Notification Of Decision On Request To Restore Right Of Priority {PCT-RO-159}

PATENT COOPERATION TREATY From the RECEIVING OFFICE To: PCT NOTIFICATION OF DECISION ON REQUEST TO RESTORE RIGHT OF PRIORITY (PCT Rule 26bis.3(h)(iii)) Date of mailing (day/month/year) Applicant's or agent's file reference IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION International application No. International filing date/Date of receipt (day/month/year) Priority date (day/month/year) Applicant Upon the request of the applicant: included in Form PCT/RO/101 at the time of filing of this international application, or received on __________________________________________________________________________________________ to restore the right of priority in respect of the following priority claim(s) _____________________________________________ this receiving Office has decided: to restore the right of priority, based on the finding by this receiving Office that the criterion for restoration applied by it is satisfied, namely that the failure to file the international application within the priority period: occurred in spite of due care required by the circumstances having been taken for the reasons set out in the Annex. was unintentional the reasons are set out in the Annex. to refuse the request to restore the right of priority, following issuance of the Notification of Intended Refusal of Request to Restore Right of Priority (Form PCT/RO/158) dated __________________________________ for the following reason(s) set out below (and, where necessary, more fully in the Annex): 1. the request to restore the right of priority was not received within the applicable time limit under Rule 26bis.3(e). 2. the international application has an international filing date which is beyond two months from the expiration of the priority period (Rule 26bis.3(a)). 3. a priority claim in respect of an earlier application is not contained in the international application (Rule 26bis.3(c)). 4. the statement of reasons for the failure to file the international application within the priority period is missing (Rule 26bis.3(b)(ii)). 5. a required declaration and/or evidence in support of the statement of reasons for the failure to file the international application within the priority period is missing or insufficient (Rule 26bis.3(f)). 6. lack of or late payment of the fee for restoration of the priority right (Rule 26bis.3(d)). 7. the criterion for restoring the priority right, as applied by this receiving Office (the due care and/or the unintentional criterion), is not met for the reasons set out in the Annex. The applicant is hereby notified that this receiving Office has decided not to transmit the following document(s) or part(s) thereof to the International Bureau (Rule 26bis.3(h-bis): ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The applicant is hereby notified that this receiving Office has considered the applicant's request not to transmit (a) document(s) or part(s) thereof to the International Bureau (Rule 26bis.3(h-bis), and has nevertheless decided to transmit this/these document(s) or part(s) thereof to the International Bureau. A copy of this Notification is being sent to the International Bureau. Name and mailing address of the receiving Office Authorized officer Facsimile No. Form PCT/RO/159 (July 2016) Telephone No. American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com International application No. ANNEX TO FORM PCT/RO/159 This receiving Office has made the above decision(s) for the following reasons: Form PCT/RO/159 (Annex) (July 2016) American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com