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References
- ↑ Article 55(4) PCT
- ↑ World Intellectual Property Organization, The First Twenty-five Years of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) 1970-1995, 1995, ISBN 92-805-0601-3, page 142.
- ↑ Rule 86.1(b) PCT
- ↑ PCT Newsletter March 2006 (No. 03/2006) (pdf).
