PCT AI Section 711 — Electronic Records Management

Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024

• (a) Records, copies and files in electronic form in relation to international applications shall be processed and, for the purposes of Rule 93 , kept in accordance with the requirements of authentication, integrity, confidentiality and non-repudiation, and having due regard to the principles of electronic records management, set out in Annex F .
• (b) Upon request by the applicant or other interested party in relation to a particular international application, the receiving Office shall, subject to any restrictions applicable under the Treaty as to access by third parties, [Editor's Note: Articles 30 and 38 and Rule 94 restrict access.] certify that any electronic records relating to that application are maintained and stored by it in accordance with paragraph (a).