Recent updates

Item amended Date Amended Amended Reason
5.7.4.2 Allowability of amendments before acceptance

Added links to RIO guidance material for processing amendments before acceptance. Fixed formatting errors.

5.6.15.4 Examination of Innovation Patents

Added link to PAMS guidance material for innovation patents.

5.7.1.7 Granting leave to amend

Added links to RIO guidance material for granting leave to amend in national examination and voluntary S104 tasks.

5.6.8.19 Useful (specific, substantial, and credible use)

Added link to RIO guidance material for processing national examination tasks.

5.6.8.18 Other Issues

Added link to RIO guidance material for processing national examination tasks.

5.6.9.2 Postponement of Acceptance

Added and updated links to RIO guidance material for processing national examination tasks.

5.6.8.1 General Principles – Assessing Manner of Manufacture

Added link to RIO guidance material for processing national examination tasks.

5.6.12.3 PSO - Report Requirements

Added link to PAMS guidance material for PSOs.

6.5.5 Search Report

Added links to RIO guidance material for processing bilateral tasks.

6.3.9.5 Processing withdrawals of PCTs

Updated with current cancellation workflow for examiners and support channels.

6.1.7.5 Procedure for Informal Communication with the Applicant

Updated link to RIO guidance material for creating correspondence tasks.

3.3.4 Communicating with the Applicant and Third Parties

Added link to RIO guidance material for creating a record of conversation.

6.5.4 Search Procedure

Added links to RIO guidance material for completing bilateral tasks and COMPASS.

6.3.9.4 Rule 91 Obvious Mistakes in Documents

Added link to RIO guidance material for processing PCT tasks Box I.

6.4.7 Final Processing

Added link to RIO guidance material for COMPASS.

6.3.8.9 Box VIII Certain Observations

Added links to RIO guidance material for processing PCT tasks box VIII.

6.4.6 Further Advisory Opinion

Added links to RIO guidance material for processing bilateral tasks.

6.4.5 Search Report and Advisory Opinion

Added links to RIO guidance material for processing bilateral application tasks.

6.3.8.5 Box IV Unity of Invention

Added link to RIO guidance material for processing PCT tasks Box IV.

6.3.8.4 Box III Non-Establishment of Opinion with Regard to Novelty, Inventive Step & Industrial Applicability

Added link to RIO guidance material for processing PCT Tasks Box III.

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