MPEP App. AI, Annex F

Standard for the Electronic Filing and Processing of International Applications

Published Jul 1, 2022United States Patent and Trademark Office

[Editor's Note: Annex F consists of nine main sections and four appendices, the titles of which are reproduced below. The full text of Annex F and its Appendices are set out in two separate documents available from the WIPO Web site at: https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/index.html.]

  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. The E-PCT standard: Overview and vision
  3. 3. E-PCT submission structure and format
  4. 4. IA documents packaging
  5. 5. Transmission
  6. 6. Electronic filing software
  7. 7. [Deleted]
  8. 8. Principles of electronic records management
  9. 9. Abbreviated expressions, interpretation and glossary

Appendix I XML DTDs for the E-PCT Standard

Appendix II PKI Architecture for the E-PCT Standard

Appendix III Basic Common Standard for Electronic Filing

Appendix IV Use of Physical Media for the E-PCT Standard

[Annex G follows]

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