( 997 Annual Index Subject Index [Index of Countries and Offices follows] Subject Issue Page Subject Issue Page ( Access to files, see Third parties Accessions - to Budapest Treaty, see Budapest Treaty and Index of Countries and Offices - to Paris Convention, see Paris Convention and Index of Countries and Offices - to PCT, see New PCT Contracting States and Index of Countries and Offices Amendment - of claims under PCT Article 9 - - consequences if received beforelafter completion of technical preparations for international publication....... - - time limit for filing............. - of PCT Regulations following PCT Union Assembly ( September to October 997)................ - - PCT Regulations entering into force on January 998............., Amino acid and nucleotide sequence listings, see Sequence listings Annual index, PCT Newsletter (99), see Index Applicants - adding applicants to the international application after the international filing date..................... - index of applicants, see PCT Gazette Index for 99 - indicating different applicants for different designated States 09 Applicant's Guide, PCT, see PCT Applicant's Guide and footnote to Index of Countries and Offices ARIPO patent - omission of States from designation for ARIPO patent; table.............. 0, - States which can be designated for an ARIPO patent and a national patent; table........................ 0, Biological material, see also Budapest Treaty - amendment of PCT Rule bis...... - possible amendment of PCT Rule bis. 0 Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure [Budapest Treaty..., continued] - accessions - - PT Portugal.................. - - UA Ukraine.................. 0 - - ZA South Africa 0 - changes regarding institutions with which deposits may be made - - BE Belgium.................. - - ES Spain - - GB United Kingdom............ - - IT Italy.................... 0 - - LV Latvia - list of Contracting States.......... 09 CD-ROMs, see International publication Changes in indications concerning applicant, agent, inventor under PCT Rule 9bis - how and when to request the recording of a change................... Chapter II, see also International preliminary examination - amendments to PCT Regulations concerning the filing of demands with a non-competent International Preliminary Examining Authority, an International Searching Authority or the International Bureau - payment of fees under Chapter II.... 0 - Spain to become bound by Chapter II.. Contracting States, see also New Contracting States and Index of Countries and Offices - map, list and two-letter codes (in English)...................... All - map, list and two-letter codes (in French, German and Spanish)....... 0... 09 Conversion - from one type of protection to another...................... Demand form (PCT/IPEA/0) - computer-generated demand forms... 0 - on Internet - - in English 0 - - in English, French and German..... - - in English, French, German and Spanish - - in Spanish................... - - available from EPO as editable PDF file 09 - reprint July 997............ - reprint January 998.............
997 pet Newsletter Annual Index Subject Issue Page Subject Issue Page Designated/elected Offices - access to PCT pamphlets and international preliminary examination reports...................... 0 Designations - indicating different applicants and/or inventors for different designated States.................... 09 EASY (Electronic Application SYstem).. 0 Elected Offices, see Designated/elected Offices Electronic filing - amendments to the PCT Regulations to enable the electronic filing of international applications - via EASY, see EASY - via Internet.......... 0 ESPACE-FIRST, see International publication Eurasian patents - omission of States from designation for Eurasian patent (not possible); table.. 0, - States which can be designated for a Eurasian patent and a national patent; table 0, European Patent Register, see EP under Index of Countries and Offices European patents - extensions, see Extension of European patents - omission of States from designation for European patent; table 0, - States which can be designated for a European patent and a national patent; table....................... 0, Examination, see International preliminary examination Extension of appointments of International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authorities, see International Searching Authorities and International Preliminary Examining Authorities Extension of European Patents - to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.................... Fax (filing documents by-) - consequences of failed or partially illegible transmission " Fees - additional search fees - - consequences of non-payment. - - payment under protest...... - amendments to the PCT Regulations concerning fees - amounts payable where the basic and designation fees have changed.. - certain fees payable in US dollars 0 0 - Chapter II fees............. 0 - EPO - - fee reduction for international search and certain fees payable on entering the regional phase before the EPO 0 7 - - new time limit for paying designation fees (not for pet applications)..... 0 7 [Fees, continued] - fee tables..................... All - new equivalent amounts of supplement per sheet over 0 and handling fee in various currencies............... - PCT Schedule of Fees (amended as from January 998)............ - reduction in basic and designation fees as from January 998 - reminder re reduction in PCT fees with effect from January 998...... - time limit for payment of basic and designation fees expiring on or after January 998.............. - underpayment of basic and designation fees..................... Filing date, see International filing date Forms, see PCT forms Handling fee, see Fees Index - of names of applicants, international application numbers and international publication numbers, see PCT Gazette Index for 99 - PCT News/etter Annual Index (99) (loose-leaf).................... 