofKorea, the Republicoflvloldova.the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Tajikistan,Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, OAPI), "utilitycertificate" (available in Trinidad and Tobago and Uganda) or"inventor's certificate" (available in the Democratic People'sRepublic ofiKorea). Where, in Austria, the Czech Republic,Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany or Slovakia (the onlycountries in which this possibility exists), in addition to a patent,a utility model is also desired, write after the name of thatcountry "and urility model".

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Where, in respect of any country where it is possible, it isdesired that the international application be treated as anapplication fora certain title "ofaddition't or as an applicationfor a "continuation" or a "continuation-in-part", write.after thename ofthat country the appropriate words; that is, "patent ofaddition" (available in AustraliaAustriarGeorgia, Germany,Malawi, New Zealand, Slovenia, Spain, The former YugoslavRepublic ofMacedonia), "certificate of addition" (availablein Luxembourg, Madagascar, OAPI),: "continuation" or"continuati~n.in-part" (both available in the Uriited States ofAmerica). Ifany ofthese indications is used, also indicate in the"Supplemerital Box" the State for which such treatment isdesired, the number ofthe parent title or parent application, andthe date of grant of the parent title or the date of filing of theparent application, as the case may be (see item I(v) in thatBox). i

If, in Box No. V, the check-boxes for making designationsare markedwi~ consecutive Arabic numerals, those indicationswill be taken to express the applicant's choice ofthe order ofthedesignationsi ifanother form ofmarking is used, the order willbe taken as that in which the marked check-boxes appear on theform. This order will only have any significance ifthe amountreceived for the designation fees is insufficient to cover all thedesignations and remains insufficient after the applicant hasbeen invited to pay the balance due; in that case, the amountreceived will. be applied in payment of the fees for thedesignations following the said order (Rule 16bis.1 (c) andSection 3211). ' ,

:For the designation, for the purposes ofa national patent, of

a State which has become' party to the PCT after the dateappearing of> the bottom ofthe second sheet ofthe requestform,the name of the State, preferably preceded by the two-letter

Notes to the requestform (peT/RO/101) (January 1996)

country code, must be given together with an indication, whereapplicable, whether a special kind ofprotection or treatment isdesired.

Precantionary Designation of States Subject toConfirmation (Rules 4.9(b) and (c) and 15.5): For theapplicant's safeguard, the lower part of Box No. V contains astatement indicating the applicant's wish tomake, in addition tothe specific designations made by marking the check-boxes inthe upper part ofBox No. V (at least one such designation mustbe made), a precautionary designation of all other PCTContracting States which are not specifically designated.

If the applicant does not wish to avail himself of thissafeguard and does not want to make any such precautionarydesignations, the statement must be crossed out.

If the applicant wishes to expressly exclude a certain Statefrom .such precautionary designation so that the internationalapplication does not have any effect in that State, the name ortwo-letter country code ofthat State should be indicated in thespace provided. In no other case is it necessary to make use ofthis possibility,

If, after filing the international application, the applicantnotices that there are any omissions andlor mistakes among thespecific designations made, it will be possible to rectify thesituation by confirming the precautionary designationsconcerned. The confirmation ofany precautionary designationis possible before the expiration of15 months from the (earliest)priority date indicated in Box No. VI or, where no priority isclaimed, the international filing date. To effect suchconfirmation, the applicant must file with the receiving Officea writtennotice specifyingthe name ofeach State the designationofwhich is confirmed (with, where applicable, an indication ofthe kind of treatment or protection desired) and pay to thereceiving Office, for each such designation, a designation fee(even where eleven designation fees have already been paid)together with a confirmation fee corresponding to 50% of thedesignation fee.

The receiving Office will not send to the applicant anyreminder or invitation to confirm precautionary designations.

Ifno precautionary designation is to be confirmed, no actionis required by the applicant, and the precautionary designationswill then be automaticallyregarded as withdrawnby the applicantat the expiration of 15 months from the priority date.

BOX No. VI

Priority Claim (Rule 4.10): If the priority of an earlierapplication is claimed, the declaration containing the priorityclaim must be made in the request.

The request must indicate the country in which the earlierapplication from which priority is claimed was filed (or, wherethe earlierapplication is aregional or an international application,at leastone country for which it was filed), the date on which itwas filed and the number it was assigned. Ifthe country and thedate are not indicated, the priority claim will, for the purposesofthe procedure under the Treaty, be considered not to havebeen made.

