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70.8 Explanations Under - Patent Cooperation Treaty
§ 70.8 Explanations Under
Article 35(2)The Administrative Instructions shall contain guidelines for cases in which the explanations referred to in Article 35(2) should or should not be given and the form of such explanations. Such guidelines shall be based on the following principles:
(i) explanations shall be given whenever the statement in relation to any claim is negative;
(ii) explanations shall be given whenever the statement is positive unless the reason for citing any document is easy to imagine on the basis of consultation of the cited document;
(iii) generally, explanations shall be given if the case provided for in the last sentence of Rule 70.6(b) obtains.
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