International Preliminary Report On Patentability {PCT-IPEA-409}

PATENT COOPERATION TREATY PCT INTERNATIONAL PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PATENTABILITY (Chapter II of the Patent Cooperation Treaty) (PCT Article 36 and Rule 70) Applicant's or agent's file reference FOR FURTHER ACTION International application No. International filing date (day/month/year) See Form PCT/IPEA/416 Priority date (day/month/year) International Patent Classification (IPC) or national classification and IPC Applicant 1. This report is the international preliminary examination report, established by this International Preliminary Examining Authority under Article 35 and transmitted to the applicant according to Article 36. 2. This REPORT consists of a total of ___________ sheets, including this cover sheet. 3. This report is also accompanied by ANNEXES, comprising: a. (sent to the applicant and to the International Bureau) a total of ___________ sheets, as follows: sheets of the description, claims and/or drawings which have been amended and/or sheets containing rectifications authorized by this Authority, unless those sheets were superseded or cancelled, and any accompanying letters (see Rules 46.5, 66.8, 70.16, 91.2, and Section 607 of the Administrative Instructions). sheets containing rectifications, where the decision was made by this Authority not to take them into account because they were not authorized by or notified to this Authority at the time when this Authority began to draw up this report, and any accompanying letters (Rules 66.4bis, 70.2(e), 70.16 and 91.2). superseded sheets and any accompanying letters, where this Authority either considers that the superseding sheets contain an amendment that goes beyond the disclosure in the international application as filed, or the superseding sheets were not accompanied by a letter indicating the basis for the amendments in the application as filed, as indicated in item 4 of Box No. I and the Supplemental Box (see Rule 70.16(b)). b. (sent to the International Bureau only) a total of (indicate type and number of electronic carrier(s)) _______________ containing a sequence listing, in the form of an Annex C/ST.25 text file, as indicated in the Supplemental Box Relating to Sequence Listing (see paragraph 3ter of Annex C of the Administrative Instructions). 4. This report contains indications relating to the following items: Box No. I Box No. II Box No. III Box No. IV Box No. V Box No. VI Box No. VII Basis of the report Priority Non-establishment of opinion with regard to novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability Lack of unity of invention Reasoned statement under Article 35(2) with regard to novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability; citations and explanations supporting such statement Certain documents cited Certain defects in the international application Box No. VIII Certain observations on the international application Date of submission of the demand Date of completion of this report Name and mailing address of the IPEA/ Authorized officer Facsimile No. Form PCT/IPEA/409 (cover sheet) (January 2015) Telephone No. American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com International application No. INTERNATIONAL PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PATENTABILITY Box No. I Basis of the report 1. With regard to the language, this report is based on: the international application in the language in which it was filed. a translation of the international application into ________________________________ which is the language of a translation furnished for the purposes of: international search (Rules 12.3(a) and 23.1(b)). publication of the international application (Rule 12.4(a)). international preliminary examination (Rules 55.2(a) and/or 55.3(a) and (b)). 2. With regard to the elements of the international application, this report is based on (replacement sheets which have been furnished to the receiving Office in response to an invitation under Article 14 are referred to in this report as "originally filed" and are not annexed to this report): the international application as originally filed/furnished, or the description: pages ____________________________________________________ as originally filed/furnished. pages* __________________________ received by this Authority on ________________________ pages* __________________________ received by this Authority on ________________________ the claims: Nos. __________________________________________________________ as originally filed/furnished. Nos.* __________________________________ as amended (together with any statement) under Article 19 Nos.* _______________________________ received by this Authority on ________________________ the drawings: pages ________________________________________________________ as originally filed/furnished. pages* ____________________________ received by this Authority on ________________________ pages* ____________________________ received by this Authority on ________________________ a sequence listing - see Supplemental Box Relating to Sequence Listing. 3. The amendments have resulted in the cancellation of: the description, pages _________________________________________ the claims, Nos. ______________________________________________ the drawings, sheets/figs _______________________________________ the sequence listing (specify): ___________________________________ 4. This report has been established as if (some of) the amendments annexed to this report and listed below had not been made, since either they are considered to go beyond the disclosure as filed, or they were not accompanied by a letter indicating the basis for the amendments in the application as filed, as indicated in the Supplemental Box (Rules 70.2(c) and (c-bis)): the description, pages _________________________________________ the claims, Nos. ______________________________________________ the drawings, sheets/figs _______________________________________ the sequence listing (specify): ___________________________________ 5. This report has been established: taking into account the rectification of an obvious mistake authorized by or notified to this Authority under Rule 91 (Rules 66.1(d-bis) and 70.2(e)). without taking into account the rectification of an obvious mistake authorized by or notified to this Authority under Rule 91(Rules 66.4bis and 70.2(e)). 6. With regard to top-up searches (Rules 66.1ter and 70.2(f)): A top-up search was carried out by this Authority on ____________________________________________________ Additional relevant documents have been discovered