Notification Of Facts Which Should Have Precluded The According Of An International Filing {PCT-IB-321}

PCT/IB/321, NOTIFICATION OF FACTS WHICH SHOULD HAVE PRECLUDED THE ACCORDING OF AN INTERNATIONAL FILING DATE (PCT Rule 29.3). This form is used in the context of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), which is an international agreement for filing patent applications. PCT Rule 29.3 sets out various requirements that must be met in order for an international filing date to be accorded to a PCT application. These include requirements relating to the form and content of the application, as well as requirements relating to the applicants and inventors. If there are facts that come to light after an international filing date has been accorded which suggest that one or more of these requirements were not met, then it may be necessary to provide a notification of these facts to the International Bureau of WIPO using the PCT/IB/321 form. The purpose of this notification is to allow the International Bureau to reconsider whether the application should have been accorded an international filing date and whether any subsequent processing of the application should be suspended or terminated. www.FormsWorkflow.com