IPA patent 6.9.4-minimum-levels-of-responsibility — IP Australia Patent Manual of Practice and Procedure – 6.9.4 Minimum Levels of Responsibility

Also in this Chapter: 6.9.1 Current Allocation of PCT Related Duties 6.9.2 International Online Specialists 6.9.3 Authorised Officer ​​​​​​​ 6.9.5 Examiners with Foreign Language Capabilities 6.9.6 Current Status of APO as an RO ISA and IPEA Supervising Examiners and the Chief of Plant Breeder’s Rights are authorised officers at the minimum level of responsibility for: ISA ISA ISA ISA IPEA Article 15(5) Unity of Invention (form PCT/ISA/206) Unity of Invention, additional fees outside time Refund of international search fees (forms PCT/ISA/213 and 224) Excluded subject matter (form PCT/ISA/203) Unity of Invention (form PCT/IPEA/405) Excluded subject matter ISA = International Searching Authority; IPEA = International Preliminary Examining Authority. Senior Examiners and Examiners are authorised officers at the minimum level of responsibility for: ISA ISA ISA IPEA IPEA IPEA THAI WIPO FIJI FIJI International search report/opinion (forms PCT/ISA/210, PCT/IPEA/237) Notification of Transmittal of International Search Report (form PCT/ISA/220) International-type search report International Preliminary Examination Opinion (form PCT/IPEA/408) International Preliminary Examination Report (form PCT/IPEA/409) Notification of Transmittal of International Preliminary Report on Patentability (form PCT/IPEA/416) Search report Search report Search report and Advisory opinion Further advisory opinion