If the earlier application is a regional or an internationalapplication, the Office with which that application was filedmust also be indicated.

If the application number of the earlier application is notindicated in the request but is furnished by the applicant to thereceiving Office or to the International Bureau prior to theexpiration of the 16th month from the priority date, it isconsidered by all designated States to have been furnished intime:

peT Forreceiving Officeuse only

~SHEET

luestInternational application No.

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Applicant's oragent'sfile reference ! Datestamp of thereceiving Office

Applicant

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CALCULATI{JN OF PRESCRIBED FEESI . I 01. TRANSMITTAL FEE . . ..... . . .. . . . . . . . . .,

2. SEARCH ~EE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I IT!Internation~l sbarch to be carried outby(Iftwo or mbre; International SearchinthAuthorities are competent in relation to the internationalapplication, indicate thenamecfthe Aut oritywhich ischosen tocarryouttheinternationalsearch)

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3. INTE~ATIONAL FEEI

Basic Fee ITheinternational application contains sheets.

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... ·1 ~first 30 shebts· . . . . . . . . ..I

I x ~ I ~remaining ~hects additional amount,

I 0IAddamounts entered atb, and b2 and enter total at B . . . .

Designation FeesTheinterna~ional application contains designations.

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numberofdesignation fees amount of designation feepayable rro.timum 11)

I [IIAdd amounts entered at B and D and enter total at 1 . . . . . . . .(Appiicants froJr, certain States are entitledto a reduction of 75% oj themternationd1:fee, Where theitf'f'licant is(orallapplicants are)soentitled; thetotalto be enteredat I is 250 0 cfthe sumcfthe amounts enteredatBand DJ

I I Ii]4. FEE FOR !1RIORITY DOCUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . ...I

S. TOTAL FEES'PAYABLE

·1Add amount. entered at T, S, 1 and P, and enter total in the TOTAL box II TOTAL

,D Thedesignation fees are notpaid atthistime.

IMODE OF pAYMENT

D authorizJtioh to charge D bankdraft D couponsdeposit account (see below)

D cheque i D cash D other (specify):I

D postal moneyorder D revenue stamps!,

DEPOSIT AC~OUNTAUTHORIZATION {this mode oJpayment may not be available at all receiving Offices)

TheROI,

D is hereby authorized to charge thetotal fees indicated above to mydeposit account.I

I D is hereby authorized to charge anydeficiency or credit anyoverpayment in the totalfees indicated aboveto mydeposit account.

D is hereby authorized to charge thefee forpreparation and transmittal of the priority document to theInternationalI Bureau of WIPO to my deposit account.I

Deposit Account Number Date (day/montWyear) Signature

Form PCT/RO/I I (Annex) (January 1996) See Notes to the fee calculation sheet

(ANNEX TO FORM PCTIRO/IOl),ii

The pufpose ofthe fee calculation sheet is to help the applicant to identify the prescribed fees and to calculate the amounts tobe paid. It is strongly reconunended that the applicant complete the sheet by entering the appropriate amounts in the boxes providedand submitthe fee calculation sheet at the time offlling ofthe international application. This will help the receiving Office to verifythe calculations and to identify any error in them. .

IInformation about the applicable fees payable can be obtained from the receiving Office. The amounts of the international and

search feesmay change due to currency fluctuations. Applicants are advised-tocheck what are the latest applicable amounts. Allfees, except insome cases the designation fee, must be paid within one month from the date ofreceipt ofthe intemationalapplication.See below for:further details concerning the possibility oflater payment ofth,,?esignation fee.

I

CA!LCULATlON OF PRESCRIBED FEES! '

Box T:: Transmittal Fee for the benefit of the receivingOffice (Rule 14.1): The amount and the due date of thetransmittalIfee, if any, are fixed by the receiving Office.Information about this fee is contained in Annex C ofVolume Iofthe PCT!Applicant's Guide.,

Box So! Search Fee for the benefit of the InternationalSearching Authority (ISA) (Rule 16.1): The amount of thesearch fee is fixed by the ISA. Itmust be paid within one monthfrom the date of receipt of the international application by thereceiving Office. Information about this fee is contained inAnnex D of Volume I ofthe PCT Applicant's Guide.

Where iwo or more ISAs are competent, the applicant mustindicate his choice in the space provided for this purpose andpay the amount ofthe international search fee fixed by the ISA

. chosen. Information on the competent ISA and whether theapplicant h~ a choice between two or more ISAs is containedin Annex G ofVolume I ofthe PCT Applicant's Guide.

