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Notes to the supplementary search request (PCT/IB/375) (page 2) (revised January 2019)
is marked, the International Bureau and Authority specifi ed for
supplementary search may, if they wish to do so, send notifi cations
in respect of the international application to the applicant, thus
avoiding processing or postal delays. Note that not all Offi ces
will send such notifi cations by e-mail (for details about each
Offi ce’s procedure, see PCT Applicant’s Guide, Annex B). If
the fi rst check-box is marked, any such e-mail notifi cation will
always be followed by the offi cial notifi cation on paper. Only
that paper copy of the notifi cation is considered the legal copy of
the notifi cation and only the date of mailing of that paper copy
will commence any time limit within the meaning of Rule 80.
If the second check-box is marked, the applicant requests the
discontinuation of the sending of paper copies of notifi cations
and acknowledges that the date of mailing indicated on the
electronic copy will commence any time limit within the meaning
of Rule 80.
Note that it is the applicant’s responsibility to keep any e -mail
address details up-to-date and to ensure that incoming e -mails are
not blocked, for any reason, on the recipient’s side. Changes to
the e-mail address indicated should be requested to be recorded,
preferably directly at the International Bureau, under Rule 92bis.
Where the e-mail authorization is given both in respect of the
applicant and in respect of an agent or common representative,
the International Bureau and the Authority specified for
supplementary search will send e-mail communications only to
the appointed agent or common representative.
Box No. III
Agent or Common Representative (Rules 45bis.1(b)(i),
90.1 and 90.2): Mark the applicable check-boxes to indicate
fi rst whether the person named in this Box is agent or common
representative, then whether that person has been appointed
earlier (i.e., during the procedure under Chapter I), or is appointed
in the supplementary search request and any earlier appointment
of another person is revoked, or is appointed specifi cally for the
procedure before the Authority specifi ed for supplementary search
(without revocation of any earlier appointment), in addition to
the person(s) appointed earlier.
Where an additional person is appointed specifi cally for
the procedure before the Authority specifi ed for supplementary
search, all notifi cations issued by that Authority will be addressed
only to that additional person. A separate power of attorney must
be fi led with the Authority specifi ed for supplementary search,
the International Bureau or the receiving Offi ce, if the person
appointed at the time the supplementary search request is fi led
(i.e., was not appointed earlier) signs the supplementary search
request on behalf of the applicant (Rule 90.4).
Agent’s registration number with the Offi ce: Where
the agent is registered with the national or regional Offi ce that
is acting as Authority specifi ed for supplementary search, the
supplementary search request may indicate the number or other
indication under which the agent is so registered.
E- mail address (see Notes to Box. No. II)
Address for correspondence Where an agent is appointed,
any correspondence intended for the applicant will be sent to the
address indicated for that agent (or for the fi rst-mentioned agent, if
more than one is appointed). Where one of two or more applicants
is appointed as common representative, the address indicated for
that applicant in Box No. III will be used. Where no agent or
common representative is appointed, any correspondence will
be sent to the address, indicated in Box No.II, of the applicant.
However, if the applicant wishes correspondence to be sent to a
diff erent address in such a case, that address may be indicated
in Box No.III instead of the designation of an agent or common
representative. In this case, and only in this case, the last check-box
of Box No. III must be marked (that is, the last check-box must
not be marked if either of the check-boxes “agent” or “common
representative” in Box No. III has been marked)
.
Box No. IV
Language for the supplementary international search: The
language for the purposes of supplementary international search
should be indicated in Box No. IV and it should be specifi ed
whether that language is that of the international application as
fi led, the language of the translation furnished for the purposes of
international search (Rule 12.3), the language of the translation
furnished for the purposes of publication of the international
application (Rule 12.4) and/or the language of the translation to be
furnished for the purposes of supplementary international search.
Where neither the language in which the international
application was fi led nor that in which a translation (if any) has
been furnished under Rule 12.3 or 12.4 is accepted by the Authority
specifi ed for supplementary search, a translation of the international
application into a language which is accepted by that Authority
must be furnished with the supplementary search request.
Limitation of the supplementary international search
to certain claims: The check-box should be marked where the
International Searching Authority has found that the international
application does not comply with the requirement of unity of
invention and the applicant wishes to limit the supplementary
international search to one of the inventions as identifi ed by
the International Searching Authority other than the main
invention referred to in Article 17(3)(a). The claims relating to
the invention selected and, where applicable, the number of the
invention as identifi ed by the International Searching Authority,
should be indicated in the space provided. Note that where the
international search report is available to the Authority specifi ed
for supplementary search before it starts the search, the Authority
may exclude from the supplementary search any claims which
were not the subject of the international search (Rule 45bis.5(d)).
Box No. V
Check list: It is recommended that this Box be fi lled in
carefully in order for the Authority specifi ed for supplementary
search to determine, as soon as possible, whether it is in possession
of the documents on the basis of which the applicant wishes
supplementary international search to start. Where a translation
of the international application must be furnished for the purposes
of supplementary international search (Rule 45bis.1(c)(i)), check-
Box No. 1 should be marked.
Where the international application contains disclosure of
one or more nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences, and a copy
of the sequence listing in the form of an Annex C/ST.25 text fi le
is required by the Authority specifi ed for supplementary search,
the applicant should preferably furnish the listing in that form to
the International Bureau with the supplementary search request
(Rule 45bis.1(c)(ii)). If this is the case, check-box No.6 should
be marked.
Box No. VI
Signature of applicant, agent or common representative
(Rules 90 and 92.1): The supplementary search request must
be signed by one of the applicants, the agent or the common
representative.
Important: Should a notice of withdrawal of the
supplementary search request be fi led, that notice will have
to be signed by the applicant or, if there are two or more
applicants by all of them (Rule 90bis.5), or by an agent or a
common representative whose appointment has been eff ected
by each applicant signing, at his choice, the request, the
request for supplementary search, the demand, a separate
power of attorney (Rule 90.4(a)) or a general power of attorney
(Rule 90.5(a)).
