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Item amended Date Amended Amended Reason
6.3.8.7 Box VI Certain Documents Cited

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

6.3.8.1 Front Page and Notification Application Details

Added links to RIO guidance material for processing PCT tasks. Updated link to attaching annexes to IPRPII.

6.3.5.1 First IPE Action

Added links to RIO guidance material for processing PCT tasks.

6.3.8.2 Box I Basis of Opinion/Report for ISOs, IPEOs and IPRPs

Added link to RIO guidance material for processing PCT tasks.

6.3.6.1 Response to Opinion

Added links to RIO guidance material for PCT tasks and correspondences.

6.2.6 Obscurities, Inconsistencies or Contradictions

Added link to RIO guidance material for non establishment of an International Type Search.

6.1.12.9 Contents of Case File at Completion

Formatted for consistency with other manual pages. Added link to RIO guidance material for PCT search statements.

6.1.17 Rule 91 Obvious Mistakes in Documents

Added link to RIO guidance material for PCT Basis of the Opinion box.

6.1.12.5.2 Citation Category

Added link to RIO guidance material for processing PCT tasks citations section.

6.1.12.5.3 Citation of Prior Art Documents

Added links to RIO guidance material for citations in PCTs and citation manager.

6.1.12.5.5 Citation Examples

Added links to RIO guidance material for Citation Manager and PCT task citation screen.

6.1.12.5.1 Selection of Documents Considered to be Relevant

Added link to RIO guidance material for processing PCT tasks citations section.

6.1.12.5.4 Citation of URLs

Added links to RIO guidance material for citing URLs in citation manager and PCT reports.

6.1.8.3 Area of Search

Added link to RIO guidance material for Automated Preliminary Search.

6.1.12.4 Fields Searched-ISR

Added links to RIO guidance material for ISRs.

6.1.12.3 General Details - ISR

Added links to RIO guidance material for ISRs.

5.6.10.7 Annex A - Procedural Outline to Divisional Application Examination

Added link to RIO guidance material for processing first reports.

6.1.3.2 Preliminary Classification

Added links to RIO guidance material for processing classification tasks.

5.6.11.6 Annex A - Procedural Outline to Patents of Addition Examination

Added link to RIO guidance material for national examination tasks.

5.6.16 Annex A - Procedural Outline for Full Examination of a Standard Patent Application

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

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