. I .Box I: international Fee forthe benefit ofthe International

Bureau (Rule 15): The international fee consists of a basic feeand as many designation fees as there are specific designationsunderRule~.9(a)in Box No. V (DESIGNAnON OF STATES)of the request. The amounts of the basic fee and of thedesignation fee are as set out in Swiss Francs in the Schedule ofFeesandtheapplicable amountsofthose fees inothercurrenciesare as published in the PCT Gazette (Rule 15.2). Informationabout those fees is also contained in Annex C of Volume I ofthe PCT Applicant's Guide.

IReduction of the International Fee for Applicants from

Certain States: An applicant who is a natural person and whois a national ofand resides in a State whose per capita nationalincome is below 3,000 US dollars (according to the average percapita national income figures used by the United Nations fordetermining its scale ofassessments forthe contributions payablefor the yeats 1995, 1996 and 1997) is entitled, in accordancewith the Schedule ofFees, to areduction of75% ofcertain PCTfees includingthe internationalfee. If there are several applicants,each must satisfy the above-mentioned criteria. The reductionofthe international fee (basic fee and designation fees) will beautomatically available to any applicant (or applicants) who is(or are) sol entitled on the basis of the indications of name,nationality andresidence given in Boxes II and III ofthe request.

IThe feereduction will be available even ifone or more ofthe

applicants Orenot from PCT Contracting States, provided thateach ofthe in is a national and resident ofa State that meets theabove-mentioned requirements and that at least one of theapplicants is a.national or resident of a PCT Contracting Stateand thus is ien\itled to file an international application.

Natural persons who are nationals of and reside in thefollowing PCT Contracting States are eligible: Albania,Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, BurkinaFaso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo,Cote d'lvoire, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republicof _ Korea, Estonia, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, Hungary,Kazakstan.. Kenya.. Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia,Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico,Mongolia, Niger, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania,Russian Federation, Senegal, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Sudan,Swaziland, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic ofMacedonia, Togo, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine,Uzbekistan and Viet Nam. As far as other States are concerned,inquiries should be addressed to the International Bureau.

Calculation of the International Fee (Basic Fee andDesignation Fees) in Case of Fee Rednction: Where theapplicant is (or all applicants are) entitled to a reduction oftheinternational fee, the total to be entered at box I is 25%ofthe sumofthe amounts entered at boxes B and D (see below).

Box B: Basic Fee. The amount ofthe basic fee depends onthe total number of sheets of the international application,which appears under "Total" in Box No. VIII (CHECK LIST)of the request. The basic fee must be paid within one monthfrom the date of receipt ofthe international application by thereceiving Office.

Box D: Designation Fees. The number ofdesignation feesdue corresponds to the number of check-boxes marked inBox No. V ofthe request.

The number of designation fees which are due is the sameas the number ofnational patents and regional patents in respectof which specific designations under Rule 4.9(a) are made.Only one designation fee is due for the designation "AP", thedesignation "EA", the designation "EP" or the designation"OA", irrespective ofthe number ofStates for which an ARIPOpatent, a Eurasian patent, a European patent or an OAPI patent,respectively, is sought.

Where any States are designated twice (once forthe purposesofan ARIPO patent, a Eurasian patent or a European patent andonce for the purposes ofnational protection), the applicant mustpay one designation fee in respect of the ARIPO patent, theEurasian patent or the European patent and a further designationfee in respect ofeach national patent or other title ofprotectionsought (Rule 15.I(ii) and Section 210).

Any designation, in excess of eleven designations forwhich the fee is due, is free ofcharge. Therefore, themaximumamount to be indicated in box D is eleven times the amount ofthe designation fee. If, for example, 15 national patents and fourregional patents (anARIPO patent, aEurasianpatent, aEuropean

iNotes to theifeecalculation sheet (Annex to Form peT/RO/101) (January 1996)

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I CHAPTERll IpeT

me aemana museDejuea atrecuyWllnme competent mcemanonat rreummary szxammmgAumoruy or, if cwoor more Aumonnes are compeiencwiththe6~ chosen by the applicant ThefUll name or two-kitercode ofthotAuthority may. be indicated by the applicant on the line below:

I ;

IPEAI:--I--'- _

!

DEMAND

under Article 31 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty:The undersigned requests that the international application specified below be the subject of

international preliminary examination according to the Patent Cooperation Treaty

I For International Preliminary Examining Authority use onlyi!

