PCT Rule 23 — Transmittal of the Search Copy, Translation and Sequence Listing

23.1 Procedure

• (a) Where no translation of the international application is required under Rule 12.3(a) , the search copy shall be transmitted by the receiving Office to the International Searching Authority at the latest on the same day as the record copy is transmitted to the International Bureau unless no search fee has been paid. In the latter case, it shall be transmitted promptly after payment of the search fee.
• (b) Where a translation of the international application is furnished under Rule 12.3 , a copy of that translation and of the request, which together shall be considered to be the search copy under Article 12(1) , shall be transmitted by the receiving Office to the International Searching Authority, unless no search fee has been paid. In the latter case, a copy of the said translation and of the request shall be transmitted promptly after payment of the search fee.
• (c) Any sequence listing in electronic form which is furnished for the purposes of Rule 13ter but submitted to the receiving Office instead of the International Searching Authority shall be promptly transmitted by that Office to that Authority.