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§ 11.14 Later Documents - none Patent Cooperation Treaty

§ 11.14 Later Documents

Rules 10, and 11.1 to 11.13, also apply to any document - for example, corrected pages, amended claims, translations - submitted after the filing of the international application.

Rule 12
Language of the International Application and Translation for the Purposes of International Search and International Publication

§ 12.1 Languages Accepted for the Filing of International Applications

(a) An international application shall be filed in any language which the receiving Office accepts for that purpose.

(b) Each receiving Office shall, for the filing of international applications, accept at least one language which is both:

(i) a language accepted by the International Searching Authority, or, if applicable, by at least one of the International Searching Authorities, competent for the international searching of international applications filed with that receiving Office, and

(ii) a language of publication.

(iii) [Deleted]

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the request shall be filed in any language of publication which the receiving Office accepts for the purposes of this paragraph.

(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), any text matter contained in the sequence listing part of the description referred to in Rule 5.2(a) shall be presented in accordance with the standard provided for in the Administrative Instructions.

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