PCT Article 20 — Communication to Designated Offices
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024
- (1)
- (a) The international application, together with the international search report (including any indication referred to in Article 17(2)(b) ) or the declaration referred to in Article 17(2)(a) , shall be communicated to each designated Office, as provided in the Regulations, unless the designated Office waives such requirement in its entirety or in part.
- (b) The communication shall include the translation (as prescribed) of the said report or declaration.
- (2) If the claims have been amended by virtue of Article 19(1) , the communication shall either contain the full text of the claims both as filed and as amended or shall contain the full text of the claims as filed and specify the amendments, and shall include the statement, if any, referred to in Article 19(1) .
- (3) At the request of the designated Office or the applicant, the International Searching Authority shall send to the said Office or the applicant, respectively, copies of the documents cited in the international search report, as provided in the Regulations.
Cited authority
Cited by
- 110 Confidential Nature of International Applications
- 1801 Basic Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Principles
- 1836 Rectification of Obvious Mistakes
- 1856 Supplementary International Searches
- 1857 International Publication
- 1881 Receipt of Notice of Election and Preliminary Examination Report by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
- 1893.03(e) Documents Received from the International Bureau and Placed in a U.S. National Stage Application File
- 2422.03 Sequence Listing Submission
- 2422.03(a) “Sequence Listing” Submitted as ASCII Plain Text Files
- PCT Article 13 Availability of Copy of the International Application to Designated Offices
- PCT Article 22 Copy, Translation, and Fee, to Designated Offices
- PCT Article 30 Confidential Nature of the International Application
- PCT Article 36 Transmittal, Translation, and Communication, of the International Preliminary Examination Report
- PCT Article 39 Copy, Translation, and Fee, to Elected Offices
- PCT Rule 26 bis Correction or Addition of Priority Claim
- PCT Rule 44 Transmittal of the International Search Report, Written Opinion, Etc
- PCT Rule 45 bis Supplementary International Searches
- PCT Rule 47 Communication to Designated Offices
- PCT Rule 61 Notification of the Demand and Elections
- PCT Rule 90 bis Withdrawals
- PCT Rule 91 Rectification of Obvious Mistakes in the International Application and Other Documents
- PCT AI Section 113 Special Fees Payable to the International Bureau
- PCT AI Section 422 Notifications Concerning Changes Recorded under Rule 92 bis.1
- PCT AI Section 430 Notification of Designations under Rule 32