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(a) The publication of the international application shall contain:
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(i) a standardized front page;
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(ii) the description;
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(iii) the claims;
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(iv) the drawings, if any;
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(v) subject to paragraph (g), the international search report or the declaration under
Article 17(2)(a);
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(vi) any statement filed under Article 19(1), unless the International Bureau finds that the statement does not comply with the
provisions of Rule 46.4;
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(vii) where the request for publication under Rule 91.3d) was received by the International Bureau before the completion of the technical preparations
for international publication, any request for rectification of an obvious mistake,
any reasons and any comments referred to in Rule 91.3d);
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(viii) the indications in relation to deposited biological material furnished under Rule 13bis separately from the description, together with an indication of the date on which
the International Bureau received such indications;
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(ix) any information concerning a priority claim referred to in Rule 26bis.2d);
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(x) any declaration referred to in Rule 4.17, and any correction thereof under Rule 26ter.1, which was received by the International Bureau before the expiration of the time
limit under Rule 26ter.1;
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(xi) any information concerning a request under Rule 26bis.3 for restoration of the right of priority and the decision of the receiving Office
upon such request, including information as to the criterion for restoration upon
which the decision was based.
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(b) Subject to paragraph (c), the front page shall include:
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(i) data taken from the request sheet and such other data as are prescribed by the Administrative
Instructions;
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(ii) a figure or figures where the international application contains drawings, unless
Rule 8.2b) applies;
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(iii) the abstract; if the abstract is both in English and in another language, the English
text shall appear first;
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(iv) where applicable, an indication that the request contains a declaration referred to
in Rule 4.17 which was received by the International Bureau before the expiration of the time
limit under Rule 26ter.1;
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(v) where the international filing date has been accorded by the receiving Office under Rule 20.3(b)(ii), 20.5(d) or 20.5bis(d) on the basis of the incorporation by reference under Rules 4.18 and 20.6 of an element or part, an indication to that effect, together with an indication
as to whether the applicant, for the purposes of Rule 20.6(a)(ii), relied on compliance
with Rule 17.1(a), (b) or (b-bis) in relation to the priority document or on a separately submitted copy of the earlier
application concerned;
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(vi) where applicable, an indication that the published international application contains
information under Rule 26bis.2d);
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(vii) where applicable, an indication that the published international application contains
information concerning a request under Rule 26bis.3 for restoration of the right of priority and the decision of the receiving Office
upon such request;
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(viii) where applicable, an indication that an erroneously filed element or part has been
removed from the international application in accordance with Rule 20.5bis(b) or (c).
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(c) Where a declaration under Article 17(2) (a) has been issued, the front page shall conspicuously refer to that fact and need include
neither a drawing nor an abstract.
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(d) The figure or figures referred to in paragraph (b) (ii) shall be selected as provided in Rule 8.2 Reproduction of such figure or figures on the front page may be in a reduced form.
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(e) If there is not enough room on the front page for the totality of the abstract referred
to in paragraph (b) iii), the said abstract shall appear on the back of the front page. The same shall
apply to the translation of the abstract when such translation is required to be published
under Rule 48.3 (c).
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(f) If the claims have been amended under Article 19, the publication of the international application shall contain the full text of
the claims both as filed and as amended. Any statement referred to in Article 19(1)
shall be included as well, unless the International Bureau finds that the statement
does not comply with the provisions of Rule 46.4. The date of receipt of the amended claims by the International Bureau shall be indicated.
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(g) If, at the time of the completion of the technical preparations for international
publication, the international search report is not yet available, the front page
shall contain an indication to the effect that that report was not available and that
the international search report (when it becomes available) will be separately published
together with a revised front page.
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(h) If, at the time of the completion of the technical preparations for international
publication, the time limit for amending the claims under Article 19 has not expired, the front page shall refer to that fact and indicate that, should
the claims be amended under Article 19, then, promptly after receipt by the International
Bureau of such amendments within the time limit under Rule 46.1, the full text of the claims as amended will be published together with a revised
front page. If a statement under Article 19(1) has been filed, that statement shall
be published as well, unless the International Bureau finds that the statement does
not comply with the provisions of Rule 46.4.
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(i) If the authorization by the receiving Office, the International Searching Authority
or the International Bureau of a rectification of an obvious mistake in the international
application under Rule 91.1 is received by or, where applicable, given by the International Bureau after completion
of the technical preparations for international publication, a statement reflecting
all the rectifications shall be published, together with the sheets containing the
rectifications, or the replacement sheets and the letter furnished under Rule 91.2,
as the case may be, and the front page shall be republished.
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(j) If, at the time of completion of the technical preparations for international publication,
a request under Rule 26bis.3 for restoration of the right of priority is still pending, the published international
application shall contain, in place of the decision by the receiving Office upon that
request, an indication to the effect that such decision was not available and that
the decision, when it becomes available, will be separately published.
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(k) If a request for publication under Rule 91.3d) was received by the International Bureau after the completion of the technical preparations
for international publication, the request for rectification, any reasons and any
comments referred to in that Rule shall be promptly published after the receipt of
such request for publication, and the front page shall be republished.
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(l) The International Bureau shall, upon a reasoned request by the applicant received
by the International Bureau prior to the completion of the technical preparations
for international publication, omit from publication any information, if it finds
that:
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(i) this information does not obviously serve the purpose of informing the public about
the international application;
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(ii) publication of such information would clearly prejudice the personal or economic interests
of any person; and
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(iii) there is no prevailing public interest to have access to that information.
Rule 26.4 shall apply mutatis mutandis as to the manner in which the applicant shall present the information which is the
subject of a request made under this paragraph.
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(m) Where the receiving Office, the International Searching Authority, the Authority specified
for supplementary search or the International Bureau notes any information meeting
the criteria set out under paragraph (l), that Office, Authority or Bureau may suggest
to the applicant to request the omission from international publication in accordance
with paragraph (l).
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(n) Where the International Bureau has omitted information from international publication
in accordance with paragraph (l) and that information is also contained in the file
of the international application held by the receiving Office, the International Searching
Authority, the Authority specified for supplementary search or the International Preliminary
Examining Authority, the International Bureau shall promptly notify that Office and
Authority accordingly.