PCT Article 23 — Delaying of National Procedure
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024
- (1) No designated Office shall process or examine the international application prior to the expiration of the applicable time limit under Article 22 .
- (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), any designated Office may, on the express request of the applicant, process or examine the international application at any time.
Cited authority
Cited by
- 1823.01 Reference to Deposited Biological Material
- 1859 Withdrawal of International Application, Designations, or Priority Claims
- 213.06 Claiming Priority and Filing a Certified Copy in a National Stage Application (35 U.S.C. 371)
- 901.05(b) Other Significant Data
- PCT Article 40 Delaying of National Examination and Other Processing
- PCT Rule 13 bis Inventions Relating to Biological Material
- PCT Rule 17 The Priority Document
- PCT Rule 44 bis International Preliminary Report on Patentability by the International Searching Authority
- PCT Rule 47 Communication to Designated Offices
- PCT Rule 76 Translation of Priority Document; Application of Certain Rules to Procedures before Elected Offices
- PCT Rule 90 bis Withdrawals
- PCT AI Section 323 Transmittal of Priority Documents to International Bureau