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

Opmerkingen

1. 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).1)
2. 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).2)
3. The Rule as amended:
   a)shall enter into force on April 1, 2005, and shall apply to any International application whose International filing date is on or after April 1, 2005;b)shall not apply to any International application whose International filing date is before April 1, 2005, provided that amended Rules 13ter.2, 53.9, 68.2, 68.3 and 69.1 shall apply in relation to any International application in respect of which a demand for International preliminary examination is made on or after April 1, 2005, whether the International application is filed before, on or after April 1, 2005 (Trb. 2006/77).3)
4. This rule as amended:
   a) shall apply to any international application whose international filing date is on or after January 1, 2004, provided that: (i) Rule 15.4 and the Schedule of Fees as worded before their amendment shall continue to apply to any international application which is received by the receiving Office before January 1, 2004, and is accorded an international filing date that is on or after January 1, 2004; (ii) Rule 47.1c) and e) as amended shall apply to any international application whose international filing date is on or after January 1, 2004, in respect of a designated Office which has made a notification under paragraph (2) of the decisions of the Assembly set out in Annex IV of document PCT/A/30/7, and which has not withdrawn that notification under paragraph (3) of those decisions, as though the reference in each of Rule 47.1c) and e) to ‘‘28 months’’ was a reference to ‘‘19 months,’’ with the consequence that two notifications under Rule 47.1c) shall, if applicable, be sent in respect of such an application; b) shall not apply to any international application whose international filing date is before January 1, 2004, provided that: (i) Rules 53.4, 53.7, 60.1, 61.2 and 90bis.5(b) as amended, the Rules as amended that are referred to in those Rules and the deletion of Rules 56, 60.2 and 61.1c) shall apply to any international application in respect of which a demand for international preliminary examination is filed on or after January 1, 2004, whether the international filing date of the international application is before, on or after January 1, 2004; (ii) new Rule 94.1c) shall apply to the furnishing on or after January 1, 2004, of copies of the international preliminary examination report in respect of any international application, whether the international filing date of the application is before, on or after January 1, 2004 (Trb. 2004/242).4)