Form PTO/SB/20PCT-CA Request for Participation in the PCT-PPH Pilot Program B

Doc Code: PPH.PCT.652

Document Description: Petition to make special under PCT-Patent Pros Hwy

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REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY - PATENT PROSECUTION
HIGHWAY (PCT-PPH) PILOT PROGRAM BETWEEN THE CANADIAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
OFFICE (CIPO) AND THE USPTO
Application No:

Filing date:

First Named Inventor:
Title of the
Invention:
THIS REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PCT-PPH PILOT PROGRAM ALONG WITH THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS MUST BE
SUBMITTED VIA EFS-WEB. INFORMATION REGARDING EFS-WEB IS AVAILABLE AT
HTTP://WWW.USPTO.GOV/EBC/EFS_HELP.HTML

APPLICANT HEREBY REQUESTS PARTICIPATION IN THE PCT-PPH PROGRAM AND PETITIONS TO MAKE THE
ABOVE-IDENTIFIED APPLICATION SPECIAL UNDER THE PCT-PPH PROGRAM.
The above-identified application is (1) a national stage entry of the corresponding PCT application, or (2) a national stage entry
of another PCT application which claims priority to the corresponding PCT application, or (3) a national application that claims
domestic/ foreign priority to the corresponding PCT application, or (4) a national application which forms the basis for the
priority claim in the corresponding PCT application, or (5) a continuing application of a U.S. application that satisfies one of (1)
to (4) above, or (6) a U.S. application that claims domestic benefit to a U.S. provisional application which forms the basis for
the priority claim in the corresponding PCT application.
The corresponding PCT
application number(s) is/are:

The international filing date of the corresponding
PCT application(s) is/are:

I. List of Required Documents:
a. A copy of the latest international work product (WO/ISA, WO/IPEA, or IPER) in the above–identified
corresponding PCT application(s)
Is attached.
Is not attached because the document is already in the U.S. application.
b. A copy of all claims which were indicated as having novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability in the
above-identified corresponding PCT application(s).
Is attached.
Is not attached because the document is already in the U.S. application.
c. English translations of the documents in a. and b. above are attached (if the documents are not in the English
language). A statement that the English translation is accurate is attached for the document in b. above.

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REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PCT-PPH PILOT PROGRAM
BETWEEN THE CIPO AND THE USPTO
(continued)
Application No.:
First Named Inventor:

d. (1) An information disclosure statement listing the documents cited in the international work products (ISR,
WO/ISA, WO/IPEA, IPER) of the corresponding PCT application.
Is attached
Has already been filed in the above-identified U.S. application on _______________________________
(2) Copies of all documents (except) for U.S. patents or U.S. patent application publications)
Are attached.
Have already been filed in the above-identified U.S. application on _______________________________

II. Claims Correspondence Table:
Claims in US Application

Patentable Claims
in the corresponding
PCT Application

Explanation regarding the correspondence

III. All the claims in the US application sufficiently correspond to the patentable claims in the
corresponding PCT application.

Signature

Date

Name
(Print/Typed)

Registration Number
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