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Where the priority of an earlier national or
international application is claimed under Article 8, a
copy of that earlier application, certified by
the authority with which it was filed ("the
priority document"), shall, unless already filed
with the receiving Office together with the
international application in which the priority
claim is made, and subject to paragraph (b), be submitted by the
applicant to the International Bureau or to the
receiving Office not later than 16 months after
the priority date, provided that any copy of the
said earlier application which is received by the
International Bureau after the expiration of that
time limit shall be considered to have been
received by that Bureau on the last day of that
time limit if it reaches it before the date of
international publication of the international
application.
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