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§ 702 Filing, Processing and Communication in Electronic Form of International Applications - Appendix AI Administrative Instructions Under the PCT
§ 702 Filing, Processing and Communication in Electronic Form of International Applications
(a) The filing, processing and communication of international applications filed in electronic form, and the processing and communication in electronic form of international applications filed on paper, shall be in accordance with this Part and Annex F.
(b) Subject to this Part, an international application that is filed, processed or communicated in electronic form shall not be denied legal effect merely because it is in electronic form.
(c) This Part and Annex F do not apply to an international application containing a sequence listing part which is filed in electronic form under Section 801(a), except that Section 705bis shall apply mutatis mutandis to such an application to the extent that it is filed on paper.
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