Identification oflPEA Date ofreceipt ofDEMAND

BoxNt..I IDENTIFICATION OFTIIE INTERNATIONALAPPLICATIONApplicant's or agent's file reference

iIntern~tional application No. International filing date (day/month/year) (Earliest) Priority date (day/month/year)

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Title of invention

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Box No. n APPLICANT(S)II

Name and.address: rJJzamd!ldrenamefollowed.,}J;given name; foralegalentity,fullfCialdesignation. Telephone No.:! : e 'SS must incl postalcode andnameofcountry.

I!

Facsimile No.:

I

I TeleprinterNo.:

IState (l.e. country)ofnationality: State (i.e. country) ofresidence:

III

Name ~d address: (Familynamefollowed bygiven 1U1TTU!; foralegalentity,fullofficialdesignation. The addressmustincludepostalcodeandnameofcountry.)

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II

State (i.e. ,ountry) ofnationality: State (i.e. country) ofresidence:!

Narne Jmdaddress: (Familynamefollowedbygivenname; fora legalentity,fu"officialdesignation. TheaddressmustincludepostalcodeandnameofcauntryJII

I!

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IState (i.e. country) ofnationality: State (t.e. country) ofresidence:

Ii

D [Further applicants are ·indicated on a continuation sheet..

Form Pq:T/IPEN401 (first sheet) (January 1994; reprint January 1996)I

See Notes to the demand/arm

I International application No. .

ISheet No. ...

IAPPUCANT(S) .Contin~ation ofBox No.n

I

i Ilfnone o/the/ollowing sub-boxes is used, this sheet is not to be included in the demand.I

Namearid address: (FamilyntJnl£followedbygivenname; fora !ega/entity,fUIIofficialdesignation. Theaddressmustincludepostalcodeandnameofcauntry.)!II

IiIiIi

StateOle. country)ofnationality: State (i.e. country) ofresidence:!

INameand, address: (Familynamefollowedbygivenname; foralegalentity,fUllofficialdesignation The addressmustincludepostalcodeandnameofcountry.)

I!iI

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State (iie. country)ofnationality: State(i.e. country)of residence:

II

Narne andaddress: (FamilynameJollowedbygivenname; fora legalentity,fUIIofficialdesignation. The addressmustincludepostalcodeandnameofcountry)

I!i!!!

I!i

I!

State (iie. bauntry) ofnationality: State (i.e. country) ofresidence:

INametd 'address: (Familynamejollowedbygivenname; fora legalentity,jUllofficialdesignation. The addressmustincludepostalcodeandnameofcountry)

I

iI!I

i

IState (1e. fauntry) ofnationality: State (i.e. country) of residence:

.

0!further applicants are indicated on another continuation sheet.!

Fonn PCif/li'EN401 (continuation sheet) (January 1994; reprint January 1996)!

See Notes to the demandform

i InternationalapplicationNo.i Sheet No....•i ii

Box No! ill AGENT OR COMMON REPRESENTATIVE; ORADDRESSFOR CORRESPONDENCEi•

DThefoU?wfng personis D agent commonrepresentative

and ill has been appointed earlier and represents the applicant(s)also for internationalpreliminaryexamination.

OJ is hereby appointed and any earlier appointmentof(an) agent(s)/commonrepresentative is hereby revoked.i

ill is hereby appointed, specifically for the procedure before the International Preliminary Examining Authority, in

I .iaddition to the agent(s)/commonrepresentativeappointedearlier.

IName aridaddress: ~amiJldnamefollowedjzgiVenname; fora legalentity,juU tcia1designation. Telephone No.:

: e a dress must incl epostal code and name ofcountry.

ii

Facsimile No.:

Iii TeleprinterNo.:'\

dJ Mark this check-box where no agent or common representative is/has been appointed and the space above is used

·instead to indicate a special address to which correspondenceshould be sent.

•Box N,pV STATEMENT CONCERNINGAMENDMENTS

•IThe applicant wishes the InternationalPreliminary ExaminingAuthority*

(i) OJ to start the international preliminary examination on the basis of the international application as originally filed.

(ii) rh to take into account the amendments under Article 34 ofII

D the description(amendmentsattached).i• D the claims (amendments attached).!

Ii D the drawings (amendmentsattached).

(iii) OJ to take into account any amendments of the claims under Article 19 filed with the International Bureau (a copy is

Iattached).