0 Information Line, see PCT Information Line International Bureau, see IB under Index of Countries and Offices International filing date - indications in the request form which can be furnished later without affecting the international filing date......... - indications which should be included in the request form which are required under PCT Article for the according of an international filing date.. International preliminary examination - confidential nature of-....... 0 - fee for-, see Fees (Chapter II fees) - demand, see Chapter II and Demand form - proposals for amendments of PCT Regulations concerning international preliminary examination........ 0 International Preliminary Examination Report (IPER) - transmittal of IPER when demand is filed after 9 months from the priority date............... 0 - waivers made by elected Offices relating to the communication of the IPER by the International Bureau. 0 International Preliminary Examining Authorities (IPEAs) - appointment of Korean Industrial Property Office as IPEA....... - extension of appointments of IPEAs: AT, AU, CN, EP, JP, RU, SE and US International publication, see a/so PCT Gazette and PCT pamphlets - ESPACE-FIRST - - first page of all PCT pamphlets published between 978 and 99 available on CD-ROM........... 0 page
997 pet Newsletter Annual Index Subject Issue Page Subject Issue Page International Searching Authorities (ISAs) - appointment of Korean Industrial Property Office as ISA.......... - extension of appointments of ISAs: AT, AU, CN, EP, ES, JP, RU, SE and US.. Internet - electronic filing via Internet........ 0 - list of PCT materials on Internet.. All since July 997 - PCT materials on WIPO Internet site.. 0 - - PCT Applicant's Guide.......... 0 - - PCT Newsletter............... 0 - - PCT and Regulations......... - - PCT Regulations - amendments - - PCT request and demand forms (in English) 0 - - PCT request and demand forms available from EPO as editable PDF files 09 - - PCT request (in English, French, German and Spanish) and demand (in English, French and German) forms as modified July 997.......... - - PCT request and demand forms (in English, French, German and Spanish) as modified January 998....... Inventors - adding inventors to the international application after the international filing date - indicating different inventors for different designated States... 09 Language - amendments to the PCT Regulations concerning the language of filing of international applications......... Meetings - Assembly of PCT Union........... - of International Authorities (MIA).... 0 Microbiological inventions, see also Budapest Treaty - amendment of PCT Rule bis...... - possible amendment of PCT Rule bis. 0 Microorganisms, see also Budapest Treaty - amendment of PCT Rule bis.. Missing parts of the request form, see Request form National phase - postponing national phase entry by withdrawing priority claim........ 0 - time limits for entering national phase; table 0, New PCT Contracting States, see also Index of Countries and Offices - GM Gambia (accession)... - GW Guinea-Bissau (accession). - ID Indonesia (accession).. - SL Sierra Leone (accession).. 0 - ZW Zimbabwe (accession)... 0 Newsletter, PCT, see PCT Newsletter Non-working days - International Bureau in 998... Nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings, see Sequence listings OAPI patents - omission of States from designation for OAPI patent (not possible); table... 0 - States which can be designated for an OAPI patent and a national patent (none); table.................. 0 Paris Convention - accessions - - BH Bahrain....... - - GQ Equatorial Guinea 0 - - SL Sierra Leone.... 0 - list of member States Patent Cooperation Treaty and Regulations - date of issue of various languages, prices and how to order.......... 0 Payment of fees under Chapter II, see Fees PCT accessions, see new PCT Contracting States and also Index of Countries and Offices PCT Applicant's Guide - on Internet.............. 0 - update sheets, January 997. 0 - update sheets, July 997... PCT forms, see Demand form and Request form PCT Gazette - changes concerning the PCT Gazette following the meeting of the PCT Union Assembly ( September to October 997)............ - end-of-year publication schedule.. - new format-on paper and in electronic form.............. - special issues - - general information on Contracting States, national and regional Offices and International Authorities - - - January 997.......... 0 - - - July 997............ - - Index for 99........... - - PCT Minimum Documentation PCT Information Line - introduction of the service - end-of-year closing dates. PCT Minimum Documentation PCT Newsletter - on Internet........... 0 - subscriptions for 998... PCT pamphlets - end-of-year publication schedule. PCT Preliminary Examination Guidelines - possible modifications........... 0 PCT publications, see also Administrative Instructions under the PCT, Patent Cooperation Treaty and Regulations, PCT Applicant's Guide, PCT Gazette, PCT Minimum Documentation and PCT Newsletter - 997 prices.................. 0 PCT Regulations - amendments following the meeting of the PCT Union Assembly ( September to October 997). - - on Internet,, page
