Invitation To Correct Priority Claim {PCT-IB-316}

PATENT COOPERATION TREATY From the INTERNATIONAL BUREAU To: PCT INVITATION TO CORRECT PRIORITY CLAIM (PCT Rules 4.10, 26bis.1, 26bis.2(a) and (b)) Date of mailing (day/month/year) Applicants or agents file reference REPLY DUE See item 1 International application No. International filing date (day/month/year) Applicant The applicant is hereby invited, within the time limit indicated below, to correct, by a notice submitted to the International Bureau, defects in the priority claim(s), as indicated in the Annex: 1. Time limit to respond to this invitation (Rule 26bis.1(a)): within 16 months from the (earliest) priority date; or if the (earliest) priority date is changed as a result of the correction or addition of the (earliest) priority claim, within 16 months from that (earliest) priority date so changed, whichever expires first, provided that such a notice may, in any event, be submitted until the expiration of four months from the international filing date. Failure to respond to this invitation within the prescribed time limit may result in the priority claim concerned to be considered, for the purposes of the procedure under the PCT, not to have been made (Rule 26bis.2(b)). 2. In the case where multiple priorities have been claimed, this invitation relates to the following priority claim(s): 3. A copy of this invitation is being sent to the receiving Office. The International Bureau of WIPO Authorized officer 34, chemin des Colombettes 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland Facsimile No. +41 22 740 14 35 Telephone No. +41 22 338 XX XXForm PCT/IB/316 (July 1998; reprint January 2004) <<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2 International application No. ANNEX TO FORM PCT/IB/316 The International Bureau has found the following defects in the priority claim(s): 1. Failure to Comply with the Requirements of Rule 4.10 a. National application Missing indication of the filing date of the earlier application. Filing date indicated for the earlier application does not fall within the period of 12 months preceding the international filing date. Missing indication of the number of the earlier application.* Missing indication of the country party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, or of the Member of the World Trade Organization that is not party to that Convention, in which the earlier national application was filed. The country indicated is neither a party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property nor a Member of the World Trade Organization. b. Regional application Missing indication of the filing date of the earlier application. Filing date indicated for the earlier application does not fall within the period of 12 months preceding the international filing date. Missing indication of the number of the earlier application.* Missing indication of the authority entrusted with the granting of regional patents under the applicable regional patent treaty. The authority indicated as the authority entrusted with the granting of regional patents does not grant regional patents. The priority claim in relation to the ARIPO application does not indicate either at least one country party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, or at least one Member of the World Trade Organization, for which the earlier application was filed. c. International application Missing indication of the filing date of the earlier application. Filing date indicated for the earlier application does not fall within the period of 12 months preceding the international filing date. Missing indication of the number of the earlier application.* Missing indication of the receiving Office with which it was filed.2. Inconsistency with the Corresponding Indications in the Priority Document* a. Inconsistency with regard to the filing date of the earlier application: The request indicates: The priority document indicates: b. Inconsistency with regard to the number of the earlier application: The request indicates: The priority document indicates: c. Inconsistency with regard to the country party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property or the Member of the World Trade Organization in which the national application was filed: The request indicates: The priority document indicates: d. Inconsistency with regard to the authority entrusted with the granting of regional patents under the applicable regional patent treaty: The request indicates: The priority document indicates: e. Inconsistency with regard to the receiving Office with which the international application was filed: The request indicates: The priority document indicates: * Even if this defect is not corrected in response to this invitation, the priority claim concerned will not be considered not to have been made (Rule 26bis.2(b)). Form PCT/IB/316 (Annex) (January 2000; reprint January 2004)