PCT Article 19 — Amendment of the Claims Before the International Bureau
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024
- (1) The applicant shall, after having received the international search report, be entitled to one opportunity to amend the claims of the international application by filing amendments with the International Bureau within the prescribed time limit. He may, at the same time, file a brief statement, as provided in the Regulations, explaining the amendments and indicating any impact that such amendments might have on the description and the drawings.
- (2) The amendments shall not go beyond the disclosure in the international application as filed.
- (3) If the national law of any designated State permits amendments to go beyond the said disclosure, failure to comply with paragraph (2) shall have no consequence in that State.
Cited by
- 1121 Content of a Patent Application Publication
- 1801 Basic Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Principles
- 1824 The Claims
- 1836 Rectification of Obvious Mistakes
- 1845.02 Notification of Transmittal of the International Search Report and the Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority, or the Declaration (Form PCT/ISA/220)
- 1853 Amendment Under PCT Article 19
- 1856 Supplementary International Searches
- 1864.01 Amendments Filed Under PCT Article 34
- 1871 Processing Amendments Filed Under Article 19 and Article 34 Prior to or at the Start of International Preliminary Examination
- 1876.01 Request for Rectification and Notification of Action Thereon
- 1878 Preparation of the Written Opinion of the International Preliminary Examining Authority
- 1878.02 Reply to the Written Opinion of the ISA or IPEA
- 1879 Preparation of the International Preliminary Examination Report
- 1879.01 Time Limit for Preparing Report
- 1893.01 Commencement and Entry
- 1893.01(a)(1) Submissions Required by 30 Months from the Priority Date
- 1893.01(a)(2) Article 19 Amendment (Filed With the International Bureau)
- 1893.01(a)(4) Claim Amendment (Filed With the U.S. Designated or Elected Office)
- 1893.01(c) Fees
- 1893.01(d) Translation
- 1893.03(e) Documents Received from the International Bureau and Placed in a U.S. National Stage Application File
- 714 Amendments, Applicant’s Action
- 35 U.S.C. 371 National stage: Commencement
- 37 CFR 1.495 Entering the national stage in the United States of America
- PCT Article 20 Communication to Designated Offices
- PCT Rule 46 Amendment of Claims before the International Bureau
- PCT Rule 48 International Publication
- PCT Rule 49 Copy, Translation and Fee under Article 22
- PCT Rule 53 The Demand
- PCT Rule 62 Copy of the Written Opinion by the International Searching Authority and of Amendments under Article 19 for the International Preliminary Examining Authority
- PCT Rule 66 Procedure before the International Preliminary Examining Authority
- PCT Rule 69 Start of and Time Limit for International Preliminary Examination
- PCT Rule 70 International Preliminary Report on Patentability by the International Preliminary Examining Authority (International Preliminary Examination Report)
- PCT Rule 76 Translation of Priority Document; Application of Certain Rules to Procedures before Elected Offices
- PCT Rule 91 Rectification of Obvious Mistakes in the International Application and Other Documents
- PCT AI Section 205 Numbering and Identification of Claims upon Amendment
- PCT AI Section 417 Processing of Amendments under Article 19
- PCT AI Section 602 Processing of Amendments by the International Preliminary Examining Authority