Alphabetical Keyword Index
Overview
A
Abbreviations General Part, 2.5
Absence of well-known details F‑III, 5.2
Abstract F‑II, 2
Abstract and text matter of the drawings A‑VII, 1.2.1
Checklist F‑II, 2.5
Checklist for considering the abstract F-II, An. 1
Comments on the abstract by the applicant F‑II, 2.7
Conflict between abstract and source document B‑VI, 6.3
Content of the abstract F‑II, 2.3
Definitive content F‑II, 2.2
Figure accompanying the abstract F‑II, 2.4
Purpose of the abstract F‑II, 2.1
Summaries, extracts or abstracts B‑X, 11.5
Title, abstract and figure(s) to be published with the abstract (as indicated on supplemental sheet A) B‑X, 7
Transmittal of the abstract to the applicant F‑II, 2.6
Account of the search B‑X, 3.3
Acknowledgement of receipt A‑II, 3.1
Added subject-matter C‑III, 4
Additional preliminary examination fee A‑III, 7.2.1
Reduction of the additional preliminary examination fee A‑III, 8.4.1
Additional search fee A‑III, 5.1
No payment of additional search fees C‑V, 2
No request for payment of additional search fees B‑VII, 3
Payment of additional search fees under protest B‑VII, 6.3, C‑V, 3.2
Payment of additional search fees without protest B‑VII, 6.2, C‑V, 3.1
Reduction of the additional search fee A‑III, 8.2.1
Refund of additional search fees and, where applicable, the protest fee A‑III, 9.3
Reply from the applicant to the invitation to pay additional search fees B‑VII, 6
Reply from the applicant to the invitation to pay additional search fees, no payment of additional search fees B‑VII, 6.1
Searched claims did not comply with unity of invention, no request for payment of additional search fees C‑V, 3.3
Address for correspondence A‑VIII, 1.6
Admissibility of the protest as checked by the formalities officer B‑VII, 7.1, C‑V, 5.1
Protest procedure B‑VII, 7.1, C‑V, 5.1
Admissible languages on filing A‑VII, 1
International application filed in multiple languages A‑VII, 1.2
Aesthetic creations G‑II, 3.4
Agreement on secrecy G‑IV, 6.2.2
Allowability of amendments H-II, H‑II, 2, H-III
Amendments and Corrections H-II, H-III
Amendments derived from drawings H‑III, 6
Amendments in claims H‑III, 3
Amendments in the description H‑III, 2
Amendments to drawings H‑III, 5
Amendments to the title H‑III, 7
Compliance of amendments with other PCT requirements H‑II, 3
Content of the application as "originally" filed H‑II, 2.2
Disclaimers not disclosed in the application as originally filed H‑III, 4
Allowability of rectifications H‑IV, 2.3
Alteration, excision or addition of text in the description H‑III, 2.5
Alternatives in a claim F‑IV, 3.6
Amended classification of late-published search reports B‑V, 3.1
Amended international search report B‑IV, 3.2
Amended sheets C‑III, 3, H‑I, 5
Documents forming the basis of the international preliminary examination C‑III, 3
Right to amend H‑I, 5
Amendments
Amendments and Corrections
Allowability of amendments H-II, H-III
Correction of defects and errors H-IV
Right to amend H-I
Amendments before receipt of the search report H‑I, 2
Amendments derived from drawings H‑III, 6
Amendments in claims H‑III, 3
Amendments in claims, further cases of broadening of claims H‑III, 3.4
Deletion of part of the claimed subject-matter H‑III, 3.3
Disclaimer disclosed in the application as originally filed H‑III, 3.5
Inclusion of additional features H‑III, 3.2
Replacement or removal of a feature from a claim H‑III, 3.1
Amendments in the description H‑III, 2
Alteration, excision or addition of text in the description H‑III, 2.5
Clarification of a technical effect H‑III, 2.1
Introduction of further examples and new effects H‑III, 2.2
Reference document H‑III, 2.4
Revision of stated technical problem H‑III, 2.3
Amendments prior to the start of international preliminary examination H‑I, 3
Amendments to drawings A‑V, 10, H‑III, 5
Allowability of amendments H‑III, 5
Drawings A‑V, 10
Amendments to the title H‑III, 7
Amounts of fees A‑III, 2
Analysis of the application and content of the written opinion B‑XI, 3
Making suggestions B‑XI, 3.3
Positive or negative WO‑ISA B‑XI, 3.4
Reasoned objections B‑XI, 3.2
Search division's dossier B‑XI, 3.1
Analysis of the application prior to searching B‑IV, 1
Documents cited in the application B‑IV, 1.4
PCT Direct applications B‑IV, 1.2
Taking into account results of an earlier search and classification B‑IV, 1.1
Third-party observations B‑IV, 1.3
Annex I: EPC-PCT concordance table General Part, 3.1
Annex II: Criteria chosen by the EPO as ISA/IPEA on specific points in the ISPE Guidelines General Part, 3.2
Annexes General Part, 3
Annex I: EPC-PCT concordance table General Part, 3.1
Annex II: Criteria chosen by the EPO as ISA/IPEA on specific points in the ISPE Guidelines General Part, 3.2
Anticipation of amendments to claims B‑III, 2.4
Applicability of the PCT‑EPO Guidelines General Part, 2.2
Applicant's
Applicant's entitlement to claim priority A‑VI, 1.6
Applicant's entitlement to file a demand C‑II, 4
Applicant's reply to the invitation to pay additional fees (Form 405) C‑V, 4
Applicant's reply to the invitation to pay additional fees (Form 405), no payment of additional examination fees or failure to reply C‑V, 4.1
Payment of additional examination fees under protest C‑V, 4.3
Payment of additional examination fees without protest C‑V, 4.2
Applications
Application numbering system A‑II, 1.5
Applications containing missing parts or elements, or correct parts or elements, incorporated by reference B‑XI, 2.1
Applications filed in Dutch B‑XI, 2.2
International applications filed in Dutch A‑VII, 3.2
Arbitrary choice G‑VII, 10.1
Areas of technology searched B‑X, 6
Arguments and evidence submitted by the applicant G‑VII, 11
Arrangement of claims F‑IV, 3.4
Arrows A‑V, 7.5.2
Assessment of and reasoning for unity of invention F‑V, 1
Authentic text of the international application A‑VII, 5
Authentication and dates B‑X, 10
Authorisation or refusal of the request for rectification of obvious mistakes in the application documents H‑IV, 2.2