(a) In effecting the sequential numbering of the sheets of the international application in accordance with Rule 11.7, the elements of the international application shall be placed in the following order:
(ii) the description excluding the sequence listing part of the description referred to in Rule 5.2(a));
(v) if applicable, the drawings.
Any sequence listing part of the description shall be presented in a separate electronic file in accordance with Annex C.
(b) The sequential numbering of the sheets shall be effected by using the following separate series of numbering:
(i) the first series applying to the request only and commencing with the first sheet of the request;
(ii) the second series commencing with the first sheet of the description (as referred to in paragraph (a)(ii)) and continuing through the claims until the last sheet of the abstract;
(iii) if applicable, a further series applying to the sheets of the drawings only and commencing with the first sheet of the drawings; the number of each sheet of the drawings shall consist of two Arabic numerals separated by a slant, the first being the sheet number and the second being the total number of sheets of drawings (for example, 1/3, 2/3, 3/3).