PCT AI Section 102 — Use of the Forms (MPEP Coverage Index) – BlueIron IP
PCT AI Section 102 Use of the Forms
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This page consolidates MPEP guidance interpreting PCT AI Section 102, including 0 rules from the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure. It is provided as guidance, with links to the ground truth sources. This is information only, it is not legal advice.
Official MPEP § 102 — Use of the Forms
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102 Use of the Forms
- (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) to (k) and
Section 103
,
the International Authorities shall use, or require the use of, the mandatory
Forms specified below:
- (i) Forms for use by the applicant:
PCT/RO/101 (request Form) PCT/IPEA/401 (demand Form) - (ii) Forms for use by the receiving Offices:
PCT/RO/103 PCT/RO/115 PCT/RO/152 PCT/RO/104 PCT/RO/117 PCT/RO/153 PCT/RO/105 PCT/RO/118 PCT/RO/154 PCT/RO/106 PCT/RO/123 PCT/RO/155 PCT/RO/107 PCT/RO/126 PCT/RO/156 PCT/RO/109 PCT/RO/133 PCT/RO/157 PCT/RO/110 PCT/RO/136 PCT/RO/158 PCT/RO/111 PCT/RO/143 PCT/RO/159 PCT/RO/112 PCT/RO/147 PCT/RO/113 PCT/RO/150 PCT/RO/114 PCT/RO/151 - (iii) Forms for use by the International Searching
Authorities:
PCT/ISA/201 PCT/ISA/212 PCT/ISA/234 PCT/ISA/202 PCT/ISA/217 PCT/ISA/235 PCT/ISA/203 PCT/ISA/218 PCT/ISA/236 PCT/ISA/205 PCT/ISA/219 PCT/ISA/237 PCT/ISA/206 PCT/ISA/220 PCT/ISA/209 PCT/ISA/225 PCT/ISA/210 PCT/SISA/501 PCT/SISA/504 PCT/SISA/507 PCT/SISA/502 PCT/SISA/505 PCT/SISA/510 PCT/SISA/503 PCT/SISA/506 - (iv) Forms for use by the International Bureau:
PCT/IB/301 PCT/IB/325 PCT/IB/357 PCT/IB/304 PCT/IB/326 PCT/IB/358 PCT/IB/305 PCT/IB/331 PCT/IB/360 PCT/IB/306 PCT/IB/332 PCT/IB/366 PCT/IB/307 PCT/IB/335 PCT/IB/367 PCT/IB/308 PCT/IB/336 PCT/IB/368 PCT/IB/310 PCT/IB/337 PCT/IB/369 PCT/IB/311 PCT/IB/338 PCT/IB/370 PCT/IB/313 PCT/IB/339 PCT/IB/371 PCT/IB/314 PCT/IB/344 PCT/IB/373 PCT/IB/315 PCT/IB/345 PCT/IB/374 PCT/IB/316 PCT/IB/346 PCT/IB/376 PCT/IB/317 PCT/IB/349 PCT/IB/377 PCT/IB/318 PCT/IB/350 PCT/IB/378 PCT/IB/319 PCT/IB/351 PCT/IB/379 PCT/IB/320 PCT/IB/353 PCT/IB/399 PCT/IB/321 PCT/IB/354 PCT/IB/323 PCT/IB/356 - (v) Forms for use by the International Preliminary Examining
Authorities:
PCT/IPEA/402 PCT/IPEA/414 PCT/IPEA/440 PCT/IPEA/404 PCT/IPEA/415 PCT/IPEA/441 PCT/IPEA/405 PCT/IPEA/416 PCT/IPEA/442 PCT/IPEA/407 PCT/IPEA/420 PCT/IPEA/443 PCT/IPEA/408 PCT/IPEA/425 PCT/IPEA/444 PCT/IPEA/409 PCT/IPEA/431 PCT/IPEA/412 PCT/IPEA/436
- (i) Forms for use by the applicant:
- (b) Slight variations in layout necessary in view of the printing of the Forms referred to in paragraph (a) in various languages are permitted.
- (c) Slight variations in layout in the Forms referred to in paragraph (a)(ii) to (v) are permitted to the extent necessary to meet the particular office requirements of the International Authorities, in particular in view of the production of the Forms by computer or of the use of window envelopes.
- (d) Where the receiving Office, the International Searching Authority and/or the International Preliminary Examining Authority are each part of the same Office, the obligation to use the Forms referred to in paragraph (a) does not extend to communications within that same Office.
- (e) The annexes to Forms PCT/RO/106, PCT/RO/118, PCT/ISA/201, PCT/ISA/205, PCT/ISA/206, PCT/ISA/210, PCT/ISA/219, PCT/IB/313, PCT/IB/336, PCT/IPEA/404, PCT/IPEA/405 and PCT/IPEA/415 may be omitted in cases where they are not used.
- (f) The notes attached to Forms PCT/RO/101 (request Form), PCT/IB/375 (supplementary search request Form) and PCT/IPEA/401 (demand Form) shall be distributed by the International Authorities concerned together with the printed versions of those Forms. The notes attached to Form PCT/ISA/220 shall accompany the Form when sent to the applicant.
- (g) The use of Forms other than those referred to in paragraph (a) is optional.
- (h) Where the request or the demand is presented as a computer
print-out, such print-out shall be prepared as follows:
- (i) subject to subparagraph (ix), the layout and contents of the request and the demand when presented as computer print-outs shall correspond to the format of Forms PCT/RO/101 (request Form) and PCT/IPEA/401 (demand Form) (“the printed Forms”), with the same information being presented on the corresponding pages;
- (ii) all boxes shall be drawn by solid lines; double lines may be presented as single lines;
- (iii) the box numbers and box titles shall be included even where no information is supplied therein;
- (iv) the boxes for use by the International Authorities shall be at least as large as those on the printed Forms;
- (v) all other boxes shall be within one cm in size of those on the printed Forms;
- (vi) all text shall be 9 points or larger in size;
- (vii) titles and other information shall be clearly distinguished;
- (viii) explanatory notes presented in italics on the printed Forms may be omitted;
- (ix) the request and the demand when presented as computer print-outs may contain additional or alternative details concerning the means of communication with the applicant.
- (i) Other formats permitted for the presentation of the request and the demand as computer print-outs may be determined by the Director General. Any such format shall be published in the Gazette.
- (j) The page-based layout of a Form generated from a character-coded format shall be permitted if it is generated using a stylesheet provided by the International Bureau.
- (k) A Form may be transmitted by one Office, International Authority or the International Bureau to another in character-coded format only, without its page based layout, if the recipient Office, Authority or Bureau has agreed to receive the information in such format and has agreed to generate any page based layout which may be required for the recipient Office’s file records.