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PCT AI Section 321 Application of Moneys Received by the Receiving Office in
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Official MPEP § 321 — Application of Moneys Received by the Receiving Office in
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321 Application of Moneys Received by the Receiving Office in Certain Cases
- (a) The receiving Office shall, to the extent that it has received instructions from the applicant as to the fees to which it shall apply moneys received by it from the applicant, apply those moneys accordingly.
- (b) Where the receiving Office receives moneys from the applicant
which, together with any other moneys so received, are not sufficient to cover in
full the transmittal fee (if any), the international filing fee and the search fee
(if any), the receiving Office shall, to the extent that it has not received
instructions from the applicant as to the fees to which it shall apply the moneys
which are available for the purpose, apply those moneys in payment, successively,
of the fees set out below to the extent that they are due and unpaid and in the
order in which they appear below:
- (i) the transmittal fee;
- (ii) the international filing fee;
- (iii) the search fee.