WIPO
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Regulations under the PCT
WOPCR
101/116

Rule 86

The Gazette

86.1       Contents and Form

(a)
The Gazette referred to in Article 55(4) shall contain:
(i)
for each published international application, the data specified by the Administrative Instructions taken from the front page of the pamphlet published under Rule 48, the drawing (if any) appearing on the said front page, and the abstract,
(ii)
the schedule of all fees payable to the receiving Offices, the International Bureau, and the International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authorities,
(iii)
notices the publication of which is required under the Treaty or these Regulations,
(iv)
information, if and to the extent furnished to the International Bureau by the designated or elected Offices, on the question whether the requirements provided for in Articles 22 or 39 have been complied with in respect of the international applications designating or electing the Office concerned,
(v)
any other useful information prescribed by the Administrative Instructions, provided access to such information is not prohibited under the Treaty or these Regulations.
(b)
The information referred to in paragraph (a) shall be made available in two forms:
(i)
as a Gazette in paper form, which shall contain the data specified by the Administrative Instructions taken from the front page of the pamphlet published under Rule 48 ("bibliographic data") and the matters referred to in paragraph (a)(ii) to (v);
(ii)
as a Gazette in electronic form, which shall contain the bibliographic data, the drawing (if any) appearing on the said front page, and the abstract.

86.2       Languages; Access to the Gazette

(a)
The Gazette in paper form shall be published in a bilingual (English and French) edition. It shall also be published in editions in any other language, provided the cost of publication is assured through sales or subventions.
(b)
The Assembly may order the publication of the Gazette in languages other than those referred to in paragraph (a).
(c)
The Gazette in electronic form referred to in Rule 86.1(b)(ii) shall be made accessible, in English and French at the same time, by any electronic ways and means specified in the Administrative Instructions. The translations shall be ensured by the International Bureau in English and French. The International Bureau shall ensure that the making accessible of the Gazette in electronic form shall be effected on, or as soon as possible after, the date of publication of the pamphlet containing the international application.

86.3       Frequency

        The frequency of publication of the Gazette shall be determined by the Director General.

86.4       Sale

        The subscription and other sale prices of the Gazette shall be determined by the Director General.

86.5       Title

        The title of the Gazette shall be determined by the Director General.

86.6       Further Details

        Further details concerning the Gazette may be provided for in the Administrative Instructions.

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