2016 Annual Index. Subject Index

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1 2016 Annual Index Subject Index Subject Issue/Page Subject Issue/Page Access to file omission of certain information from public file access /16 Accessions to Budapest Treaty, see Budapest Treaty to PCT, see Contracting States Administrative Instructions under the PCT addendum including modifications effective 1 July 2016 in English, French and Spanish /11 consolidated texts on Internet in English and French /11 Agents and attorneys best practices for filing requests for recording changes under PCT Rule 92bis... 01/12 Annual index PCT Newsletter (2015)... 03/8 Applicants best practices for filing requests for recording changes under PCT Rule 92bis... 01/12 furnishing of assignment documents where there is a change of applicant... 12/8 situation where the sole applicant, who is not a national of a PCT Contracting State, is no longer resident in a PCT Contracting State... 02/11 top applicants in /2 Applicant s Guide, PCT, see PCT Applicant s Guide Appointment of agent, see Agents and attorneys Authorities specified for supplementary search (SISA) Visegrad Patent Institute to begin operating as SISA... 05/4 Biological material, see Budapest Treaty Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure accession by Colombia... 05/8 information about... 05/9 information about... 09/6 statistics /7 Changes in indications concerning applicant, agent, inventor under PCT Rule 92bis best practices for filing requests for recording changes... 01/12 requests for recording changes using epct... 06/9 Chapter II, see International preliminary examination Closed dates of IP Offices closed dates in /4 new design of the closed dates search engine... 10/7 Contracting States map, list and two-letter codes (in English)... All/last page list available in Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish... 01/9 list available in Arabic and Korean... 02/10 new PCT Contracting States DJ Djibouti /1 KH Cambodia... 09/1 KW Kuwait... 06/1 Correction of physical defects (time limit)... 04/6 Declarations situations where declarations under PCT Rule 4.17 should not be submitted... 11/12 Demand form (PCT/IPEA/401) in Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish /12 in Russian... 11/10 Distance learning course on the PCT availability of course certificate... 03/8 Introduction to the Patent Cooperation Treaty /14 Drawings informal drawings: time limit for submitting (replacement) formal drawings... 04/6 Electronic filing and processing of international applications National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil) accepts XML format for epct-filings... 05/7 new electronic filing software accepted by the State Intellectual Property Office of the People s Republic of China... 06/4 1

2 Subject Issue/Page Subject Issue/Page [Electronic filing and processing of international applications, continued] new possibility of online transmittal of post-filing documents to the EPO via epct... 10/2 " " " " " "... 11/3 receiving Offices no longer accepting PCT-SAFE filings AU Australia... 06/5 DK Denmark... 02/4 FI Finland... 11/3 JP Japan... 11/2 PH Philippines... 01/2 SK Slovakia... 06/5 receiving Offices prepared to receive and process international applications in electronic form using epct-filing BG Bulgaria... 05/6 BN Brunei Darussalam... 01/1 CU Cuba... 02/3 DO Dominican Republic... 10/2 ID Indonesia... 01/1 IR Iran (Islamic Republic of)... 04/1 OM Oman... 05/6 PA Panama... 10/2 PT Portugal... 02/3 SK Slovakia... 05/7 use of the epct system for preparing the request form as part of an international application filed with certain receiving Offices IL Israel... 06/5 US United States of America... 05/5 reminder... 06/4 epct new release (December 2015)... 01/2 new release (30 May 2016)... 06/3 online transmittal of post-filing documents to the EPO via epct... 10/2 " " " " " " "... 11/3,8 requests for recording of changes under PCT Rule 92bis using epct (suspension of access to the international application)... 06/9 epct-filing, see Electronic filing and processing of international applications Examination, see International preliminary examination Fees checks no longer accepted by IB... 09/1 fees index pages available in Arabic and Korean... 01/9 fee reductions eligibility of 75% reduction in certain fees at the European Patent Office /5 eligibility of 75% reduction in international search fee at the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office /5 fee tables... All new equivalent amounts of PCT fees in various currencies... 11/7 warnings about fraudulent requests for payment of fees fraudulent entities IIP International Intellectual Property Office... 03/10 IPTI International Patents & Trademark Index... 03/10 IPWTO Intellectual Property World Trade Organization /15 IRO Intellectual Property Office... 11/9 IRPT International Register of Patents & Trademarks... 11/9 OPT Organization for Patents and Trademarks... 01/8 PATR Servis Worldwide Patent Service /15 WIPD Registration of International Patents and Intellectual Property Office... 01/8 legal actions against fraudulent entities... 10/6 Forms, see PCT forms Indexes PCT Newsletter Annual Index (2015)... 03/8 International Preliminary Examination International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines addendum including modifications effective 1 July /13 International Preliminary Examining Authorities, see also Index of Countries and Offices Agreements between IPEAs and International Bureau of WIPO new Agreement with State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine... 02/10 State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine to begin operating as an International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority... 01/1 Visegrad Patent Institute to begin operating as an International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority... 05/4 International publication changes to publication schedule publication of 6 May /2 publication of 8 September /10 end-of-year holiday period /4 requesting early publication of an international application... 10/8 International search differences between international search and supplementary international search... 09/8 International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines addendum including modifications effective 1 July /13 by the European Patent Office: Guidelines for Search and Examination at the EPO as PCT Authority... 11/12 new information regarding international search status introduced by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)... 12/6 2

