Clarification regarding requirements of ST.25/ST.26 compliant sequence listings and fee calculation
Office of CGPDTM, Mumbai
Govt. of India
08th August 2022
PUBLIC NOTICE:
Clarification regarding requirements of ST.25/ST.26 compliant sequence listings and fee calculation
WIPO Standard ST.26
| 1 |
PCT International applications filed on or after 1st July 2022 |
ST.26 |
| 2 |
PCT National Phase entry corresponding to PCT International Application with international filing date before 1st July 2022 |
ST.25 |
| 3 |
Divisional of a PCT National Phase entry corresponding to PCT International Application with international filing date before 1st July 2022 |
ST.25 or ST.26
(Preferably ST.26) |
| 4 |
Patent of Addition in respect of a PCT National Phase entry corresponding to PCT International Application with international filing date before 1st July 2022 |
ST.25 or ST.26
(Preferably ST.26) |
| 5 |
National applications including Complete after provisional filed on or after 1st July 2022 |
ST.25 or ST.26
(Preferably ST.26) |
| 6 |
Divisional of a national application wherein the national application is filed before 1st July 2022 |
ST.25 or ST.26
(Preferably ST.26) |
| 7 |
Patent of Addition in respect of a national application wherein the national application is filed before 1st July 2022 |
ST.25 or ST.26
(Preferably ST.26) |
How to calculate the filing fee:
The fee shall be calculated from the number of pages of the Sequence listing on a .docx or .pdf file compliant with the requirements of Rule 9 of the Patents Rules 2003 and containing the complete sequences and identifiers.
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Office of CGPDTM, Mumbai
Govt. of India
17th June 2022
PUBLIC NOTICE
WIPO Standard ST.26
All Sequence Listings that are part of an international application filed on and after 1st July 2022 under the Patent Cooperation Treaty must be compliant with WIPO Standard ST.26.
“WIPO Sequence” is a free global software tool that enables patent applicants to prepare amino acid and nucleotide sequence listings compliant with WIPO Standard ST.26. For using this tool, please visit
https://www.wipo.int/standards/en/sequence/index.html
It is further clarified that sequence listings compliant with WIPO ST.26 will be accepted by the Indian Patent Office in respect of national applications as well from 1st July 2022.
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Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trademarks
August 08, 2022