PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines
PART I INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
Chapter 2 Overview of the International Search Stage
Copies of Documents Cited in Search Report
2.19 At any time within seven years of the international filing date of the international application, either the applicant or any designated Office is entitled to request copies of the documents cited in the search report to be sent to them by the International Searching Authority, subject, if required by the Authority, to the payment of costs for preparing and mailing the copies (the applicant may be sent copies of the citations automatically with the international search report).