Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP

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1800 Patent Cooperation Treaty

1872 Transmittal of Demand to the Examining Corps

Where the International Preliminary Examining Authority is part of the same national Office or intergovernmental organization as the International Searching Authority, the same file shall serve the purposes of international search and international preliminary examination.

When the PCT International Application Processing Division has finished processing of the papers and fees filed with a complete Demand, a copy of the Demand and other papers are forwarded to the appropriate Technology Center for examination. The documents will be placed in the Search Copy file wrapper before forwarding to the examiner.

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