International Searching Authority

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PCT authority patent authority role

The International Searching Authority is a national or regional patent office designated to conduct prior art searches and issue international search reports for patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
European Patent Office	1
Nordic Patent Institute	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	PCT authority ⓘ patent authority role ⓘ
abbreviation	ISA ⓘ
administeredBy	WIPO Secretariat ⓘ surface form: WIPO International Bureau World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
appliesTo	PCT applications ⓘ international patent applications ⓘ
associatedProcedure	international phase of PCT ⓘ
designatedBy	PCT ⓘ surface form: PCT Assembly
exampleOffice	Australian Patent Office ⓘ Austrian Patent Office ⓘ Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada ⓘ surface form: Canadian Intellectual Property Office China National Intellectual Property Administration ⓘ International Searching Authority self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: European Patent Office Japan Patent Office ⓘ Korean Intellectual Property Office ⓘ International Searching Authority self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nordic Patent Institute Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property ⓘ Spanish Patent and Trademark Office ⓘ Swedish Intellectual Property Office ⓘ United States Patent and Trademark Office ⓘ Visegrad Patent Institute ⓘ
function	conduct international searches for PCT applications ⓘ establish international search reports ⓘ establish written opinions on patentability ⓘ search prior art relevant to claimed inventions ⓘ
governingTreaty	Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ
languageRequirement	must be able to search in specified languages ⓘ
legalBasis	PCT ⓘ surface form: PCT Article 16 Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ surface form: PCT Article 17 PCT Rules 35–45 ⓘ
output	international search report ⓘ written opinion of the International Searching Authority ⓘ
performedBy	national patent office ⓘ regional patent office ⓘ
purpose	assist designated Offices in national phase examination ⓘ promote work sharing among patent offices ⓘ provide early indication of prior art ⓘ
qualityRequirement	must meet PCT minimum documentation standards ⓘ
relatedConcept	designated Office under PCT ⓘ elected Office under PCT ⓘ receiving Office under PCT ⓘ
relatedRole	International Preliminary Examining Authority ⓘ
requires	agreement with WIPO International Bureau ⓘ
scope	searches international patent documentation ⓘ searches national patent documentation ⓘ searches non‑patent literature ⓘ
selectableBy	PCT applicant ⓘ
selectionDependsOn	receiving Office ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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International Preliminary Examining Authority → cooperatesWith → International Searching Authority ⓘ

Patent Cooperation Treaty → establishes → International Searching Authority ⓘ

International Searching Authority → exampleOffice → International Searching Authority self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Patent Office

International Searching Authority → exampleOffice → International Searching Authority self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nordic Patent Institute