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18.4 Information on Requirements Under National Law as to Applicants - Patent Cooperation Treaty
§ 18.4 Information on Requirements Under National Law as to Applicants
(a) and (b) [Deleted]
(c) The International Bureau shall, from time to time, publish information on the various national laws in respect of the question who is qualified (inventor, successor in title of the inventor, owner of the invention, or other) to file a national application and shall accompany such information by a warning that the effect of the international application in any designated State may depend on whether the person designated in the international application as applicant for the purposes of that State is a person who, under the national law of that State, is qualified to file a national application.
Rule 19
The Competent Receiving Office
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