R.82 PCT quater Excuse of Delay in Meeting Time Limits

82quater.1 Excuse of Delay in Meeting Time Limits

R.81 PCT Modification of Time Limits Fixed in the Treaty

81.1 Proposal

(a) Any Contracting State or the Director General may propose a modification under Article 47(2).

(b) Proposals made by a Contracting State shall be presented to the Director General.

81.2 Decision by the Assembly

R.80 PCT Computation of Time Limits

80.1 Periods Expressed in Years

When a period is expressed as one year or a certain number of years, computation shall start on the day following the day on which the relevant event occurred, and the period shall expire in the relevant subsequent year in the month having the same name and on the day having the same number as the month and the day on which the said event occurred, provided that if the relevant subsequent month has no day with the same number the period shall expire on the last day of that month.

R.79 PCT Calendar

79.1 Expressing Dates

Applicants, national Offices, receiving Offices, International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authorities, and the International Bureau, shall, for the purposes of the Treaty and the Regulations, express any date in terms of the Christian era and the Gregorian calendar, or, if they use other eras and calendars, they shall also express any date in terms of the Christian era and the Gregorian calendar.

R.78 PCT Amendment of the Claims, the Description, and the Drawings, before Elected Offices

78.1 Time Limit

R.77 PCT Faculty under Article 39(1)(b)

77.1 Exercise of Faculty

(a) Any Contracting State allowing a time limit expiring later than the time limit provided for in Article 39(1)(a) shall notify the International Bureau of the time limit so fixed.

R.76 PCT Translation of Priority Document; Application of Certain Rules to Procedures before Elected Offices

76.1, 76.2 and 76.3 [Deleted]

76.4 Time Limit for Translation of Priority Document

The applicant shall not be required to furnish to any elected Office a translation of the priority document before the expiration of the applicable time limit under Article 39.

R.75 PCT [Deleted]

R.74 PCT Translations of Annexes of the International Preliminary Examination Report and Transmittal Thereof

74.1 Contents of Translation and Time Limit for Transmittal Thereof

R.73 PCT Communication of the International Preliminary Examination Report or the Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority

73.1 Preparation of Copies

The International Bureau shall prepare the copies of the documents to be communicated under Article 36(3)(a).

73.2 Communication to Elected Offices