3 Subject Issue/Page Subject Issue/Page International Searching Authorities, see also Index of Countries and Offices Agreements between ISAs and International Bureau of WIPO new Agreement with State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine... 02/10 new Agreement with Visegrad Patent Institute /14 State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine to begin operating as an International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority... 01/1 Visegrad Patent Institute to begin operating as an International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority... 05/4 Inventors best practices for filing requests for recording changes under PCT Rule 92bis... 01/12 inventor assistance program... 12/7 WIPO statistics on female inventors... 12/7 Meetings Assembly of PCT Union (October 2016) availability of documents for the meeting... 09/5 summary of the Meeting... 10/1 of International Authorities (MIA) summary of 23 rd session of the Meeting (January 2016)... 02/1 PCT Committee for Technical Cooperation (CTC) availability of documents for 29 th session (May 2016)... 04/5 availability of final report (May 2016)... 09/5 availability of summary of 29 th session (May 2016)... 05/4 PCT Working Group availability of documents for ninth session (May 2016)... 04/5 summary of ninth session (May 2016)... 05/1 Microorganisms, see Budapest Treaty National security considerations information available in French German, Japanese and Spanish... 01/9 information available in Chinese and Korean... 02/10 information available in Arabic and Portuguese... 03/9 Newsletter, PCT, see PCT Newsletter Non-working days International Bureau (2017)... 11/4 Notifications of incompatibility, see PCT Regulations Patent Cooperation Treaty and Regulations, see PCT Regulations Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office... 01/3 PATENTSCOPE search service chemical structure search... 11/11 national collections Tunisia... 01/10 United Kingdom /15 new search fields available... 05/12 PowerPoint presentations: September to December /10 January to October /11 two new languages available in CLIR... 04/6 WIPO translate now available for bibliographic data and long Japanese and French documents... 10/7 incorporation of new technology... 11/10 PCT Administrative Instructions see Administrative Instructions under the PCT PCT Applicant s Guide availability of PDF files of the International Phase and the National Phase (EQE collection)... 01/9 Introduction to the International Phase availability in English and French /14 " " " " " "... 09/5 updated as of April 2016 (in Japanese)... 12/6 updated as of August 2016 (in Russian and Spanish)... 12/6 PCT Case Studies available in French and Spanish... 02/11 PCT circulars available in Spanish... 09/6 PCT Contracting States, see Contracting States PCT forms, (see also Demand form, Request form) modification of certain forms with effect from 1 July /11 PCT/IB/384 available in editable PDF format in English and French... 10/7 PCT Gazette end-of-year publication schedule... 11/6 PCT Information Service end-of-year closing dates... 11/5 PCT in the News Articles on the PCT in the WIPO Magazine Five tips for managing your patent assets... 03/11 Francis Gurry on the challenges for multilateralism in the field of intellectual property... 10/7 India s IP ecosystem /11 ŠKODA s perspective on IP protection... 01/11 Tackling energy poverty the Nokero way... 03/10 PCT legal text index updated to take into account July 2015 changes to PCT legal texts... 03/9 PCT Meetings, see Meetings PCT Newsletter combined July-August Issue... 06/5 Index /8 3

