INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
PCT
Decision of the President of the European Patent Office dated 26 January 2005 concerning the late furnishing fee under Rule 13ter PCT
The President of the European Patent Office, having regard to Rule 13ter PCT as revised which will enter into force on 1 April 20051, has decided as follows:
Article 1
Where the EPO acting as International Searching Authority or International Preliminary Examining Authority invites the applicant to furnish a sequence listing pursuant to Rule 13ter.1(a) or (b) PCT or Rule 13ter.2 PCT, such furnishing shall be subjected to the payment of a late furnishing fee of EUR 200.
Article 2
Entry into force
This decision shall enter into force on 1 April 2005.
Done at Munich on 26 January 2005
Professor Alain POMPIDOU
President
1 Note: Rule 13ter.1 as revised will apply to international applications whose filing date is on or after 1 April 2005. However by Decision of the PCT Assembly, Rule 13ter.2 as revised shall apply to international applications in respect of which a demand is filed on or after1 April 2005 even if the application was filed before that date.
For information on the applicable technical requirements regarding sequence listings in electronic form, see PCT Gazette 48/2004, Section IV, 28050.