Right to Practice Before International
Authorities
83.1 Proof of Right
The International Bureau, the competent
International Searching Authority, and the
competent International Preliminary Examining
Authority, may require the production of proof
of the right to practice referred to in Article 49.
83.1bisWhere the International
Bureau Is the Receiving Office
(a)
Any person who has the right to practice before
the national Office of, or acting for, a
Contracting State of which the applicant or, if
there are two or more applicants, any of the
applicants is a resident or national shall be
entitled to practice in respect of the
international application before the
International Bureau in its capacity as receiving
Office under Rule
19.1(a)(iii).
(b)
Any person having the right to practice before
the International Bureau in its capacity as
receiving Office in respect of an international
application shall be entitled to practice in
respect of that application before the
International Bureau in any other capacity and
before the competent International Searching
Authority and competent International Preliminary
Examining Authority.
83.2 Information
(a)
The national Office or the intergovernmental
organization which the interested person is
alleged to have a right to practice before shall,
upon request, inform the International Bureau,
the competent International Searching Authority,
or the competent International Preliminary
Examining Authority, whether such person has the
right to practice before it.
(b)
Such information shall be binding upon the
International Bureau, the International Searching
Authority, or the International Preliminary
Examining Authority, as the case may be.