4 Subject Issue/Page Subject Issue/Page PCT-Patent Prosecution Highway (PCT-PPH) PCT-PPH pilot programs Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) and the European Patent Office /2 European Patent Office and the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Colombia... 11/4 Mexican Institute of Industrial Property with Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Spanish Patent and Trademark Office and United States Patent and Trademark Office /3 Mexican Institute of Industrial Property, National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (Peru) and Superintendence of Industry and Commence (Colombia) with National Institute of Industrial Property (Chile) /3 PCT Regulations amendments to the Regulations (as in force on 1 July 2016)... 05/8 amendments to the Regulations (as in force on 1 July 2016 and 1 July 2017)... 06/1 consolidated texts (paper Version) (July 2016) in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish /10 in German, Italian and Portuguese... 09/6 consolidated texts on Internet in Chinese, English, French and Spanish... 05/8 in Arabic and Russian... 06/2,9 German, Japanese and Portuguese /10 notifications of incompatibility under PCT Rule 23bis.2(b) and (e)... 11/1,10 PowerPoint presentation in Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish... 06/2,9 table of reservations and incompatibilities (updated)... 11/10 PCT-SAFE release of new version of PCT-SAFE client software January /3 April /2 July /6 October /6 January /6 PCT Seminars advanced PCT Seminar at WIPO Headquarters... 06/8 still a few places available /15 calendars... All Learn the PCT : new video tutorials available in Portuguese... 09/5 seminar materials available in English, Japanese and Spanish... 10/6 available in German... 12/6 PCT statistics, see Statistics, PCT PCT Yearly Review, see Statistics, PCT Physical requirements compliance with physical requirements in an international application... 04/6 time limit for correction of drawings... 04/6 Power of attorney, see also Agents and attorneys waiver by Latvian Patent Office... 01/3 waiver by the Intellectual Property Office (Belgium) /4 Practical advice... All Priority document WIPO Digital Access Service for Priority Documents Industrial and Commercial Property Office of Morocco and Estonian Patent Office announce use of New Route... 11/6 Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand announces use of New Route... 05/8 Publication, international, see International publication Quality reports of International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authorities 2015 set available... 03/9 Receiving Offices Intellectual Property Department, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Oman) to act as receiving Office... 05/4 Receiving Office Guidelines addendum including modifications effective 1 July 2016 in English, French and Spanish /13 consolidated texts on Internet in English and French /13 Representation, see Agents and attorneys Residence (of applicant) situation where the sole applicant, who is not a national of a PCT Contracting State, is no longer resident in a PCT Contracting State... 02/11 Right to practice, see Agents and attorneys Search, see International search Seminar calendar, see PCT Seminars Statistics, PCT 1 January to 31 December /1 most frequent PCT users in /2 The International Patent System in 2015 Yearly Review of the PCT, 2016 edition /1 Supplementary international search (SIS), see International search Time limits correcting physical defects in the international application... 04/6 importance of monitoring deadlines and events in respect of an international application during the international phase... 05/13 User Survey 2015 summary of results... 04/1 4

5 Subject Issue/Page Subject Issue/Page Webinars recordings and PowerPoint presentations of PCT webinars given from November 2015 to March /9 recording and PowerPoint presentation of PCT webinar in French... 05/12 recordings of PCT webinars in various languages... 04/5 WIPO Pearl interface available in Russian... 11/12 new features and enhanced database... 01/10 new interface languages; database and feature improvements... 12/1 new interface languages and enhanced database... 09/8 World Trade Organization new Members AF Afghanistan /1 KZ Kazakhstan... 01/4 LR Liberia /1 5

6 Index of Countries and Offices Countries and Offices Issue/Page Countries and Offices Issue/Page AE United Arab Emirates fees... 12/2 AF Afghanistan becomes a Member of the World Trade Organization /1 AM Armenia AP African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) fees... 06/6 AT Austria languages accepted for search and examination... 01/3 " /9 "... 09/4 who can act as agent... 03/2 AU Australia "... 04/4 "...05/9,11,12 "... 09/1 "... 10/5 no longer accepts PCT-SAFE filings... 06/5,6 PCT-PPH pilot with European Patent Office /2 special requirements for entry into the national phase... 02/4 AZ Azerbaijan fees... 12/2 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina location and mailing address... 12/2 BE Belgium location and mailing address... 03/3 power of attorney waiver /4 who can act as agent /6 BG Bulgaria fees... 05/9 electronic form using epct-filing... 05/6,9 BN Brunei Darussalam and Internet addresses... 05/9 internet address... 11/7 location and mailing address... 05/9 name of Office... 05/9 electronic form using epct-filing... 01/1 telephone number... 05/9 6 BH Bahrain BR Brazil fax number... 04/3 fees... 01/7 "... 02/8 "... 04/4 "... 05/10 " /9 means of telecommunication... 04/3 Office accepts XML format for epct-filing... 05/7,10 PPH pilot with United States Patent and Trademark Office... 01/3 BW Botswana and Internet addresses... 02/4 fees... 02/4 "... 09/2 location... 02/4 "... 09/2 name of Office... 02/4 BY Belarus BZ Belize CA Canada fees... 01/7 "... 05/11 address... 03/3 CH Switzerland PCT Rule 23bis.2(e)... 11/1 CN China accepts new electronic filing software... 06/4,6 address... 03/3 telephone and fax numbers... 03/3 CO Colombia accession to the Budapest Treaty... 05/8 fees... 02/5 PCT-PPH pilot with European Patent Office... 11/4 CL Chile CN China CR Costa Rica fees... 01/4 CU Cuba evidence of mailing a document... 12/3 fees... 02/5 "... 12/3