(iv) OJ to disregard any amendments ofthe claimsmade under Article 19 and to consider them as reversed.I

(v) OJ to postpone the start ofthe internationalpreliminary examination until the expiration of20 months from the priority

i date unless that Authority receives a copy of any amendments made under Article 19 or a notice from the applicantthat he does not wish to make such amendments (Rule 69.1(d). (Thischeck-boxmay be markedonly where the time

I .limitunderArticle 19 has notyet expired.)

* where no check-box is marked, international preliminary examination will start on the basis of the international applicationasloriginally filed or, where a copy of amendments to the claims under Article 19 andlor amendments of the internationalapplication under Article 34 are received by the InternationalPreliminary Examining Authority before it has begun to drawup'a written opinion or the internationalpreliminaryexamination report, as so amended.

i

Box No!V ELECTION OF STATES

~ The applicant hereby electsall eligible States (that is,all Stateswhichhave been designatedand whichare bound by

i ChapterII ofthe PCT) except ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................,......""""""." ............................ ," .."""""" ............................................."",......""""" ................................ ,...............................................................................................................,.. ,."""" .......... ,........

I ...................................................................... ,.. " .."""""" ......................................,.. " .......................................................(Ifthe applicantdoes not wish to electcertaineligibleStates, the name(s)or countrycode(s) 0/those States must be

I : indicatedabove.)

Fonn PC'1'IIi'EAl401(second sheet) (Jannary 1994; reprint January 1996) See Notes to the demandform

Sheet No....InternationalapplicationNo.

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Box No!VI CHECKLISTiI For InternationalPreliminary

The de~and is accompanied by the following documents for the Examining Authority use onlypurposesofinternational preliminaryexamination:

! received not received

I. mhendmentsunder Article 34! description : sheets 0 0:! claims : sheets 0 0

drawings : sheets 0 02. letter:accompanying amendments

ub.der Article 34 : sheets 0 0!I

0 03. copy'of'amendrnentsunder Article 19 : sheets4. c6pyof statementunder Article 19 : sheets 0 0

!5. other (specifY): : sheets D D

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The den?andis also accompanied by the item(s) marked below:I

4. DI. II], separate signed power ofattorney fee calculationsheet

2. m copy ofgeneral power ofattorney 5. D other (specifY):

3. D]: statementexplaining lack ofsignature!i

Box Nolvn SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT, AGENT OR COMMON REPRESENTATIVEI

Nexttoedph signature, indicate thenameoftheperson signingandthecapacity inwhich thepersonsigns(ifsuchcapacity isnotobviousfromreading thedemand].i,

I

iIi,iiIII ,

For InternationalPreliminaryExaminingAuthority use onlyi

I. D~teofactua1receiptofDEMAND:!I

2. Adjusted date ofreceipt of demand dueto!CqRRECTIONS under Rule 60.1(b):

3 OJ' The dateofreceiptofthe demand isAFTERtheexpirationofl9 months D The applicant has been· : : from the priority date and item 4 or 5, below, does not apply. informedaccordingly.

4 rh The date of receipt of the demand is WITHIN the period of 19 months from the priority date as extended by virtue of• ! Rule 80.5.

I :5 CD Although the date ofreceipt of the demand is after the expiration of 19 months from the priority date, the delay in arrival· : i is EXCUSED pursuantto Rule 82.

I :. :....:. For InternationalBureau use only IDeman& received from IPEA on:

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Form PCfllPEAl401 (last sheet) (January 1994; reprint January 1996) SeeNotes to the demandform

i

BOX No. I

Calculation Sh~et should be.used for that purpose. For detailsconcerning the payment of the fees" see the Notes tothat Sheet.

Appljcant'sor Agent's File Reference: A file referencemay be indicated, if desired. It should not exceed 12 characters.Characters in excess of.12may be disregarded (Section 109).

These Notes are intended to facilitate.the filling in of the demand form and to give some information concerning internationalpreliminary examination under ChaIJt~rIl of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). For more detailed information, see thePCT Applicant's Gnide, a publication of WIPO. The Notes are based on the requirements of the PCT, the Regulations and theAdministrative Instructions under the PCT. In case of any discrepancy betvveeu. these Notesand those requirements, the latter areapplicable] - ., '

!In the demand form and these Notes, "AJ:t~cle,"-"Rule"'and "Section" "refer to the provisions of the PC'I', the PCT Regulations

and the Administrative Instructions, respectively. ',.I ' '" ", ''.'Please!use a typewriter; check-boxes may.be marked by hand with dark ink (Rules 11.9(a) and (b) and 11.14).

