WIPO
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
Regulations under the PCT
WOPCR
85/116

Rule 72

Translation of the International Preliminary Examination Report

72.1       Languages

(a)
Any elected State may require that the international preliminary examination report, established in any language other than the official language, or one of the official languages, of its national Office, be translated into English.
(b)
Any such requirement shall be notified to the International Bureau, which shall promptly publish it in the Gazette.

72.2       Copy of Translation for the Applicant

        The International Bureau shall transmit a copy of the translation referred to in Rule 72.1(a) of the international preliminary examination report to the applicant at the same time as it communicates such translation to the interested elected Office or Offices.

72.3       Observations on the Translation

        The applicant may make written observations on what, in his opinion, are errors of translation in the translation of the international preliminary examination report and shall send a copy of any such observations to each of the interested elected Offices and a copy to the International Bureau.


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