7 Countries and Offices Issue/Page Countries and Offices Issue/Page [CU Cuba, continued] number of copies required... 12/3 electronic form using epct-filing... 02/3 requirements concerning agent... 12/3 special provisions concerning the deposit of microorganisms and other biological material... 12/3 telephone number... 12/3 types of protection... 12/3 CZ Czech Republic/Czechia competent International Authorities... 05/10 change in name of country... 10/2 number of copies required... 09/2 translation requirements... 09/2 DE Germany PCT Rule 23bis.2(b)... 11/1 requirements concerning agent... 01/5 telephone number /6 DJ Djibouti accession to PCT /1 competent International Authorities... 12/3 evidence of mailing a document... 11/7 general information... 10/2 means of telecommunication... 11/7 summary of requirements of the Office as receiving Office and of the requirements for entry into the national phase... 10/2 DK Denmark Internet address... 02/5 no longer accepts PCT-SAFE filings... 02/4 DO Dominican Republic fees... 10/3 electronic form using epct-filing... 10/2,3 EA Eurasian Patent Office fees... 02/6 EC Ecuador fees /6 EG Egypt fees... 05/11 "... 12/5 EP European Patent Office competence to act as International Preliminary Examining Authority... 12/3 address... 02/6 fees... 03/3,7,8 "... 04/4 "... 05/11 " /9 "... 09/4 new publication: Guidelines for Search and Examination at the EPO as PCT Authority... 11/12 online transmittal of post-filing documents to the EPO via epct... 10/2 " " " " " "... 11/3,8 PCT-PPH pilot with: Australian Patent Office /2 Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Colombia... 11/4 telephone number... 02/6 ES Spain FI Finland no longer accepts PCT-SAFE filings... 11/3,8 PCT Rule 23bis.2(b) and (e)... 11/1 provisional protection after international publication... 03/4 FR France address... 01/5 location and mailing address... 01/5 GB United Kingdom fees... 05/10 "... 09/2 institutions with which deposits of microorganisms and other biological material may be made... 10/3 number of copies required... 10/3 GE Georgia GH Ghana GT Guatemala fees... 04/3 HN Honduras summary of requirements for entry into the national phase... 11/8 HR Croatia fees... 10/3 who can act as agent... 10/3 HU Hungary competent International Authorities... 05/10 institutions with which deposits of microorganisms and other biological material may be made /7 language of filing /7 location... 02/6 7

8 Countries and Offices Issue/Page Countries and Offices Issue/Page [HU Hungary, continued] mailing address... 02/6 special requirements for entry into the national phase... 03/5 who can act as agent... 03/5 IB International Bureau as receiving Office direct filing of PCT applications with the IB as receiving Office... 09/6 checks no longer accepted... 09/1 fees... 11/7,8 modes of payment of fees... 02/6 non-working days at end of /4 telephone and fax numbers... 02/7 ID Indonesia competent International Authorities... 02/7 address... 02/7 fees /7 location and mailing address... 02/7 electronic form using epct-filing... 01/1 telephone and fax numbers... 02/7 IL Israel extension of PCT Direct Pilot /3 fees... 01/7 use of the epct system for preparing the request form as part of an international application filed with the Israel Patent Office as receiving Office... 06/5,6 IN India telephone number and address... 10/4 IR Iran (Islamic Republic of) fees... 04/3 electronic form using epct-filing... 04/1,3 IS Iceland fees... 09/2 "... 12/4 JP Japan competent International Authorities... 02/7 fees... 02/8,9 "... 03/5,7 "...04/3,4,5 "... 05/11 "... 06/8 " /7,9,10 "... 09/4 no longer accepts PCT-SAFE filings... 11/2,8 KE Kenya 8 KG Kyrgyzstan KH Cambodia accession to PCT... 09/1 general information... 12/4 KR Republic of Korea "... 04/4 "... 10/5 institutions with which deposits of microorganisms and other biological material may be made /8 national security provisions... 02/7 new information regarding international search status... 12/6 procedure for receiving notifications... 06/6 KW Kuwait accession to PCT... 06/1 competent International Authorities... 09/3 general information... 09/3 summary of requirements for entry into the national phase... 09/3 KZ Kazakhstan becomes a Member of the World Trade Organization... 01/4 fees /7 LR Liberia becomes a Member of the World Trade Organization /1 LV Latvia fees... 01/5 institutions with which deposits of microorganisms and other biological material may be made... 03/5 power of attorney waiver... 01/3 MD Republic of Moldova fees... 03/6 ME Montenegro competent receiving Office... 03/6 location and mailing address... 03/6 telephone and fax numbers; and Internet addresses... 03/6 MW Mozambique MX Mexico competent International Authorities... 06/7 " " " " " "... 11/8 address... 10/4 fees... 10/4 PCT-PPH pilot with Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Spanish Patent and Trademark Office and United States Patent and Trademark Office /2 location and mailing address... 10/4 telephone numbers... 10/4

