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§ 4.1 Mandatory and Optional Contents; Signature - Appendix T Patent Cooperation Treaty
§ 4.1 Mandatory and Optional Contents; Signature
(a) The request shall contain:
(i) a petition,
(ii) the title of the invention,
(iii) indications concerning the applicant and the agent, if there is an agent,
(iv) indications concerning the inventor where the national law of at least one of the designated States requires that the name of the inventor be furnished at the time of filing a national application.
(b) The request shall, where applicable, contain:
(i) a priority claim,
(ii) indications relating to an earlier search as provided in Rules 4.12(i) and 12bis.1(c) and (f),
(iii) a reference to a parent application or parent patent,
(iv) an indication of the applicant's choice of competent International Searching Authority.
(c) The request may contain:
(i) indications concerning the inventor where the national law of none of the designated States requires that the name of the inventor be furnished at the time of filing a national application,
(ii) a request to the receiving Office to prepare and transmit the priority document to the International Bureau where the application whose priority is claimed was filed with the national Office or intergovernmental authority which is the receiving Office,
(iii) declarations as provided in Rule 4.17,
(iv) a statement as provided in Rule 4.18,
(v) a request for restoration of the right of priority,
(vi) a statement as provided in Rule 4.12(ii).
(d) The request shall be signed.
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