Rule 53 The Demand
53.1 Form
- (a) The demand shall be made on a printed form or be presented as a computer print-out. The particulars of the printed form and of a demand presented as a computer printout shall be prescribed by the Administrative Instructions.
- (b) Copies of printed demand forms shall be furnished free of charge by the receiving Office or by the International Preliminary Examining Authority.
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53.2 Contents
- (a) The demand shall contain:
- (i) a petition,
- (ii) indications concerning the applicant and the agent if there is an agent,
- (iii) indications concerning the international application to which it relates,
- (iv) where applicable, a statement concerning amendments.
- (b) The demand shall be signed.
53.3 The Petition
The petition shall be to the following effect and shall preferably be worded as follows: "Demand under Article 31 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty: The undersigned requests that the international application specified below be the subject of international preliminary examination according to the Patent Cooperation Treaty."
53.6 Identification of the International Application
The international application shall be identified by the name and address of the applicant, the title of the invention, the international filing date (if known to the applicant) and the international application number or, where such number is not known to the applicant, the name of the receiving Office with which the international application was filed.
53.7 Election of States
The filing of a demand shall constitute the election of all Contracting States which are designated and are bound by Chapter II of the Treaty.
53.8 Signature
The demand shall be signed by the applicant or, if there is more than one applicant, by all applicants making the demand.
53.9 Statement Concerning Amendments
- (a) If amendments under Article 19 have been made, the statement concerning amendments shall indicate whether, for the purposes of the international preliminary examination, the applicant wishes those amendments:
- (i) to be taken into account, in which case a copy of the amendments and of the letter required under Rule 46.5(b) shall preferably be submitted with the demand; or
- (ii) to be considered as reversed by an amendment under Article 34.
- (b) If no amendments under Article 19 have been made and the time limit for filing such amendments has not expired, the statement may indicate that, should the International Preliminary Examining Authority wish to start the international preliminary examination at the same time as the international search in accordance with Rule 69.1(b), the applicant wishes the start of the international preliminary examination to be postponed in accordance with Rule 69.1(d).
- (c) If any amendments under Article 34 are submitted with the demand, the statement shall so indicate.