CABINET CHAILLOT Industrial Property Attorneys in France
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Patent Cooperation Treaty

Done at Washington on June 19, 1970,
amended on September 28, 1979
and modified on February 3, 1984

  • Preamble
    Introductory Provisions


  • Chapter I - International Application and International Search

    • Article 3 - The International Application

    • Article 4 - The Request

    • Article 5 - The Description

    • Article 6 - The Claims

    • Article 7 - The Drawings

    • Article 8 - Claiming Priority

    • Article 9 - The Applicant

    • Article 10 - The Receiving Office  

    • Article 11 - Filling Date and Effects of the International Application

    • Article 12 - Transmittal of the International Application to the International Bureau and the International Searching Authority

    • Article 13 - Availability of Copy of the International Application to Designated Offices

    • Article 14 - Certain Defects in the International Application

    • Article 15 - The International Search

    • Article 16 - The International Searching Authority

    • Article 17 - Procedure Before the International Searching Authority

    • Article 18 - The International Search Report

    • Article 19 - Amendment of the Claims Before the International Bureau

    • Article 20 - Communication to Designated Offices

    • Article 21 - International Publication  

    • Article 22 - Copy, Translation, and Fee, to Designated Offices Modified as from April 1st, 2002
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    • Article 23 - Delaying of National Procedure

    • Article 24 - Possible Loss of Effect in Designated States

    • Article 25 - Review by Designated Offices

    • Article 26 - Opportunity to Correct Before Designated Offices

    • Article 27 - National Requirements

    • Article 28 - Amendment of the Claims, the Description, and the Drawings, Before Designated Offices

    • Article 29 - Effects of the International Publication

    • Article 30 - Confidential Nature of the International Application

  •  Chapter II - International Preliminary Examination

    • Article 31 - Demand for International Preliminary Examination

    • Article 32 - The International Preliminary Examining Authority

    • Article 33 - The International Preliminary Examination

    • Article 34 - Procedure Before the International Preliminary Examining Authority

    • Article 35 - The International Preliminary Examination Report

    • Article 36 - Transmittal, Translation, and Communication, of the International Preliminary Examination Report

    • Article 37 - Withdrawal of Demand or Election

    • Article 38 - Confidential Nature of the International Preliminary Examination

    • Article 39 - Copy, Translation, and Fee, to Elected Offices
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    • Article 40 - Delaying of National Examination and Other Processing

    • Article 41 - Amendment of the Claims, the Description, and the Drawings, Before Elected Offices

    • Article 42 - Results of National Examination in Elected Offices

     
  •  Chapter III - Common Provisions


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  •  Chapter IV - Technical Services
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  •  Chapter V - Administrative Provisions
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  •  Chapter VI - Disputes
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  •  Chapter VII - Revision and Amendment


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  •  Chapter VIII - Final Provisions