Meetings
- 1st Session
Geneva, 26-30 May 2008
PCT Working Group
Purpose of Group
At its 36th session, the PCT Assembly established a Working Group to do preparatory work for matters which require submission to the Assembly. Most commonly, this involves proposals for amendment of the Regulations under the PCT, but may include a wide variety of matters of interest to the PCT Assembly.
Electronic Forum
A notification service is provided, giving e-mail updates to interested persons when new information becomes available.
Further Consultation on Proposed Amendments
The PCT Working Group, at its first session held from May 26 to 30, 2008, agreed on a number of proposed amendments of the Regulations under the PCT with a view to their submission to the Assembly for consideration at its next session, to be held in September 2008 (see the Working Group’s report, document PCT/WG/1/16).
The Working Group also agreed that a number of matters should be the subject of further consultation via the Working Group's electronic forum.
A first paper, setting out the Secretariat’s proposals on those further matters, was posted by the Secretariat on this electronic forum for comments and suggestions by delegations and representatives by June 27, 2008.
Following comments received on the proposals set out in the Secretariat’s first paper, the Secretariat proposes further drafting changes to the proposed amendments of the Regulations and a further modification of the proposals concerning entry into force and transitional arrangements:
- Second Consultation Paper: Proposed Amendments of the Regulations Under the PCT
Word and PDF formats
Comments are invited to be made by July 10, 2008 (preferably submitted by e-mail to pct.wg@wipo.int), following which the documents for submission to the Assembly will be finalized.
Report to ST.22 Task Force
The PCT Working Group, at its first session held from May 26 to 30, 2008, agreed that a report on certain matters relating to the physical requirements of international patent applications should be sent to the task force updating WIPO Standard ST.22, which makes recommendations for authoring patent applications for the purpose of facilitation optical character recognition (see the Working Group’s report, document PCT/WG/1/16). The report and the documents which the task force leader sent to the task force in response are set out below.
- Report to ST.22 Task Force [PDF format]
- Message from ST.22 task force leader to task force [PDF format]
- Revised draft ST.22, proposed by the task force leader [PDF format]
- Detailed notes on revisions (referred to as review20080624.txt in message from task force leader) [PDF format]
Documents and Papers
The formal documents from the 1st session are available from the Conferences and Meetings pages.
The following informal paper from the meeting is also available online:
- Paper No. 1
Sharing Japan’s Best Practices on National and International Applications in Light of Discussion Paper of PCT Working Group
Paper submitted by Japan
Word and PDF formats
Making Comments and Proposals
Comments on any relevant issues for posting on this site may be submitted by States and organizations participating in the Working Group, by e-mail sent to WIPO's secretariat at pct.wg@wipo.int. Interested persons may browse comments posted on the forum and/or subscribe to the forum's e-mail notification service in order to be informed by e-mail when new documents or comments become available.