9 Countries and Offices Issue/Page Countries and Offices Issue/Page MZ Mozambique furnishing of copies of international application... 01/6 requirements concerning agent... 01/6 NA Namibia Internet address /8 NI Nicaragua NO Norway furnishing of copies of international application... 09/3 NZ New Zealand criteria applied in respect of requests for restoration of the right of priority... 04/3 fees /8 special requirements for entry into the national phase... 04/3 use of New Route for WIPO Digital Access Service for Priority Documents... 05/8 OM Oman begins acting as receiving Office for nationals and residents of Oman...05/4,10 competent International Authorities... 11/8 general information... 06/7 electronic form using epct-filing...05/6,10 PA Panama fees... 10/5 electronic form using epct-filing... 10/2,5 summary of requirements for entry into the national phase... 06/7 PE Peru address... 05/11 PG Papua New Guinea PH Philippines no longer accepts PCT-SAFE filings... 01/2 PL Poland competent International Authorities... 05/11 language of filing... 12/4 PT Portugal address /8 fees /8 electronic form using epct-filing portal, PCT-SAFE and EPO online filing... 02/3 9 QA Qatar /3 location and mailing address... 09/3 RO Romania fees... 04/4 "... 12/5 provisional protection... 12/5 RU Russian Federation fees... 01/7 "... 02/8 "... 05/11 "... 06/8 institutions with which deposits of microorganisms and other biological material may be made... 03/6 time limit for entry into the national phase... 01/6 SA Saudi Arabia SC Seychelles SE Sweden fees... 03/7 "... 09/4 PCT Rule 23bis.2(b) and (e)... 11/1 SG Singapore fees... 03/7 " /9 "... 09/3,5 language accepted for international search and preliminary examination... 09/3 PCT Rule 23bis.2(e)... 11/1 SK Slovakia competent International Authorities... 05/11 notifications... 05/11 internet address... 10/5 no longer accepts PCT-SAFE filings... 06/5,7 Office accepts epct-filing... 05/7 translation requirements... 09/4 SV El Salvador SY Syrian Arab Republic competent International Authorities... 06/7 TH Thailand telephone number... 04/4 TJ Tajikistan TM Turkmenistan TN Tunisia national collection available on PATENTSCOPE... 01/10

10 Countries and Offices Issue/Page Countries and Offices Issue/Page TR Turkey fees... 01/6 "... 05/11 national security provisions... 03/7 TT Trinidad and Tobago name of Office... 02/8 UA Ukraine Agreement between State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine and International Bureau of WIPO relating to its functioning as International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA)... 02/10 fees... 02/8,9 information on requirements of the office as ISA, Authority specified for supplementary search (SISA) and IPEA... 02/8 location... 01/6 mailing address... 01/6 " "... 10/5 State Intellectual Property Service of Ukraine to begin operating as ISA, SISA and IPEA... 01/1 US United States of America accelerated examination for patent applications pertaining to cancer immunotherapy /4 competent International Authorities... 03/7 " " " " " " "... 04/4 " " " " " " "... 11/9 " /9 "... 09/4 not open for business from 22 to 24 December /8 not open for business on 25 and 26 January /10 PCT-PPH pilot with National Institute of Industrial Property (Brazil)... 01/3 use of the epct system for preparing the request form as part of an international application filed with the USPTO as receiving Office... 05/5 reminder... 06/4 UZ Uzbekistan ZA South Africa ZM Zambia ZW Zimbabwe XN Nordic Patent Institute fees... 09/4 XV Visegrad Patent Institute evidence of mailing a document... 12/5 fees... 06/8 " /9 "... 12/5 information about the Office as International Searching Authority (ISA), Authority specified for supplementary search (SISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA)... 06/8 means of telecommunication... 12/5 telephone and fax numbers... 12/5 to begin operating as ISA, SISA and IPEA... 05/4 updated Agreement between Visegrad Patent Institute and International Bureau of WIPO relating to its functioning as ISA and IPEA... 07/08-14 ZA South Africa "... 09/4 10