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PCT Circulars 2023

Number Date Concerning
C. PCT 1659 November 28, 2023 New questions to be added in the PCT Applicant’s Guide so as to invite your Office to provide additional information relating to those questions for publication therein.
C. PCT 1658 November 21, 2023 Invitation to complete the survey questionnaire concerning the coordination of patent examiner training for small and medium Offices. Your Office is invited to complete the online questionnaire before December 22, 2023.  ZIP
C. PCT 1657 July 25, 2023 Invitation to provide comments on the draft report on characteristics of international search reports (data underlying the graphs in the Annex ZIPPDF, Circulars
C. PCT 1656 July 26, 2023 Information about a pilot of a new XML rendering arrangement for international applications in XML format.
C. PCT 1655 December 20, 2023 Invitation to the first session of the PCT Text Processing Task Force, which will take place by videoconference on the Zoom platform from January 29 to 31, 2024 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. (Central European Time).
C. PCT 1654 July 7, 2023 Invitation to the thirtieth session of the Meeting of International Authorities under the PCT (PCT/MIA), which will take place by videoconference on the Zoom platform from November 1 to 3, 2023, and to the PCT/MIA Quality Subgroup, also by videoconference, on October 30 and 31, 2023.
C. PCT 1653 May 3, 2023 Invitation to your Office to complete a single response to the survey on search strategies in patent applications for IP Offices, which is available at: https://surveys.wipo.int/s3/Search-Strategies-Applications-Patent-Cooperation-Treaty-IP-Offices ZIP
C. PCT 1652 March 23, 2023 Invitation to the sixth meeting of the PCT Minimum Documentation Task Force, which will take place by videoconference using Microsoft Teams from May 22 to 26, 2023.
C. PCT 1650 January 19, 2023 Invitation to submit its annual report on its quality management.