I 997 pet Newsletter Annual Index Subject Issue Page Subject Issue Page [PCT Regu/ations, continued! - date of issue of text of the Patent Cooperation Treaty and Regu/ations in the various languages, prices and how to order..................... 0 - on Internet.................. PCT Schedule of Fees (amended as from January 998)............... PCT Search Guidelines - possible modifications............ 0 PCT seminars - calendar...................... All PCT statistics, see Statistics, PCT Preliminary examination guidelines, see PCT Preliminary Examination Guidelines Priority claim - amendments to the PCT Regulations concerning the making of, and correction of mistakes in, priority claims...... - withdrawal of priority claim to postpone entry into the national phase., 0 Priority document - change affecting composition of US priority documents - requests by designated Offices to receive copy of -.......... 0 Protection - changing the type of protection requested in an international application............... - conversion from one type of protection to another.................. - indicating different applicants for different types of protection in the same State (not possible)......... 09 - types of protection available in PCT Contracting States; table......, Protest - against finding of lack of unity of invention................. - against number of additional search fees to be paid............... - protest fee.................. - translation of protest and decision - transmittal of texts of protest and decision.................... Publication, international, see International publication Publications, PCT, see PCT publications Regional patents - omission of States from regional designations; table.......... 0, - States which can be designated only for the purposes of a regional patent; table...................... 0, Request form (PCTIRO/ 0) - computer-generated request forms. 0 - indicating different applicants and/or inventors for different designated States...................... 09 - indications in the request form which can be furnished later without affecting the international filing date......... [Request form, continued! - indications which should be included in the request form which are required under PCT Article for the according of an international filing date - modified July 997..... - - tear-out sheets - modified January 998 - - tear-out sheets - on Internet - - as editable PDF file available from European Patent Office...... 09 - - in English 0 - - in English, French, German and Spanish................... - parts of request form missing upon filing the international application.. Search guidelines, see PCT Search Guidelines Seminar calendar, see PCT seminars Sequence listings, nucleotide and/or amino acid - standard for presentation in international applications 0 Statistics, PCT - January to December 99 0 - January to March 997... 0 - January to 0 June 997.... - January to 0 September 997. - greatest monthly total of international applications received at the International Bureau............. 0 - most frequent PCT users in 99 09, Time limits - for entering the national phase; table 0, - for filing amendments to claims under PCT Article 9................ Third parties - amendments of the PCT Regulations concerning third party access to files of the International Bureau and the International Preliminary Examining Authority................... Translation - of protest and decision on finding lack of unity of invention............. Types of protection, see Protection Unity of invention - protest against finding of lack of unity of invention............. Waivers - made by designated/elected Offices relating to the communication of the international application and other documents by the International Bureau; table (tear-out sheets)...... 0 Withdrawal - of priority claim to postpone entry into the national phase 0 World Intellectual Property Organization - Internet site, see Internet - new Director General appointed..., World Wide Web, see Internet page
997 pet Newsletter Annual Index Index of Countries and Offices* Countries and Offices Issue Page Countries and Offices Issue Page AL BA BB BE BG BH BR BY Albania - telephone and fax numbers 0 - evidence of mailing a document 0 AM Armenia - fees........... 0 - types of protection AP AT AU ARIPO - possibility of designating Gambia for an ARIPO patent............... Austria Examining Authority - fees. 0 Australia Examining Authority - fees. 0 0 0 - location 0 - telephone and fax numbers - World Wide Web address.. 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina - competent International Authorities (PCT Applicant's Guide corrigendum).... - general information Barbados - location and mailing address. - telephone and fax numbers Belgium microorganisms may be made. Bulgaria - e-mail address. - fax number.... - teleprinter.. Bahrain - accession to Paris Convention.. Brazil - competent International Authorities. - possibility of obtaining, for certain subject matter, "pipeline" protection following new industrial property law. - special requirements - types of protection Belarus - telephone and fax numbers 0 0 7 CA CN CU CZ DK EE EP Canada. - new time limit for paying EPO designation fees (not for PCT applications). 0 0 - furnishing name and address of inventor................. - special provisions concerning the deposit of microorganisms - special requirements 0 - who can act as agent... 0 China Examining Authority - fees. 0 0 - notification by the People's Republic of China regarding the application of the PCT to Hong Kong........... Cuba - name of Office................ Czech Republic - fax number.............. 0 - telephone and fax numbers 0 Denmark - fees..................... Estonia - fax number................... European Patent Office - Board of Appeal decisions concerning PCT - European Patent Register on-line - - additional information.......... 09 Examining Authority - extension of European Patents - - to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.................. - fee reduction for international search and certain fees payable on entering the regional phase before the EPO. - fees. 0 0 0 0 0 0 09 0 0 7,, 7 A list of provisional sheets for the PCT Applicant's Guide appears at the end of this index. page
