IPA patent 6.4.2-completion-time-and-priority — IP Australia Patent Manual of Practice and Procedure – 6.4.2 Completion Time and Priority

Also in this Chapter: 6.4.1 Introduction ​​​​​​​ 6.4.3 Initial Processing 6.4.4 Search Procedure 6.4.5 Search Report and Advisory Opinion 6.4.6 Further Advisory Opinion 6.4.7 Final Processing 6.4.8 Annexes Related Chapters: 3.2 Customer Service Charter (Timeliness Standards) The search examiner should aim to despatch Fijian searches within 9 weeks of the request date. Fijian searches, along with Thai and WIPO searches, have the lowest priority among all international searches. Within this group of searches (Fijian, Thai and WIPO), the priority for searches is by request date order. See 3.2 Customer Service Charter (Timeliness Standards) for apology time limits.