IPA patent 6.6.2-completion-time-and-priority — IP Australia Patent Manual of Practice and Procedure – 6.6.2 Completion Time and Priority

Also in this Chapter: 6.6.1 Introduction ​​​​​​​ 6.6.3 Initial Processing 6.6.4 Search Procedure 6.6.5 Search Report 6.6.6 Final Processing 6.6.7 Annexes Related Chapters: 3.2 Customer Service Charter (Timeliness Standards) The search examiner should aim to despatch World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) searches within 9 weeks of request date. WIPO searches, along with Fijian and Thai searches, have the lowest priority of all international searches. The priority for searches within this category of Fijian, Thai and WIPO searches is by request date order. See 3.2 Customer Service Charter (Timeliness Standards) for apology time limits.