PCT AI Section 701 — Abbreviated Expressions (MPEP Coverage Index) – BlueIron IP
PCT AI Section 701 Abbreviated Expressions
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This page consolidates MPEP guidance interpreting PCT AI Section 701, 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 § 701 — Abbreviated Expressions
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701 Abbreviated Expressions
For the purposes of this Part and Annex F , unless the contrary clearly follows from the wording, the nature of the provision or the context:
- (i) “electronic package” means a package of one or more electronic files assembled for the purposes of transmission of one or more documents in electronic form;
- (ii) “electronic document format” means the presentation or arrangement of the information in a document in electronic form;
- (iii) “means of transmittal,” in connection with a document in electronic form, means the manner in which a document is transmitted, for example, by electronic means or physical means;
- (iv) “electronic signature” means information in electronic form which is attached to, or logically associated with, a document in electronic form, which may be used to identify the signer and which indicates the signer’s approval of the content of the document;
- (v) “basic common standard” means the basic common standard for electronic filing of international applications provided for in Annex F ;
- (vi) “communication” of an international application or other document has the same meaning as in Rule 89bis.3 ;
- (vii) words and expressions whose meanings are explained in Annex F have the same meanings in this Part.