Ii

IMPORTANT GENERAL INFORMATIONI

Who ~ay File a Demand? (Article 31(2)(a) and Rule 54):A demand '(for international preliminary examination) may onlybe filed by an applicant who is anational or resident of a PCTContracting State which is bound by Chapter 11 of the PCT;furthermore, the international application,must'have been,filedwith a receiving Office of, or acting for, a State bound byChapter IIi Where there are two or more applicants (for the sameor different elected States) at least oneof them must qualify.

Where Must the Demand Be Filed? (Article 31(6)(a»:The demand', must be filed with a competent InternationalPreliminary Examining Authority (IPEA). The receiving Officewith which the international application was filed will, uponrequest, give: information about the competent Il'Ea (or seeAnoex C ofvolume I ofthePCT Applicant's Guide). IfseveralIPEAs ,,' are competent, the applicant has the choice and thedemand must be filed with (and the fees must be paid to) the!PEA chosen by the applicant. The IPEA chosen by theapplicant may be identified, preferably by an indication of thename or two-letter code of the IPEA, at the top of the first sheetof the 'demand in the space provided for that purpose.

iwhen-Must the Demand Be Filed? (Article 39(1»: The

demand must be filed before, the expiration of 19 months fromthe priority date in order to extend the time Iimit for entering thenational.phase of the PCT procedure from 20 to 30 months fromthe priority-date. Warning: if the demandis filed later, thenational phase will not be delayed in respect ofthe elected Statesand the applicant must enter the. national phase before theexpirationlof'the time limit applicable under Article 22 (whichis usually 120 months from the priority date).,

In Whie;h Language Must the Demand Be Filed?(Rule 55.1): The demand must be filed in the language of theinternatio*al'iapplication if that language is Chinese, English,French, G¢rman, Japanese or Russian;' .otherwise, the demand'must be filed,in English.

IIn WpiCh Language Must Amendments Be Filed?

(Rule 66.~): ,Amendments and letters relating thereto must bein the language of publication.

Whatjls the Language of Correspondence? (Rule 92.2and Section 104): Any letter from the applicant to the IPEAmust be in the same language as the international application towhich it relates. However, the IPEA may authorize the use ofanother language for letters which do not contain' or' relate toamendments .of the international application. ,Any letter fromthe applicant-to the International Bureau must be in English orFrench, at.the choice of theapplicant. However, ifthe, languageof the international application is English, the letter must be inEnglish; if the language of the international application isFrench, tI1e letter must be in French.

iWhich Fees Must Be Paid and When? (Rules 57 and 58):

At the time the demand is submitted, the applicant must pay thepreliminary examination fee and the handling fee. The Fee

!Notes to Ih~ demandform (PCT/IPEA/401) (January 1996)

!

Identification ofthe InternationalApplication (Rule 53.6):The international application number must be indicated in BoxNo. I. Where the demand is filed at a time when the internationalapplication number has not yet been notified by the receivingOffice, the name ofthat Office must be indicated instead of theinternational application number.

International Filing Date and (Earliest), Priority nate(Section 110): Dates must be indicated by the Arabic numberof the day, the.name ofthe month and the Arabic number of theyear-in that order; after, below or above such indication,thedate should be repeated in parentheses, using two-digit Arabicnumerals for each of the number of the day" the number of themonth andthe last two numbers of the year, in that order, andseparated by periods, slants or hyphens, e.g., "05 March 1992(05.03.92)", "05 March 1992 (05/03/92)" or "05 March 1992(05-03-92)". Where the international application claims thepriority of several earlier applications, the filing date of theearliest application whose priority is claimed must be indicatedas the priority date.

Tttle cftheInvention: 'Ifa new title has been established bythe International Searching Authority, that title must be indicatedin BOX-No. I.

BOX No. II

Applicant(s) (Rule 53:4): All the applicants for the electedStates must be indicated in the demand; an applicant named inthe request (Form PCT/RO/101) for a State which is not electedneed not be named in the demand. It should be noted that thepersons"named as "inventor only" in the 'request need, not benamed in thedemand.

