PCT-SAFE Receiving Office Parameters for electronic filing

Your receiving Office has indicated that it will accept fully electronically filed PCT international applications. In order to prepare the PCT-SAFE software to allow electronic filing at your RO, please provide us with the following information.

1.Contact information

Name of RO:
E-filing contact person: / Name:
e-mail:
telephone:

2.Acceptance of fully electronically filed PCT international applications

Fully electronic applications (the whole PCT international application will be filed in electronic format (without paper), either on physical media or via secure internet connection)

Fully electronic applications accepted: / Yes / No
Estimated start date:
On-line filing accepted: / Yes / No
If Yes:
url for production server
url for demo server (if applicable)
CN (common name) of certificate used to sign filing receipt:
URL for CRL (certificate revocation list) for the certificate above (optional):
Physical media filing accepted: / Yes / No
If Yes, types of media accepted:
diskette / CD / DVD / BD(Blu-Ray) / Other (specifiy)

3.Acceptance of Digital Certificates

Is an enhanced (digital) signature required on the request form? (filing on physical media) / Yes / No
Digital certificates issued by the following certification authorities are accepted for PCT e-filing by the RO:
WIPO Customer Certification Authority:
European Patent OfficeCA (Pink Roccade):
Other (specify):
If ‘Other’:
does the Certificate Policy (CP) applied by this Certification Authority (CA) support the use of its certificates for the filing of international applications and other related documents with RO/IB?
(please answer this question for all CAs listed under ‘Other’) / Yes / No

4.Language of fully electronic PCT applications

Please specify the language(s) which your RO accepts for fully electronic PCT applications

5.Competent ISA for fully electronic PCT applications

Please specify the competent ISAs for your RO
Does your RO have more than one competent ISA? / Yes / No
If Yes:
will your RO accept fully electronic PCT applications irrespective of the competent ISA chosen by the applicant? / Yes / No
If No:
for which competent ISA(s) will your RO accept fully electronic PCT applications?

6.Accepted documents / file formats

Please indicate which file format(s) (see sections 3.1.1 to 3.1.3 of Annex F) will be accepted by your RO for the following PCT application documents. The file formats which are mandatory under the Basic Common Standard for electronic filing (Appendix III of Annex F) are checked by default:

Document / Permissible file format(s) accepted by RO
Request / xml
Application
body / xml / Referenced drawings as:
tiff / jfif
Single specification / pdf
(containing description, claims and abstract)
Description / pdf / tiff / jfif / Other (specify)
Claims / pdf / tiff / jfif / Other (specify)
Drawings / pdf / tiff / jfif / Other (specify)
Abstract / pdf / tiff / jfif / Other (specify)
Sequence listing part of the description / pdf / Annex C/ST.25 text / Other (specify)
Fee calculation sheet / xml

Please indicate which accompanying items may be attached in electronic format, and which file format(s) (see sections 3.1.1 to 3.1.3 of Annex F) for these documents will be accepted by your RO:

Accompanying item / Accepted / Permissible file format(s) accepted by RO
Documents in pre-conversion format
(zip file containing copy of original specification documents before conversion to pdf or xml) / Original document formats accepted:
any file format:
following formats only (specify):
Priority document / pdf / Other (specify)
Original separate power of attorney / pdf / Other (specify)
Original general power of attorney / pdf / Other (specify)
Copy of general power of attorney / pdf / Other (specify)
Statement explaining lack of signature / pdf / Other (specify)
Separate indications concerning deposited microorganisms or other biological material / Pdf / Other (specify)
Sequence listing for international search / Annex C/ ST.25
text / Other (specify)
Statement confirming that “the information in Annex C/ST.25 text format submitted under Rule 13ter is identical to the sequence listing as contained in the international application" / pdf / Other (specify)
Translation of international application into … / pdf / Other (specify)
Statement for Restoration of the Right of Priority / pdf / Other (specify)
Other / pdf / Other (specify)

7.XML encoding requirements

Please indicate which type of XML encoding for the PCT application body your RO requires:

Unicode UTF-8 / Other(specify)

8.Payment of fees

Please indicate which modes of payment your RO accepts for the payment PCT fees for fully electronic applications:

Mode of payment

Authorization to charge deposit or current account
Cheque
Postal money order
Bank transfer
Cash
Revenue stamps
Credit card
Other (specify)
More than one mode of payment
No payment at time of filing

If your RO accepts different modes of payment for different types of fees please indicate which mode(s) of payment is accepted for each type of fee:

Fee type / Accepted mode(s) of payment
Transmittal fee / Deposit/current account
Cheque
Postal money order
Bank transfer
Cash
Revenue stamps
Credit card
No payment
Other (specify)
Search fee / Deposit/current account
Cheque
Postal money order
Bank transfer
Cash
Revenue stamps
Credit card
No payment
Other (specify)
Search fee (if earlier search) / Deposit/current account
Cheque
Postal money order
Bank transfer
Cash
Revenue stamps
Credit card
No payment
Other (specify)
International fees:
(International filing fee, Supplement per sheet over 30, PCT-SAFE reduction(s)) / Deposit/current account
Cheque
Postal money order
Bank transfer
Cash
Revenue stamps
Credit card
No payment
Other (specify)
Fee for priority document / Deposit/current account
Cheque
Postal money order
Bank transfer
Cash
Revenue stamps
Credit card
No payment
Other (specify)