WIPO съобщава да промени в PCT споразумението, които влизат в сила от 01.07.2014. Промените касаят следните членове:
Rule 44ter
[Deleted]
Rule 66
Procedure Before the International Preliminary Examining Authority
66.1 and 66.1bis [No change]
66.1ter Top-up Searches
The International Preliminary Examining Authority shall conduct a search ("top-up search") to discover documents referred to in Rule 64 which have been published or have become available to the said Authority for search subsequent to the date on which the international search report was established, unless it considers that such a search would serve no useful purpose. If the Authority finds that any of the situations referred to in Article 34(3) or (4) or Rule 66.1(e) exists, the top-up search shall cover only those parts of the international application that are the subject of international preliminary examination.
66.2 to 66.8 [No change]
Rule 70
International preliminary Report on Patentability by the International Preliminary Examining Authority (International Examination Report)
70.1 [No change]
70.2 Basis of the Report
Rule 44ter
[Deleted]
Rule 66
Procedure Before the International Preliminary Examining Authority
66.1 and 66.1bis [No change]
66.1ter Top-up Searches
The International Preliminary Examining Authority shall conduct a search ("top-up search") to discover documents referred to in Rule 64 which have been published or have become available to the said Authority for search subsequent to the date on which the international search report was established, unless it considers that such a search would serve no useful purpose. If the Authority finds that any of the situations referred to in Article 34(3) or (4) or Rule 66.1(e) exists, the top-up search shall cover only those parts of the international application that are the subject of international preliminary examination.
66.2 to 66.8 [No change]
Rule 70
International preliminary Report on Patentability by the International Preliminary Examining Authority (International Examination Report)
70.1 [No change]
70.2 Basis of the Report
(a) to (e) [No change]
(f) The report shall indicate the date on which a top-up search under Rule 66.1ter was made, or else state that no top-up search was made.
70.3 to 70.17 [No change]
Rule 94
Access to Files
Access to Files
94.1 Access to the File Held by the International Bureau
(a) [No change]
(b) The International Bureau shall, at the request of any person but not before the international publication of the international application and subject to Article 38, furnish, subject to the reimbursement of the cost of the service, copies of any document contained in its file.
(c) [No change]
(a) [No change]
(b) The International Bureau shall, at the request of any person but not before the international publication of the international application and subject to Article 38, furnish, subject to the reimbursement of the cost of the service, copies of any document contained in its file.
(c) [No change]
94.2 and 94.3 [No change]
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original text in English of the amendments to the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) adopted on October 2, 2013, by the Assembly of the International Patent Cooperation Union (PCT Union) at its forty-fourth (19th ordinary) session held from September 23 to October 2, 2013, with effect from July 1, 2014.
English version
WIPO has reported about some changes in the PCT Agreement, which entered into force on 01.07.2014. The changes affect the following articles:
