Verdrag tot samenwerking inzake octrooien, Washington, 19-06-1970

Opmerkingen

1. This Rule:
   a)shall apply to international applications whose international filing date is on or after April 1, 2007, provided that Rules 4.1c)(iv), 4.18, 4.19, 12.1bis, 12.3, 20.1 to 20.9, 21.2, 22.1, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3ter, 26.5, 26.6, 48.2b)(v), 51.1, 51.2, 51bis.1, 55.2 and 82ter.1 as amended shall not apply to international applications in respect of which one or more elements referred to in Article 11(1)(iii) were first received by the receiving Office before April 1, 2007;b)shall not apply to international applications whose international filing date is before April 1, 2007, provided that:(i)Rule 34.1 as amended shall apply to any international search carried out on or after April 1, 2007;(ii)Rules 43.6bis, 43bis.1b), 66.1, 66.4bis and 70.2e) as amended shall apply to international search reports, written opinions and international preliminary examination reports established on or after April 1, 2007, in respect of international applications whose international filing date is before April 1, 2007, as though the references in those Rules to rectifications of obvious mistakes authorized under Rule 91.1 as amended were references to rectifications of obvious errors authorized under existing Rule 91.1;(iii)Rule 49ter.2 as amended shall apply to international applications whose international filing date is before April 1, 2007, and in respect of which the acts referred to in Article 22(1) are performed on or after April 1, 2007;(iv)Rule 76.5 as amended, to the extent that it has the effect of making Rule 49ter.2 applicable, shall apply to international applications whose international filing date is before April 1, 2007, and in respect of which the acts referred to in Article 39(1)a) are performed on or after April 1, 2007 (Trb. 2006/214).1)
2. This Rule:
   (1)shall apply to international applications whose international filing date is on or after April 1, 2007, provided that Rules 20.8(a-bis) and c), 55.2(a-bis) and 76.5 as amended shall not apply to international applications in respect of which one or more elements referred to in Article 11(1)(iii) were first received by the receiving Office before April 1, 2007;(2)shall not apply to international applications whose international filing date is before April 1, 2007, provided that:a)Rule 43.4 as amended shall apply to any international application in respect of which an international search report is established on or after April 1, 2007, whether the international filing date is before, on or after April 1, 2007;b)Rule 48.3c) as amended shall apply to any international application which is published under Article 21 on or after April 1, 2007, whether the international filing date is before, on or after April 1, 2007;c)Rules 54bis.1 and 55.2(a-ter), c) and d) as amended shall apply to any international application in respect of which a demand for international preliminary examination is made on or after April 1, 2007, whether the international filing date is before, on or after April 1, 2007 (Trb. 2007/46).2)
3. The Rule as amended:
   a)shall enter into force on April 1, 2006, and shall apply to international applications whose international filing date is on or after April 1, 2006;b)shall not apply to international applications whose international filing date is before April 1, 2006, provided that:(i)Rules 13bis.4, 47.1, 48.1 and 48.2 as amended shall apply to international applications whose international filing date is before April 1, 2006, and which are published under Article 21 on or after April 1, 2006;(ii)Rules 26bis.2 and 91.1 as amended shall apply to international applications whose international filing date is before April 1, 2006, and whose communication under Article 20 is on or after April 1, 2006;(iii)Rules 86.1 and 86.2 as amended shall apply to issues of the Gazette published on or after April 1, 2006, regardless of the international filing dates of the international applications to which those issues relate;(iv)Rules 87.1 and 87.2 as amended shall apply to the communication of international applications, the Gazette and other publications on or after April 1, 2006, regardless, where applicable, of the international filing dates of the international applications concerned (Trb. 2006/77).3)