PCT AI Section 402 — Correction or Addition of a Priority Claim under Rule 26 bis

Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024

• (a) Where the applicant, in a notice submitted to the International Bureau, corrects or adds a priority claim under Rule 26bis , that Bureau shall enter the correction or addition in the request, draw a line through, while still leaving legible, any indication deleted as a result of the correction, and enter, in the margin, the letters “IB”.
• (b) [Deleted]
• (c) The applicant, the receiving Office and the International Searching Authority shall be promptly notified by the International Bureau of any correction or addition of a priority claim under Rule 26bis and of the date on which it received such correction or addition.