First Notice Informing The Applicant Of The Communication Of The International Application {PCT-IB-308}

PATENT COOPERATION TREATY From the INTERNATIONAL BUREAU PCT To: FIRST NOTICE INFORMING THE APPLICANT OF THE COMMUNICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION (TO DESIGNATED OFFICES WHICH DO NOT APPLY THE 30 MONTH TIME LIMIT UNDER ARTICLE 22(1)) (PCT Rule 47.1(c)) Date of mailing (day/month/year) Applicants or agents file reference IMPORTANT NOTICE International application No. International filing date (day/month/year) Priority date (day/month/year) Applicant 1. ATTENTION : For any designated Office(s), for which the time limit under Articl e 22(1), as in force from 1 April 2002 (30 months from the priority date), does apply, please see Form PCT/IB/308(Second and Supplementary Notice) (to be issued promptly after the expiration of 28 months from the priority date). 2. Notice is hereby given that the following designated Office(s), for wh ich the time limit under Article 22(1), as in force from 1 April 2002, does not apply, has/have requested that the communication of the international applic ation, as provided for in Article 20, be effected under Rule 93bis.1. The International Bureau has effected that communication on the dat e(s) indicated below: In accordance with Rule 47.1(c-bis)(i), those Offices will accept the present notice as conclusive evid ence that the communication of the international application has duly taken place on the date of mai ling indicated above and no copy of the international application is required to be furnished by the applicant to the designat ed Office(s). 3. The following designated Offices, for which the time limit under Article 22(1), as in force from 1 April 2002, does not apply, have not requested, as at the time of mailing of the present notice, that the communication of the international application be effected under Rule 93bis.1: In accordance with Rule 47.1(c-bis)(ii), those Offices accept the present notice as conclusive evidence that the Contracting State for which that Office acts as a designated Office does not require the f urnishing, under Article 22, by the applicant of a copy of the international application. 4. TIME LIMITS for entry into the national phase For the designated Office(s) listed above, and unless a demand for int ernational preliminary examination has been filed before the expiration of 19 months from the priority date (see Article 39(1)), the applicable time lim it for entering the national phase will, subject to what is said in the following paragraph, be 20 MONTHS from the priority date. In practice, time limits other than the 20-month time limit will continue to apply, for various periods of time, in respect of cert ain of the designated Offices listed above. For regular updates on the applicable time limits (20 or 21 months, or other time limit), Office by Office, refer to the PCT Gazette, the PCT Newsletter and the PCT Applicants Guide, Volume II, National Chapters, all available from WIPOs Internet site, at http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/index.html. It is the applicants sole responsibility to monitor all these time limits. 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 XX(First Notice) (January 2004)Form PCT/IB/308