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PCT Circulars 2015

Number Date Concerning
C. PCT 1463 December 18, 2015 Report on Characteristics of International Search Reports (data underlying the graphs in the Annex ZIP, title goes here)   WORD, Circulars
C. PCT 1462 December 1, 2015 Report for the eighth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group on the web site of WIPO at: https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=35593.
C. PCT 1461 October 26, 2015 Invitation to the twenty-third session of the Meeting of International Authorities under the PCT (PCT/MIA), which will be hosted by the National Institute of Industrial Property of Chile (INAPI) in Santiago from January 20 to 22, 2016, and to the MIA Quality Subgroup, also in Santiago on January 18 and 19, 2016.
C. PCT 1460 October 14, 2015 Invitation to submit its annual report on its quality management.
C. PCT 1459 September 30, 2015 Promulgation of modifications to the PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines, as in force from October 1, 2015
C. PCT 1458 October 1, 2015 Promulgation of modifications to the PCT Receiving Office Guidelines, with effect from October 1, 2015, relating to a service offered by certain International Searching Authorities (ISAs) for applicants who file a PCT application claiming priority of an earlier application already searched by the same Office to submit comments on the earlier search results. This Circular also promulgates modifications to Form PCT/IB/311. 
C. PCT 1457 September 7, 2015 Report for the twenty-eighth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Committee for Technical Cooperation on the web site of WIPO at: https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=36282
C. PCT 1456 June 12, 2015 Proposed modifications to the PCT Receiving Office Guidelines relating to a service offered by certain International Searching Authorities (ISAs) which permits applicants who file a PCT application claiming priority of an earlier application already searched by the same Office to submit comments on the earlier search results. These comments would then be taken into account by the ISAs when carrying out the international search.
C. PCT 1455 May 22, 2015 Proposed modifications of the PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines as set out in document PCT/GL/ISPE/4 Prov. 2  WORD, Circulars
C. PCT 1454 April 30, 2015 Modifications to the Administrative Instructions under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), certain PCT forms relating to the Receiving Office, the International Bureau and the International Preliminary Examining Authority, and modifications to the Receiving Office Guidelines, which will enter into force on July 1, 2015, and are hereby promulgated.
C. PCT 1453 April 8, 2015 Modifications to the Administrative Instructions under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Annex F, Standard for Filing and Processing in Electronic Form, Appendix I (PCT/AI/DTD/11) which will enter into force on July 1, 2015, and are hereby promulgated.
C. PCT 1449 March 16, 2015 Invitation to participate in twenty eighth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Committee for Technical Cooperation (CTC), which will be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), from May 26 to 29, 2015.
C. PCT 1448 March 16, 2015 Invitation to participate in twenty eighth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Committee for Technical Cooperation (CTC), which will be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), from May 26 to 29, 2015.
C. PCT 1447 March 16, 2015 Invitation to participate in twenty eighth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Committee for Technical Cooperation (CTC), which will be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), from May 26 to 29, 2015.
C. PCT 1446 March 16, 2015 Invitation to participate in twenty eighth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Committee for Technical Cooperation (CTC), which will be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), from May 26 to 29, 2015.
C. PCT 1445 March 16, 2015 Invitation to participate in twenty eighth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Committee for Technical Cooperation (CTC), which will be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), from May 26 to 29, 2015.
C. PCT 1443 February 6, 2015 Proposed modifications to certain Forms, PCT Administrative Instructions and the PCT Receiving Office Guidelines. The proposed modifications implement amendments to the Regulations under the PCT, that will enter into force on July 1, 2015. The Circular also implements the decommissioning of PCT-EASY which has effect on the same date.
C. PCT 1442 January 26, 2015 Impact of the Swiss franc's increase in value on PCT international filing fees as well as other PCT fees and proposes alternative procedures for establishing equivalent amounts in other currencies in order to address this extraordinary situation
C. PCT 1441 January 21, 2015 Proposals for change to the Standard for the Filing and Processing in Electronic Form of International Applications (Annex F of the Administrative Instructions under the PCT) related to the PCT Fee Calculation Sheet (PCT/RO/101 (Annex)).
C. PCT 1440 January 19, 2015 Possible measures to reduce exposure of PCT fee income to movements in currency exchange rates.
C. PCT 1439 January 27, 2015 Invitation to participate at the eighth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group, which will be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), from May 26 to 29, 2015.
C. PCT 1438 January 27, 2015 Invitation to participate at the eighth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group, which will be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), from May 26 to 29, 2015.
C. PCT 1437 January 27, 2015 Invitation to participate at the eighth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group, which will be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), from May 26 to 29, 2015.
C. PCT 1436 January 27, 2015 Invitation to participate at the eighth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group, which will be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), from May 26 to 29, 2015.
C. PCT 1435 January 27, 2015 Invitation to participate at the eighth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group, which will be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), from May 26 to 29, 2015.