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PCT AI Section 403 Transmittal of Protest against Payment of Additional Fees and
This page consolidates MPEP guidance interpreting PCT AI Section 403, 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 § 403 — Transmittal of Protest against Payment of Additional Fees and
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403 Transmittal of Protest against Payment of Additional Fees and Decision Thereon Where International Application Is Considered to Lack Unity of Invention
Where, under Rule 40.2(c) or 68.3(c) , the International Bureau receives a request from the applicant to forward to any designated or elected Office the texts of both the protest against payment of additional fees as provided for in Articles 17(3)(a) and 34(3)(a) where the international application is considered to lack unity of invention and the decision thereon by the International Searching Authority or the International Preliminary Examining Authority, as the case may be, it shall proceed according to such request.