PCT AI Section 307 — System of Numbering International Applications (MPEP Index) – BlueIron IP
PCT AI Section 307 System of Numbering International Applications
This page consolidates MPEP guidance interpreting PCT AI Section 307, 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 § 307 — System of Numbering International Applications
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307 System of Numbering International Applications
Papers purporting to be an international application under Rule 20.1(a) shall be allocated an international application number, consisting of the letters “PCT,” a slant, the two-letter code referred to in Section 115 , indicating the receiving Office, a four-digit indication of the year in which such papers were first received, a slant and a six-digit number, allotted in sequential order corresponding to the order in which the international applications are received (e.g., “PCT/SE2004/000001”). Where the International Bureau acts as receiving Office, the two-letter code “IB” shall be used.