Notification Relating To Priority Claim {PCT-IB-318}

PATENT COOPERATION TREATY From the INTERNATIONAL BUREAU To: PCT NOTIFICATION RELATING TO PRIORITY CLAIM (PCT Rules 26bis.1 and 26bis.2 and Administrative Instructions, Sections 402(c) and 409) Date of mailing (day/month/year) Applicants or agents file reference IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION International application No. International filing date (day/month/year) Applicant The applicant is hereby notified of the following in respect of the priority claim(s) made in the inte rnational application. 1. Correction of priority claim. In accordance with the applicants notice received on______________________________, the following priority claim has been corrected, according to paragraph 176 of the PCT Receiving Office Guidelines where applicable, to read as follows: even though the indication of the number of the earlier application is m issing. even though the following indication in the priority claim is not the sa me as the corresponding indication appearing in the priority document: 2. Addition of priority claim. In accordance with the applicants notice received on________________________________, the following priority claim has been added: even though the indication of the number of the earlier application is m issing. even though the following indication in the priority claim is not the sa me as the corresponding indication appearing in the priority document: 3. As a result of the correction and/or addition of (a) priority claim(s) under items 1 and/or 2, the (earliest) p riority date is: 4. Priority claim considered not to have been made The applicant failed to respond to the invitation under Rule 26bis.2(a) (Form PCT/IB/316) within the prescribed time limit. The applicants notice was received after the expiration of the presc ribed time limit under Rule 26bis.1(a). The applicants notice failed to correct the priority claim so as to comply with the requirements of Rule 4.10. The applicant may, before the technical preparations for international p ublication have been completed and subject to the payment of a fee, request the International Bureau to publish, together with the international application, information concerning the priority claim. See Rule 26bis.2(c) and the PCT Applicants Guide, Volume I, Annex B2(IB). 5. Where multiple priorities have been claimed, the above item(s) relate(s) to the following pri ority claim(s): 6. A copy of this notification has been sent to the receiving Office and to the International Searching Authority (where the international search report and the written opinion of the I nternational Searching Authority have not yet been issued). the designated Offices (in accordance with Rule 93bis). The International Bureau of WIPO Authorized officer 34, chemin des Colombettes 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland Facsimile No. +41 22 338 82 70 Telephone No. +41 22 338 XX XX Form PCT/IB/318 (October 2005) American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com