Invitation To Indicate Competent International Preliminary Examing Authority {PCT-IB-367}

PATENT COOPERATION TREATY From the INTERNATIONAL BUREAU To: PCT INVITATION TO INDICATE COMPETENT INTERNATIONAL PRELIMINARY EXAMINING AUTHORITY (PCT Rule 59.3(c)(ii) and Administrative Instructions, Section 432) Date of mailing (day/month/year) Applicants or agents file reference REPLY DUE 15 days from the above date of mailing or within the time limit applicable under Rule 54bis.1(a), whichever expires later International application No. International filing date (day/month/year) Priority date (day/month/year) Applicant 1. a. The International Bureau has received directly from the applicant, on the date indicated below, a demand for international preliminary examination of the international application: _______________________________________________(date of receipt by International Bureau) b. A receiving Office, International Searching Authority, or International Preliminary Examining Authority has transmitted to the International Bureau a demand for international preliminary examination of the international application, which it had received on: _______________________________________________(date of receipt by Office or Authority) 2. The applicant is hereby invited, within the time limit indicated above, to indicate the competent International Preliminary Examining Authority to which the demand should be transmitted (Rule 59.3(c)(ii)). Failure to respond to this invitation, within the time limit indicated above, will result in the International Bureau declaring that the demand will be considered not to have been submitted (Rule 59.3(d)). 3. The date of receipt indicated above has been marked on the demand; the demand will, in accordance with Rule 59.3(e), be considered to have been received by the competent International Preliminary Examining Authority on that date of receipt. ATTENTION: That date of receipt is after the expiration of 19 months from the priority date. Consequently, in respect of some Offices, the demand does not have the effect of postponing the entry into the national phase until 30 months from the priority date (or later in some Offices) (Article 39(1)) and the acts for entry into the national phase must therefore be performed within 20 months from the priority date (or later in some Offices). However, in respect of most other elected Offices, the time limit of 30 months (or later) may nevertheless apply. See the Annex to Form PCT/IB/301 and, for details about the applicable time limits, Office by Office, see the PCT Applicants Guide, Volume II, National Chapters and the WIPO Internet site. ATTENTION: That date of receipt is after the expiration of the applicable time limit under Rule 54bis.1(a). Any demand made after the expiration of said time limit shall be considered as if it had not been submitted and the International Preliminary Examining Authority shall so declare (Rule 54bis.1(b)). (If applicable) The applicant has already been informed accordingly by telephone, facsimile transmission or in person, on: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 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/367 (January 2004)