PCT AI Section 207 — Arrangement of Elements and Numbering of Sheets of the International Application

Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024

• (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:
  • (i) the request;
  • (ii) the description excluding the sequence listing part of the description referred to in Rule 5.2(a) ;
  • (iii) the claims;
  • (iv) the abstract;
  • (v) if applicable, the drawings.
  • (vi) [Deleted]

  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).