6.9.4 Minimum Levels of Responsibility
Supervising Examiners and the Chief of PBR are authorised officers at the minimum level of responsibility for:
ISA ISA ISA ISA IPEA Art 15(5) | Unity of Invention (form PCT/ISA/206) Unity of Invention, additional fees outside time Refund of international search fees (forms PCT/ISA/213 and 224) Excluded subject matter (form PCT/ISA/203) Unity of Invention (form PCT/IPEA/405) Excluded subject matter |
Senior Examiners and Examiners are authorised officers at the minimum level of responsibility for:
ISA ISA ISA IPEA IPEA IPEA THAI WIPO FIJI FIJI | International search report/opinion (forms PCT/ISA/210, PCT/IPEA/237) Notification of Transmittal of ISR (form PCT/ISA/220) International-type search report IPE Opinion (form PCT/IPEA/408) IPE Report (form PCT/IPEA/409) Notification of Transmittal of IPRP (form PCT/IPEA/416) Search report Search report Search report and Advisory opinion Further advisory opinion |