Make in Box No. II of the demand the required indicationsas appearing in Boxes Nos. II and III ofthe request. The Notesto the request apply mutatis mutandis. Ifthere are two or moreapplicants for the States elected in the demand, give the requiredindications for each of them; if there are more than threeapplicants, make.the required indications on the "ContinuationSheet": .

Ifdifferent applicants are indicated in the request for differentdesignated States, indicate in Box No. II of the demand only theapplicants for the States elected in Box No. V (no indication ofthe States for which a person is applicant need be made, becausethose indications have been made in the request).

peTFEE CALCULATION SHEET

Annex to the Demand for international preliminary examination

I CHAPTERII I

International- For International Preliminary Examining Authority use only _

application fO.AFePliC811t'S; or agent's . Date stamp ofthe IPEAfi e reference,Applicaot •

•,i

Catcutatlon ofprescribed fees

:II

I I 01. Preliminary examination fee .................................

Ii

2. Handling' fee (Applicants/rom certain States areentitl~dJp,a reduction of 75% of the handling fee.Where/he applicant is (or all jPlicants argdso en-

0titled, ithe, amount to he entere at H is 25% of the Ihandltngfee.) ...........................................................

II

3. Total of'prescribed fees

I IAdd the amounts entered at P aod Haod entertotal in the TOTAL box ..............................

I TOTAL

Ii

Mode of~aY:ment,!

0 authorization to ch~ deposit 0 cashaccount with the IP (seebelow)I

0 chbqtie 0 revenue stampsI

0 p+~money order 0 coupons

0 bahkdraft 0 other (specifY):

IiI

Deposit1ccountAuthorization (this mode ofpayment may not be available at aUIPEAs)

TheIPEf!! --- 0 is hereby authorized to charge the total fees indicated above to my deposit account.ii

0 (this check-boxmay be markedonly ifthe conditionsfordepositaccounts ofthe IPEA sofiermig is herebyauthorized to charge any deficiency or credit any overpayment in the total fees in icate above to

I my deposit account. '!!

IDeposit AccountNumber Date (day/month/year) Signature

FormPCTIIrrEAl401 (Annex) (Jaouary 1996) See Notes to the fie calculation sheet

Natural persons who are nationals of and reside in thefollowingPCTContractingStatesareeligible:Albania,Armenia,Azerbaijan, Belarus, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso,Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo,Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Democratic People's RepublicofKorea,Estonia,Gabon,Georgia,Guinea,Hungary,Kazakstan,Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania,Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia,Niger, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, RussianFederation, Senegal, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland,Tajikistan,The formerYugoslavRepublicof Macedonia,Togo.Turkey, Turkmenistan,Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and VietNam. As far as other States are concerned, inquiries should beaddressed to the InternationalBureau.

NOTES TO THE FEE CALCULATION SHEET(ANNEX TO FORM PCTlIPEAl401)

iThe purpose of the fee calculation sheetis to help the applicant to identify the prescribed fees and to calculate the amounts to

be paid. It is strongly recommendedthat the applicant complete, by entering the appropriate amounts in the boxes provided, andsubmit the f~e calculationsheet at the time of filing ofthe demand. This will help the InternationalPreliminaryExaminingAuthority(!PEA) to verify the calculations and to identify any error in tbem.

iii

ICALCULATION OF PRESCRIBED FEES

Calculation ofthe Handling Fee in Case of FeeReduction:Where the applicant is (or all applicants are) entitled to areductionof the handling fee, the total tobe entered at Box H is25% of the bandling fee.

Total Box: The total of the amounts inserted in Boxes Pand H is the amount which must be paid to the IPEA.

MODE OF PAYMENT

In order to help the !PEA identify tbe mode of payment ofthe prescribed fees. it is recommended to mark the applicablecheck-box(es).

AUTHORIZATION TO CHARGEDEPOSIT ACCOUNT

The applicant should check whether the IPEA allows theuse of deposit accounts for payment of peT fees. In addition,it is recommendedthat the applicantcheckwhat are the specificconditions applicable to the use of deposit accounts with theIPEA since not all IPEAs provide for the same services.

Finally, if the IPEA is not the same national Office orintergovernmental organization as that with which theinternationalapplicationwas filed, the deposit account with thereceiving Office cannot be charged for the purpose of payingthe preliminaryexaminationandhandling fees due to the IPEA.

The IPEAwill not chargefeesto deposit accountsunless thedepositaccountauthorizationis signed and indicatesthe depositaccount number.

INotesto the1e yalculationsheet (Annex to FormPCTI1PEAl401) (January1996)