international search report
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An international search report is an official document in the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system that lists prior art relevant to a patent application’s claimed invention, helping assess its novelty and inventive step.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Preliminary Examination Report | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
PCT procedure document
ⓘ
patent law document ⓘ |
| abbreviatedAs | ISA report ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | ISR ⓘ |
| appliesTo | international patent application ⓘ |
| basedOn | international search of prior art ⓘ |
| formatSpecifiedBy | PCT Administrative Instructions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy |
PCT Article 18
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PCT Rule 43 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalEffect |
informative for patentability assessment
ⓘ
non-binding on designated Offices ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
assist in assessing inventive step of claimed invention
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assist in assessing novelty of claimed invention ⓘ identify relevant prior art for a PCT application ⓘ |
| hasSection |
documents considered to be relevant
ⓘ
fields searched ⓘ identification of application ⓘ search strategy or remarks ⓘ special categories of cited documents ⓘ |
| includes |
classification of prior art documents
ⓘ
indications of claims affected by each prior art document ⓘ indications of relevance of cited documents ⓘ search classification symbols ⓘ search fields covered ⓘ |
| issuedFor | PCT Chapter I procedure ⓘ |
| languageOf | language of the international application or a prescribed language ⓘ |
| lists |
non-patent literature prior art
ⓘ
patent prior art documents ⓘ |
| mayIndicate |
lack of inventive step
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lack of novelty ⓘ relevant prior art for some but not all claims ⓘ |
| partOf | Patent Cooperation Treaty system ⓘ |
| preconditionFor | establishment of written opinion of ISA ⓘ |
| preparedBy | International Searching Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedWith | international application publication ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
PCT Regulations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Patent Cooperation Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
international preliminary examination report
ⓘ
supplementary international search report ⓘ |
| relatedTo | written opinion of the International Searching Authority ⓘ |
| sentTo |
International Bureau of WIPO
NERFINISHED
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designated Offices ⓘ international applicant ⓘ |
| timeLimit | normally established within 3 months from search request or 9 months from priority date ⓘ |
| usedBy | national and regional patent offices in national phase ⓘ |
| usedFor |
amending claims before international publication
ⓘ
deciding on further prosecution of the application ⓘ |
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