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PCT Circulars 2018

Number Date Concerning
C. PCT 1555 December 19, 2018 Promulgation of modifications to the Administrative Instructions under the PCT, the PCT Receiving Office Guidelines and the PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines, as well as modifications to certain PCT Forms relating to the Receiving Office, the International Searching Authority, the International Bureau, the International Preliminary Examining Authority and the Authority specified for supplementary search, with effect from January 1, 2019.
C. PCT 1552 December 5, 2018 Report on Characteristics of International Search Reports (data underlying the graphs in the Annex ZIPPDF, Circulars
C. PCT 1551 December 10, 2018 Results of the “PCT Office Feedback Survey 2016-2017” assessing your level of satisfaction with PCT services
C. PCT 1550 November 23, 2018 Invitation to the twenty-sixth session of the Meeting of International Authorities under the PCT (PCT/MIA), which will be hosted by the Egyptian Patent Office in Cairo on February 13 and 14, 2019, and to the MIA Quality Subgroup, also in Cairo on February 11 and 12, 2019.
C. PCT 1549 November 12, 2018 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 and PCT fee calculation sheet chapter II.
C. PCT 1548 November 5, 2018 Proposed modifications of certain Forms annexed to the Administrative Instructions under the PCT and the PCT Receiving Office Guidelines.
C. PCT 1547 November 6, 2018 Proposed modifications to the standardized clauses for use in international search and preliminary examination reports and the inclusion of the standardized clauses in the International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines.
C. PCT 1546 October 24, 2018 Invitation to submit its annual report on its quality management.
C. PCT 1545 September 18, 2018 Proposed decommissioning of the International Bureau’s fax servers as a means of communication between applicants/offices and the International Bureau, including in its capacity as a receiving Office, with effect from December 31, 2018.
C. PCT 1544 July 9, 2018 Questionnaire for International Authorities on their use of Non Patent literature (NPL) and Traditional Knowledge-based prior art (TK) sources and databases, and inclusion of NPL and TK sources and databases to the PCT Minimum Documentation. You are invited to complete the attached questionnaire DOC, Circulars
C. PCT 1543 June 25, 2018 Promulgation of modifications to certain PCT Forms annexed to the Administrative Instructions under the PCT, as well as modifications to the PCT Receiving Office Guidelines and the PCT International Search and Examining Guidelines, with effect from July 1, 2018.
C. PCT 1542 May 11, 2018 Invitation to an informal session introducing the agenda items for discussion at the upcoming eleventh session of the PCT Working Group, to be held in Geneva from June 18 to 22, 2018.
C. PCT 1541 May 1, 2018 Proposed modifications of certain Forms annexed to the Administrative Instructions under the PCT and the PCT Receiving Office Guidelines
C. PCT 1536 April 13, 2018 Use of National Classification Symbols in International Applications
C. PCT 1535 March 9, 2018 Proposed modifications to the Administrative Instructions under the PCT and the PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines
C. PCT 1534 March 19, 2018 Invitation to participate in the eleventh 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 June 18 to 22, 2018.
C. PCT 1533 March 19, 2018 Invitation to participate in the eleventh 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 June 18 to 22, 2018.
C. PCT 1532 March 19, 2018 Invitation to participate in the eleventh 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 June 18 to 22, 2018.
C. PCT 1531 March 19, 2018 Invitation to participate in the eleventh 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 June 18 to 22, 2018.
C. PCT 1530 March 19, 2018 Invitation to participate in the eleventh 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 June 18 to 22, 2018.
C. PCT 1529 February 1, 2018 Training for examiners in substantive examination of patents. You are invited to complete the attached questionnaire DOC, Circulars
C. PCT 1528 January 31, 2018 Questionnaire to assess your level of satisfaction with PCT services
C. PCT 1527 January 31, 2018 Invitation to provide comments on the Report on Third Party Observations in the PCT
C. PCT 1526 February 5, 2018 Proposed modifications to the Administrative Instructions under the PCT
C. PCT 1525 January 19, 2018 Report for the tenth session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group on the website at: https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=42289
C. PCT 1524 January 8, 2018 Report on Characteristics of International Search Reports (data underlying the graphs in the Annex ZIPPDF, Circulars
C. PCT 1523 January 8, 2018 Proposed Modifications to Chapter 21 of the International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines