KEPUTUSAN PRESIDEN REPUBLIK INDONESIA Nomor 16 Tahun 1997 tentang PENGESAHAN PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE PCT. (berlaku 7 Mei 1997)
Pembukaan
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- a. bahwa sebagai hasil persidangan Negara-negara Anggota World Intellectual Property Organization di Washington, Amerika Serikat pada tanggal 19 Juni 1970 telah diterima Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and the Regulations under the PCT sebagaimana telah dua kali diubah, terakhir pada tanggal 3 Pebruari 1984;
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- b. bahwa sehubungan dengan itu, dan sesuai dengan Amanat Presiden Republik Indonesia kepada Ketua Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat N omor 2826/HK/ 1960 tanggal 22 Agustus 1960 ten tang Pembuatan Perjanjian-perjanjian dengan Negara Lain, dipandang perlu untuk mengesahkan Treaty tersebut dengan Keputusan Presiden;
Pasal 4 ayat (1) dan Pasal 11 Undang-Undang Dasar 1945;
Mengingat
MEMUTUSKAN :
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MEMUTUSKAN :
KEPUTUSAN PRESIDEN TENTANG PENGESAHAN PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE PCT. Menetapkan
Pasal 1
Mengesahkan Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and the Regulations under the PCT sebagai basil persidangan dan diterima oleh Negaranegara Anggota World Intellectual Property Organization di Washington, Amerika Serikat pada tanggal 19 Juni 1970, sebagaimana teJah dua kali diubah terakhir pada tanggal 3 Pebruari 1984, disertai dengan Pensyaratan (Reservation) terhadap Pasal 59 yang salinan naskah aslinya dalam bahasa Inggeris sebagaimana terlampir pada Keputusan Presiden ini.
Pasal 4
dan Pasal 11 Undang-Undang Dasar 1945;
Pasal 59
Keputusan Presiden ini mulai berlaku pada tanggal ditetapkan.
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PENUTUP
Pengesahan
Penetapan: Agar setiap orang mengetahuinya, memerintahkan pengundangan Keputusan Presiden ini dengan penempatannya dalam Lembaran Negara Republik Indonesia .

Penetapan: PRESIDEN REPUBLIK INDONESIA ttd SOEHARTO Ditetapkan di Jakarta pada tanggal 7 Mei 1997

Penetapan: Diundangkan di Jakarta pada tanggal 7 Mei 1997

Penandatangan: MENTER! NEGARA SEKRETARIS NEGARA REPUBLIK INDONESIA MOERDIONO LEMBARAN NEGARA REPUBLIK INDONESIA TAHUN 1997 NOMOR 33

Distribusi: Salinan sesuai dengan aslinya SEKRETARIAT KABINET RI \_

Penandatangan: Kepala Biro Hukum dan Perundang-undangan Lambock V. Nahattands • •

Penandatangan: PRESIDEN REPUBLIK INDONESIA ## LAMP IRAN ATAS

Penandatangan: ## KEPUTUSAN PRESIDEN REPUBLIK INDONESIA NOMOR 16 TAHUN 1997 ## PENSYARATAN (RESERVATION) TERHADAP PASAL 59 PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) AND REGULATION UNDER THE PCT. "The Republic of Indonesia does not consider itself bound by the provision of Article 33 (1) of the Treaty, which provides :

Penandatangan: Subject to Article 64 (5), any dispute between two or inore Contracting States concerning the interpretation or application of this Treaty or the Regulations, not settled by negotiation, may, by any one of the States concerned, be brought before the International Court of Justice by application in conformity with the Statute of the Court, unless the States concerned agree on some other method of settlement. The Contracting States bringing the dispute before the Court shall inform the International Bureau; the International Bureau shall bring the matter to the attention of the other Contracting States. The Republic of Indonesia takes the position that for any dispute to be referred to the International Court of Justice for its decision, the agreement of aJI the Parties to the dispute shall be necessary in each individual case".

Penandatangan: Salinan sesuai dengan aslinya SEKR&amp;T ARIAT KABINET RI Kepala Biro Hukum danPerundang-undangan

Penandatangan: PRESIDEN REPUBLIK INDONESIA ttd SOEHARTO • • \ ## Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Done at Washington on June 19, 1970, amended on September 28, 1979, and modified on February 3, 1984, and ## Regulations under the PCT (as in force from January 1, 1993) World Intellectual Property Organization GENEVA 1993 •• • ## Patent Cooperation Treaty Done at Washington on Jun e 19, 1970, amended on September 28, 1979, and modified on February 3, 1984, ## TABLE OF CONTENTS* Preamble ## Introductory Provisions ## Chapter I: International Application and International Search The International Application The Request Article 4: The Description The Claims The Drawings Claiming Priority The Applicant The Receiving Office Filing Date and Effects of the International Application Transmittal of the International Application to the Interna- tional Bureau and the International Searching Authority

Distribusi: Availability of Copy of the International Application to Desig- nated Offices Certain Defects in the International Application The International Search The International Searching Authority Procedure before the International Searching Authority The International Search Report Amendment of the Claims before the International Bureau Communication to Designated Offices International Publication

Distribusi: Copy, Translation, and Fee, to Designated Offices Delaying of National Procedure Possible Loss of Effect in Designated States Article 3: Article 5: Article 6: Article 7: Article 8: Article 9: Article 10: Article 11: Article 12: Article 13: Article 14: Article I 5: Article 16: Article 17: Article 18: Article 19: Article 20: Article 2 l: Article 22: Article 23: Article 24: Article I: Establishment of a Union Article 2: Definitions

Verifikasi: * Table of Contents added for the convenience of the reader; it docs not appear in the signed text of the Treaty. I'·,~•' Article 25: Review by Designated Offices Article 26: Opportunity to Correct before Designated Offices Article 27: National Requirements Article 28: Amendment of the Claims, the Description, and the Drawings, before Designated Offices Article 29: Effects of the I ntemational Publication Article 30: Confidential Nature of the International Application ## Chapter I I: International Preliminary Examination Article 39: Article 40: Article 41: Article 37: Article 38: Article 35: Article 36: The International Preliminary Examination Report Transmittal, Translation, and Communication, of the Interna- tional Preliminary Examination Report Withdrawal of Demand or Election Confidential Nature of the International Preliminary Examina- tion

Distribusi: Copy, Translation, and Fee, to Elected Offices Delaying of National Examination and Other Processing Amendment of the Claims, the Description, and the Drawings, before Elected Offices Article 42: Results of National Examination in Elected Offices Article 3 I : Demand for International Preliminary Examination Article 32: The International Preliminary Examining Authority Article 33: The International Preliminary Examination Article 34: Procedure before the International Preliminary Examining Au- thority ## Chapter Ill: Common Provisions Seeking Certain Kinds of Protection Seeking Two Kinds of Protection Regional Patent Treaties Incorrect Translation of the International Application Time Limits Delay in Meeting Certain Time Limits Right to Practice before International Authorities Article 43: Article 44: Article 45: Article 46: Article 47: Article 48: Article 49: ## Chapter IV: Technical Services Patent Information Services Technical Assistance Relations with Other Provisions of the Treaty Article 50: Article 5 I: Article 52: • • i n l L ## Chapter V: Administrative Provisions Becoming Party to the Treaty Entry into Force of the Treaty Reservations Gradual Application Denunciation

Verifikasi: Signature and Languages Depositary Functions N oti fica tions Assembly Executive Committee International Bureau Committee for Technical Cooperation Article 62: Article 63: Article 64: Article 65: Article 66: Article 67: Article 68: Article 69: Article 53: Article 54: Article 55: Article 56: ## Chapter V JI I: Final Provisions ## Chapter VI I: Revision and Amendment Article 60: Revision of the Treaty Article 61 : Amendment of Certain Provisions of the Treaty ## Chapter VJ: Disputes Article 59: Disputes Article 57: Finances Article 58: Regulations

Penandatangan: The Contracting States, Desiring to make a contribution to the progress of science and technology, Desiring to perfect the legal protection of inventions, Desiring to simplify and render more economical the obtaining of protection for inventions where protection is sought in several countries,

Distribusi: Desiring to facilitate and accelerate access by the public to the technical information contained in documents describing new inventions,

Verifikasi: Desiring to foster and accelerate the economic development of developing countries through the adoption of measures designed to increase the efficiency of their legal systems, whether national or regional, instituted for the protection of inventions by providing easily accessible information on the availability of technological solutions applicable to their special needs and by facilitating access to the ever expanding volume of modern technology, Convinced that cooperation among nations will greatly facilitate the attainment of these aims,

Distribusi: Have concluded the present Treaty. ## Introductory Provi sions ## Article I ## Esta blishment of a Union

Penandatangan: - (I) The States party to this Treaty (hereinafter called "the Contracting States") constitute a Union for cooperation in the filing, searching, and examination, of applications for the protection of inventions, and for rendering special technical services. The Union shall be known as the International Patent Cooperation Union. - (2) No provision of this Treaty shalJ be interpreted as diminishing the rights under the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of any national or resident of any country party to that Convention. ## Definition s For the purposes of this Treaty and the Regulations and unless expressly stated otherwise: - (i) "application" means an application for the protection of an invention; references to an "application" shall be construed as references to applications for patents for inventions, inventors' certificates, utility certificates, utility models, patents or certificates of addition, inventors' certificates of addition, and utility certificates of addition; - (ii) references to a "patent" shall be construed as references to patents for inventions, inventors' certificates, utility certificates, utility models, patents or certificates of addition, inventors' certificates of addition, and utility certificates of addition; - (iii) "national patent" means a patent granted by a national authority; - (iv) "regional patent" means a patent granted by a national or an intergovernmental authority having the power to grant patents effective in more than one State; - (v) "regional application'' means an application for a regional patent; - (vi) references to a "riationa! application" shall be construed as references to applications for national patents and regional patents, other than applications filed under this Treaty; - (vii) "international application" means an application filed under this Treaty; - (viii) references to an "application" shall be construed as references to international applications and national applications; - (ix) references to a ''patent" shall be construed as references to national patents and regional patents;

Penandatangan: - (x) references to "national law" shall be construed as references to the national law of a Contracting State or, where a regional application or a regional patent is involved, to the treaty providing for the filing of regional applications or the granting of regional patents ; (xi) .. priority date," for the purposes of computing time limits, means: (a) where the international application contains a priority claim under Article 8, the filing date of theapptication whose priority is so claimed; (b) where the international application contains several priority claims under Article 8, the filing date of the earliest application whose priority is so claimed; (c) where the international application does not contain any priority claim under Article 8, the international filing date of such application;

Penandatangan: (xii) "national Office" means the government authority of a Contracting State entrusted with the granting of patents; references to a "national Office" shall be construed as referring also to any intergovernmental authority which several States have entrusted with the task of granting regional patents, provided that at least one of those States is a Contracting State, and provided that the said States have authorized that authority to assume the obligations and exercise the powers which this Treaty and the Regulations provide for in respect of national Offices;

Penandatangan: (xiii) "designated Office" means the national Office of or acting for the State designated by the applicant under Chapter I of this Treaty;

Penandatangan: (xiv) .. elected Office" means the national Office of or acting for the State elected by the applicant under Chapter II of this Treaty; (xv) "receiving Office" means the national Office or the intergovernmental organization with which the international application has been filed; (xvi) "Union" means the International Patent Cooperation Union; (xviii) "Organization" means the World Intellectual Property Organization; (xix) "International Bureau" means the International Bureau of the Organization and, as long as it subsists, the United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (B IRPI);

Penandatangan: (xx) .. Director General" means the Director General of the Organization and, as long as BIRPI subsists, the Director of BIRPI. ## CHAPTER I ## International Application and International Search Article 3 ## The International Application

Penandatangan: - (1) Applications for the protection of inventions in any of the Contracting States may be filed as international applications under this Treaty. - (2) An international application shall contain, as specified in this Treaty and the Regulations, a request, a description, one or more claims, one or more drawings (where required), and an abstract.

Distribusi: - (3) The abstract merely serves the purpose of technical information and cannot be taken into account for any other purpose, particularly not for the purpose of interpreting the scope of the protection sought. 4. ( 4) The international application shall: 5. (i) be in a prescribed language; 6. (ii) comply with the prescribed physical requirements; 7. tion; (iii) comply with the prescribed requirement of unity of inven- 8. (iv) be subject to the payment of the prescribed fees. ## Article 4 The Request - (I) The request shall contain:

Distribusi: - (i) a petition to the effect that the international application be processed according to this Treaty;

Penandatangan: - (ii) the designation of the Contracting State or States in which protection for the invention is desired on the basis of the international application ("designated States"); if for any designated State a regional patent is available and the applicant wishes to obtain a regional patent rather than a national patent, the request shall so indicate; if, under a treaty concerning a regional patent, the applicant cannot limit his application to certain of the States party to that treaty, designation of one of those States and the indication of the wish to obtain the regional patent shall be treated as designation of all the States party to that treaty; if, under the national law of the designated State, the designation of that State has the effect of an application for a regional patent, the designation of the said State shall be treated as an indication of the wish to obtain the regional patent; (iii) the name of and other prescribed data concerning the applicant and the agent (if any); - (iv) the title of the invention; - (v) the name of and other prescribed data concerning the inventor where the national law of at least one of the designated States requires that these indications be furnished at the time of filing a national application. Otherwise, the said indications may be furnished either in the request or in separate notices addressed to each designated Office whose national law requires the furnishing of the said indications but allows that they be furnished at a time later than that of the filing of a national application. - (2) Every designation shall be subject to the payment of the prescribed fee within the prescribed time limit. - (3) Unless the applicant asks for any of the other kinds of protection referred to in Article 43, designation shall mean that the desired protection consists of the grant of a patent by or for the designated State. For the purposes of this paragraph, Article 2(ii) shall not apply. - ( 4) Failure to indicate in the request the name and other prescribed data concerning the inventor shall have no consequence in any designated State whose national law requires the furnishing of the said indications but allows that they be furnished at a time later than that of the filing of a national application. Failure to furnish the said indications in a separate notice shall have no consequence in any designated State whose national Jaw does not require the furnishing of the said indications. •• • ## Article 5 ## The Description The description shall disclose the invention in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for the invention to be carried out by a person skilled in the art. ## Article 6 ## The Claims The claim or claims shall define the matter for which protection is sought. Claims shall be clear and concise. They shall be fully supported by the description. ## Article 7 ## The Drawings - ( 1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2)(ii), drawings shall be required when they are necessary for the understanding of the invention. - (2) Where, without being necessary for the understanding of the invention, the nature of the invention admits of illustration by drawings: - (i) the applicant may include such drawings in the. international application when filed, - (ii) any designated Office may require that the applicant file such drawings with it within the prescribed time limit. ~ .· ## Article 8 ## Claiming Priority - (l) The international application may contain a declaration, as prescribed in the Regulations, claiming the priority of one or more earlier applications filed in or for any country party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. (2)(a) Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (b ), the conditions for, and the effect of, any priority claim declared under para- :-:· graph (1) shall be as provided in Article 4 of the Stockholm Act of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.

Penandatangan: - (b) The international application for which the priority of one or more earlier applications filed in or for a Contracting ·state is claimed may contain the designation of that State. Where, in the international application, the priority of one or more national applications filed in or for a designated State is claimed, or where the priority of an international application having designated only one State is claimed, the conditions for, and the effect of, the priority claim in that State shall be governed by the national law of that State. ## Article 9 ## The Applicant

Penandatangan: - (1) Any resident or national of a Contracting State may file an international application. - (2) The Assembly may decide to allow the residents and the nationals of any country party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property which is not party to this Treaty to file international applications. - (3) The concepts of residence and nationality, and the application of those concepts in cases where there are several applicants or where the applicants are not the same for all the designated States, are defined in the Regulations. ## Article 10 ## The Receiving Office The international application shall be filed with the prescribed receiving Office, which will check and process it as provided in this Treaty and the Regulations. ## Article 11 ## Filing Date and Effects of the International Application

Distribusi: - ( l) The receiving Office shall accord as the international filing • • date the date of receipt of the internarional application, provided that that Office has found that, at the time of receipt: - (i) the applicant does not obviously lack, for reasons of residence or nationality, the right to file an international application with the receiving Office, - (ii) the international application is in the prescribed language, - (iii) the irrterrrat io n al application contains at least the following elements: - an indication that it is intended as an international ap(a) plication,

Penandatangan: - the designation of at least one Contracting State, (b) - the name of the applicant, as prescribed, (c) - a part which on the face of it appears to be a dcscrip(d) tion, - a part which on the face of it appears to be a claim or (e) claims. (2)(a) If the receiving Office finds that the international application did not, at the time of receipt, fulfill the requirements listed in paragraph (1), it shall, as provided in the Regulations, invite the applicant to file the required correction.

Distribusi: - (b) If the applicant complies with the invitation, as provided in the Regulations, the receiving Office shall accord as the international filing date the date of receipt of the required correction. - (3) Subject to Article 64( 4), any international application fulfilling the requirements listed in items (i) to (iii) of paragraph (1) and ac-. corded an international filing date shall have the effect of a regular national application in each designated State as of the international filing date, which date shall be considered to be the actual filing date in each designated State. - ( 4) Any international application fulfilling the requirements listed in items (i) to (iii) of paragraph (1) shall be equivalent to a regular national filing within the meaning of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. • ## Tra nsmitta l of the Int ernationa l Application to th e Inte r national Bureau and the International Searching Authori ty

Distribusi: - ( 1) One copy of the international application shall be kept by the receiving Office ("home copy"), one copy ("record copy") shall be transmitted to the International Bureau, and another copy ("search copy") shall be transmitted to the competent International Searching Authority referred to in Article 16, as provided in the Regulations.

Distribusi: - (2) The record copy shall be considered the true copy of the international application.

Distribusi: - (3) The international application shall be considered withdrawn if the record. copy has not been received by the International Bureau within the prescribed time limit. ## Art icle 13

Distribusi: ## Availabilit y of Copy of the Internati onal Application to Designated Offices

Distribusi: - (1) Any designated Office may ask the International Bureau to transmit to it a copy of the international application prior to the communication provided for in Article 20, and the International Bureau shall transmit such copy to the designated Office as soon as possible after the expiration of one year from the priority date.

Distribusi: 2. (2)(a) The applicant may, at any time, transmit a copy of his international application to any designated Office.

Distribusi: 3. (b) The app'licant may, at any time, ask the International Bureau to transmit a copy of his international application to any designated Office, and the International Bureau shall transmit such copy to the designated Office as soon as possible . 4. (c) Any national Office may notify the International Bureau that it does not wish to receive copies as provided for in subparagraph (b), in which case that subparagraph shall not he applicable in respect of that Office. • • -- ## Article 14 ## Certain Defects in the International Application - ( I )(a) The receiving Office shall check whether the international application contains any of the following defects, that is to say:

Verifikasi: - (i) it is not signed as provided in the Regulations; - (ii) it does not contain the prescribed indications concerning the applicant; - (iii) it does not contain a title; - (iv) it does not contain an abstract; - (v) it does not comply to the extent provided in the Regulations with the prescribed physical requirements. - (b) If the receiving Office finds any of the said defects, it shall invite the applicant to correct the international application within the prescribed time limit, failing which that application shall be considered withdrawn and the receiving Office shall so declare.

Distribusi: - (2) If the international application refers to drawings which, in fact, are not included in that application, the receiving Office shall notify the applicant accordingly and he may furnish them within the prescribed time limit and, if he does, the international filing date shall be the date on which the drawings are received by the receiving Office. Otherwise, any reference to the said drawings shall be considered non-existent. - (3)(a) If the receiving Office finds that, within the prescribed time limits, the fees prescribed under Article 3( 4)(iv) have not been paid, or no fee prescribed under Article 4(2} has been paid in respect of any of the designated States, the international application shall be considered withdrawn and the receiving Office shall so declare. - (b) If the receiving Office finds that the fee prescribed under Article 4(2) has been paid in respect of one or more (but less than al I) designated States within the prescribed time limit, the designation of those States in respect of which it has not been paid within the prescribed time limit shall be considered withdrawn and the receiving Office shall so declare. -I • J

Distribusi: - (4) If, after having accorded an international filing date to the international application, the receiving Office finds, within the prescribed time limit, that any of the requirements listed in items (i) to (iii) of Article 11 ( 1) was not complied with at that date, the said application shall be considered withdrawn and the receiving Office shall so declare. ## Article 15 ## The International Search - (1) Each international application shall be the subject of international search. - (2) The objective of the international search is to discover relevant prior art. - (3) International search shall be made on the basis of the claims, with due regard to the description and the drawings (if any). - (4) The International Searching Authority referred to in Article 16 shall endeavor to discover as much of the relevant prior art as its facilities permit, and shall, in any case, consult the documentation specified in the Regulations.

Penandatangan: (5)(a) If the national law of the Contracting State so permits, the applicant who files a national application with the national Office of or acting for such State may, subject to the conditions provided for in such law, request that a search similar to an internationai search ("international-type search") be carried out on such application.

Penandatangan: - (b) If the national law of the Contracting State so permits, the national Office of or acting for such State may subject any national application filed with it to an international-type search. - (c) The international-type search shall be carried out by the International Searching Authority referred to in Article 16 which would be competent for an international search if the national application were an international application and were filed with the Office referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b). If the national application is in a language which the International Searching Authority considers it is not equipped to handle, the international-type search shall be carried out on a translation prepared by the applicant in a language pre-

Distribusi: scribed for international applications and which the International Searching Authority has undertaken to accept for international applications. The national application and the translation, when required, shall be presented in the form prescribed for international applications. ## Article 16 ## The International Searching Authority - ( 1) International search shall be carried out by an International Searching Authority, which may be either a national Office or an intergovernmental organization, such as the International Patent I nstitute, whose tasks include the establishing of documentary search reports on prior art with respect to inventions which are the subject of applications.

Distribusi: - (2) If, pending the establishment of a single International Searching Authority, there are several International Searching Authorities, each receiving Office shall, in accordance with the provisions of the applicable agreement referred to in paragraph (3)(b), specify the International Searching Authority or Authorities competent for the searching of international applications filed with such Office. (3)(a) International Searching Authorities shall be appointed by the Assembly. Any national Office and any intergovernmental organization satisfying the requirements referred to in subparagraph ( c) may be appointed as International Searching Authority.

Distribusi: - (b) Appointment shall be conditional on the consent of the.\1ational Office or intergovernmental organization to be appointed and the conclusion of an agreement, subject to approval by the Assembly, between such Office or organization and the International Bureau. The agreement shall specify the rights and obligations of the parties, in particular, the formal undertaking by the said Office or organization to apply and observe all the common rules of international search. - (c) The Regulations prescribe the minimum requirements, particularly as to manpower and documentation, which any Office or o rga- •• • ~ ... ~,.,· nization must satisfy before it can be appointed and must continue to satisfy while it remains appointed. - (d) Appointment shall be for a fixed period of time and may be extended for further periods. - (e) Before the Assembly makes a decision on the appointment 'of any national Office or intergovernmental organization, or on the extension of its appointment, or before it allows any such appointment to lapse, the Assembly shall hear the interested Office or organization and seek the advice of the Committee for Technical Cooperation referred to in Article 56 once that Committee has been established. ## Article 17 ## Procedure before the International Searching Authority - (1) Procedure before the International Searching Authority shall \_be governed by the provisions of this Treaty, the Regulations, and the agreement which the International Bureau shall conclude, subject to .this Treaty and the Regulations, with the said Authority. (2)(a) If the International Searching Authority considers - (i) that the international application relates to a subject matter which the International Searching Authority is not required, under the Regulations, to search, and in the particular case decides not to search, or - (ii) that the description, the claims, or the drawings, fail to comply with the prescribed requirements to such an ex-... ~ -a" tent that a meaningful search could not be carried out, the said Authority shall so declare and shall notify the applicant and the International Bureau that no international search report will be established . - (b) If any of the situations referred to in subparagraph (a) is found to exist in connection with certain claims only, the international search report shall so indicate in respect of-such claims, whereas, for the other claims, the said report shall be established as provided in Article 18. 18 • .. • (3)(a) If the International Searching Authority considers that the international application does not comply with the requirement of unity of invention as set forth in the Regulations, it shall invite the applicant to pay additional fees. The International Searching Authority shall establish the international search report on those parts of the international application which relate to the invention first mentioned in the claims ("main invention") and, provided the required additional fees have been paid within the prescribed time limit, on those parts of the international application which relate to inventions in respect of which the said fees were paid. (b) The national law of any designated State may provide that, where the national Office of that State finds the invitation, referred to in subparagraph (a), of the International Searching Authority justified and where the applicant has not paid all additional fees, those parts of the international application which consequently have not been searched shall, as far as effects in that State are concerned, be considered withdrawn unless a special fee is paid by the applicant to the national Office of that State . ## Article 18 ## The International Search Report - (1) The international search report shall be established within the prescribed time limit and in the prescribed form.

Distribusi: - (2) The international search report shall, as soon as it has been established, be transmitted by the International Searching Authority to the applicant and the International Bureau. -... - (3) The international search report or the declaration referred to in Article l 7(2)(a) shall be translated as provided in the Regulations. The translations shall be prepared by or under the responsibility of the International Bureau. ## Article 19 ## Amendment of the Claims before the International Bureau - (I) The applicant shall, after having received the international search report, be entitled to one opportunity to amend the claims of • • the international appJication by filing amendments with the International Bureau within the prescribed time limit. He may, at the same time, file a brief statement, as provided in the Regulations, explaining · the amendments and indicating any impact that such amendments might have on the description and the drawings. - (2) The amendments shall not go beyond the disclosure in the international application as filed. - (3) If the national law of any designated State permits amendments to go beyond the said disclosure, failure to comply with paragraph (2)