Magyar közlöny, 2002. december (162-166. szám)

2002-12-25 / 162. szám

2002/162. szám MAGYAR KÖZLÖNY 3.3 Check List a) The request shall contain a lis.t indicating: (i) the total number of sheets constituting the international application and the number of the sheets of each element of the international application: request, description (separately indicating the number of sheets of any sequence listing part of the description), claims, drawings, abstract; (ii) where applicable, that the international application as filed is accompanied by a power of attorney (i.e., a document appointing an agent or a common representative), a copy of a general power of attorney, a priority document, a sequence listing in computer readable form, a document relating to the payment of fees, or any other document (to be specified in the check list); (iii) the number of that figure of the drawings which the applicant suggests should accompany the abstract when the abstract is published; in exceptional cases, the applicant may suggest more than one figure. b) The list shall be completed by the applicant, failing which the receiving Office shall make the necessary indications, except that the number referred to in paragraph a) (iii) shall not be indicated by the receiving Office. 3.4 Particulars Subject to Rule 3.3, particulars of the printed request form and of a request presented as a computer print-out shall be prescribed by the Administrative Instructions. Rule 4 The Request (Contents) 4.1 Mandatory and Optional Contents; Signature a) The request shall contain: (i) a petition, (ii) the title of the invention, (iii) indications concerning the applicant and the agent, if there is an agent, (iv) the designation of States, (v) indications concerning the inventor where the national law of at least one of the designated States requires that the name of the inventor be furnished at the time of filing a national application. b) The request shall, where applicable, contain: (i) a priority claim, (ii) a reference to any earlier international, international-type or other search, (iii) choices of certain kinds of protection, (iv) an indication that the applicant wishes to obtain a regional patent, (v) a reference to a parent application or parent patent, (vi) an indication of the applicant’s choice of competent International Searching Authority. c) The request may contain: (i) indications concerning the inventor where the national law of none of the designated States requires that the name of the inventor be furnished at the time of filing a national application, (ii) a request to the receiving Office to prepare and transmit the priority document to the International Bureau where the application whose priority is claimed was filed with the national Office or intergovernmental authority which is the receiving Office, (iii) declarations as provided in Rule 4.17. d) The request shall be signed. 4.2 The Petition The petition shall be to the following effect and shall preferably be worded as follows: „The undersigned requests that the present international application be processed according to the Patent Cooperation Treaty.” 4.3 Title of the Invention The title of the invention shall be short (preferably from two to seven words when in English or translated into English) and precise. 4.4 Names and Addresses a) Names of natural persons shall be indicated by the person’s family name and given name(s), the family name being indicated before the given name(s). b) Names of legal entities shall be indicated by their full, official designations. c) Addresses shall be indicated in such a way as to satisfy the customary requirements for prompt postal delivery at the indicated address and, in any case, shall consist of all the relevant administrative units up to, and including, the house number, if any. Where the national law of the designated State does not require the indication of the house number, failure to indicate such number shall have no effect in that State. In order to allow rapid communication with the applicant, it is recommended to indicate any teleprinter address, telephone and facsimile machine numbers, or corresponding data for other like means of communication, of the applicant or, where applicable, the agent or the common representative. d) For each applicant, inventor, or agent, only one address may be indicated, except that, if no agent has been appointed to represent the applicant, or all of them if more than one, the applicant or, if there is more than one applicant, the common representative, may indicate, in addition to any other address given in the request, an address to which notifications shall be sent. 4.5 The Applicant a) The request shall indicate the name, address, nationality and residence of the applicant or, if there are several applicants, of each of them. 9467

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