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§ 711 Electronic Records Management - ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS UNDER THE PCT
§ 711 Electronic Records Management
(a) Records, copies and files in relation to international applications in electronic form shall be maintained and stored, for the purposes of Rule 93, in accordance with the requirements of authentication, integrity, confidentiality and non-repudiation, and having due regard to the principles of electronic records management, set out in Annex F.
See Annex F, section 2.2.2.1, as to the requirements of authentication, etc., and Annex F, section 8, as to the principles of electronic records management. At some future stage, Annex F could be modified to refer to the international standard for records management (ISO 15489), once that standard has been adopted, or to some other guidelines for electronic records management.
(b) Upon request by the applicant or other interested party in relation to a particular international application, the receiving Office shall, subject to any restrictions applicable under the Treaty as to access by third parties,
certify that any electronic records relating to that application are maintained and stored by it in accordance with paragraph (a).
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