Notification Of Late Submission Of Application Number Of Earlier Application {PCT-IB-305}

PCT/IB/305, NOTIFICATION OF LATE SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION NUMBER OF EARLIER APPLICATION (PCT Administrative Instructions, Section 408(b) and (c)). This form is used in the context of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), which is an international agreement for filing patent applications. Under PCT Administrative Instructions, Section 408(b), an applicant may claim priority from an earlier application filed in or for any country or region that is a member of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. In order to claim priority, the applicant must provide the application number and filing date of the earlier application. If the application number of the earlier application is not available at the time of filing the PCT application, the applicant may provide a statement to this effect and must subsequently provide the application number within a specified time period, as set out in PCT Administrative Instructions, Section 408(c). If the applicant fails to provide the application number within the specified time period, the International Searching Authority or International Preliminary Examining Authority may issue a notification of late submission of the application number, requiring the applicant to submit the application number and any necessary translations within a further specified time period. www.FormsWorkflow.com