997 pet Newsletter Annual Index Countries and Offices Issue Page Countries and Offices Issue Page ES FI FR GB GE GH 0 0 0 0 microorganisms may be made.... - location and mailing address..... 0 - notification by the United Kingdom regarding the application of the PCT to Hong Kong............ Georgia - location and mailing address.. 0 - telephone and fax numbers.. 0 Ghana - competent International Authorities. (clarification) 09 - competent International Authorities. - fees................ - general information..... - means of filing documents GM Gambia - accession to PCT GO Equatorial Guinea - accession to Paris Convention 0 GR Spain - competent International Authorities. International Searching Authority - fees. microorganisms may be made...... - time limits applicable for entry into the national phase - to become bound by Chapter II. Finland - fees................ - teleprinter............ 0 - World Wide Web address. 0 France - fees........................ United Kingdom Greece - telephone number GW Guinea-Bissau - accession to PCT - general information IB International Bureau - non-working days (998)... - telephone and fax numbers Indonesia - accession to PCT. IE Ireland IL Israel - competent International Authorities (corrigendum to PCT Gazette). 0 0 0 0, {IL IS IT JP KR KZ LK LS LU LV Israel, continued] - name of Office - telephone numbers Iceland - required contents of translation - requirements concerning nucleotide andlor amino acid sequence listings. - special requirements - telephone number. Republic of Korea - appointment of Korean Industrial Property Office as International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority - fees. - required contents of the translation for entry into the national phase Kazakhstan - evidence of mailing a document - means of filing documents - teleprinter. Sri Lanka - fees.............. - name of Office Lesotho - fax number. - location. - telephone and fax numbers. Luxembourg - required contents of translation - requirements regarding agents - types of protection. Latvia microorganisms may be made. - mailing address. 0 0 0 0 Italy - fees.................... microorganisms may be made. 0 Japan - deposits of microorganisms.. 0 Examining Authority.. - fees...... 0 09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 page
997 pet Newsletter Annual Index Countries and Offices Issue Page Countries and Offices Issue Page MC Monaco.................. - location and mailing address.. MD Republic of Moldova............. MG Madagascar - telephone and fax numbers... MK The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - extension of European patents [SE Sweden, continued] - who can act as agent... 0 SG Singapore. 0 SK SL Slovakia - telephone and fax numbers 0 Sierra Leone - accession to Paris Convention 0... - accession to PCT... 0 - language of translation TM Turkmenistan - types of protection - evidence of mailing a document MN Mongolia - location... - name of Office... 0 - mailing address... 0 - means of filing documents MW Malawi - provisional protection - fees.... 0... - telephone and fax numbers MX Mexico - telephone number... 0 - fees.... TR Turkey NO Norway... - fees. 0 - who can act as agent 0 TT Trinidad and Tobago - telephone and fax numbers... NZ New Zealand - competent International Authorities UA Ukraine (corrigendum to pet Gazette). 0 - accession to the Budapest Treaty 0 - fax... 0... 0 US United States of America... - change affecting composition of US - name of Office priority documents... PL Poland...... PT Portugal Examining Authority - accession to the Budapest Treaty - fees. 0... 0 0... 0, RU Russian Federation 09 Examining Authority - fees. 0 UZ Uzbekistan 0 - location and mailing address.. 0 0 - number of copies required... 0 - telephone and fax numbers.. - telephone and teleprinter numbers. 0 VN Vietnam - - refund of certain fees... - location and mailing address. microorganisms may be made.. - special requirements... - location and mailing address... - telephone and fax numbers - teleprinter... - required contents of translation YU Yugoslavia - telephone, fax and teleprinter - competent International Authorities. numbers... 0... SE Sweden - general information... - telephone and fax numbers Examining Authority ZA South Africa - fax number. 0 - accession to the Budapest Treaty 0 - fees. 0 ZW Zimbabwe - accession to PCT... 0 page 7
997 pet Newsletter Annual Index Provisional sheets for PCT Applicant's Guide Note that some provisional sheets issued with the PCT Newsletter in 997 have already been superseded by the July 997 update of the PCT Applicant's Guide; all 997 provisional sheets will in any event be superseded by the January 998 update of the Guide. Vol.I/A Annex A Annex B Vol. I/B Annex C Annex D Annex E Annex X Issue 0; GW () US (0); US (09) EP (0); US () US (0); US () Second sheet: and Vol. II/A National Chapter Summaries Vol.II/C National Chapter Summaries EP (0) US (09) Inserts and tear-out sheets other than provisional sheets for PCT Applicant's Guide Conversions from one type of protection to another during national phase (table) PCT Contracting States (map, list and two-letter codes in French, German and Spanish)..... 0,09 The PCT in 99 (WIPO Press Release PCT )............................................... 0 PCT Information Line (flyer)................................................... PCT Newsletter Annual Index (99) 0 PCT Newsletter subscription form................................................... PCT Publications prices for the year 997 0 Texts of amended PCT Rule 8 and PCT Schedule of Fees, as applicable from January 998 Waivers made by designatedlelected Offices (table) 0 page 8