PCT AI Section 308 bis — Marking of Later Submitted Sheets

Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024

The receiving Office shall indelibly mark any sheet containing an element referred to in Article 11(1)(iii)(d) or (e) , or a part referred to in Rule 20.5(a) or an element or part referred to in Rule 20.5bis(a) , received on a date later than the date on which sheets were first received (“later submitted sheet”), in the upper right-hand corner of each sheet, with the international application number referred to in Section 307 and the date of actual receipt of that sheet.