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1870 Priority Document and Translation Thereof [R-2] - 1800 Patent Cooperation Treaty
1870 Priority Document and Translation Thereof [R-2]
PCT RULE 66
Procedure before the International Preliminary Examining Authority*****
PCT RULE 66.7.
Priority Document**>
(a) If the International Preliminary Examining Authority needs a copy of the earlier application whose priority is claimed in the international application, the International Bureau shall, on request, promptly furnish such copy. If that copy is not furnished to the International Preliminary Examining Authority because the applicant failed to comply with the requirements of Rule 17.1, and if that earlier application was not filed with that Authority in its capacity as a national Office or the priority document is not available to that Authority from a digital library in accordance with the Administrative Instructions, the international preliminary examination report may be established as if the priority had not been claimed.<
(b) If the application whose priority is claimed in the international application is in a language other than the language or one of the languages of the International Preliminary Examining Authority, that Authority may, where the validity of the priority claim is relevant for the formulation of the opinion referred to in Article 33(1), invite the applicant to furnish a translation in the said language or one of the said languages within two months from the date of the invitation. If the translation is not furnished within that time limit, the international preliminary examination report may be established as if the priority had not been claimed.
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A copy of the priority document >and/or a translation thereof, if the priority document is not in English< may be required by the examiner if necessary because of an intervening reference **.
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