International Preliminary Examining Authority
E80913
The International Preliminary Examining Authority is a designated patent office or organization that conducts optional, in-depth examinations of international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty to assess their potential patentability before national phase entry.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T643030 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Preliminary Examining Authority Context triple: [Patent Cooperation Treaty, establishes, International Preliminary Examining Authority]
-
A.
International Searching Authority
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.
-
B.
World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization is a global intergovernmental body that develops and oversees international rules and services for the protection of intellectual property rights.
-
C.
Patent Cooperation Treaty
The Patent Cooperation Treaty is an international agreement that streamlines the process for seeking patent protection in multiple countries through a single unified application system.
-
D.
Patent Trial and Appeal Board
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board is an administrative tribunal within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that conducts trials and hears appeals on patent examination and post-grant proceedings.
-
E.
International Bureau
The International Bureau is the permanent secretariat and administrative center of the Universal Postal Union, responsible for coordinating international postal activities and supporting member countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Preliminary Examining Authority Target entity description: The International Preliminary Examining Authority is a designated patent office or organization that conducts optional, in-depth examinations of international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty to assess their potential patentability before national phase entry.
-
A.
International Searching Authority
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.
-
B.
World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization is a global intergovernmental body that develops and oversees international rules and services for the protection of intellectual property rights.
-
C.
Patent Cooperation Treaty
The Patent Cooperation Treaty is an international agreement that streamlines the process for seeking patent protection in multiple countries through a single unified application system.
-
D.
Patent Trial and Appeal Board
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board is an administrative tribunal within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that conducts trials and hears appeals on patent examination and post-grant proceedings.
-
E.
International Bureau
The International Bureau is the permanent secretariat and administrative center of the Universal Postal Union, responsible for coordinating international postal activities and supporting member countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
PCT authority
ⓘ
patent office function ⓘ |
| aimsTo | reduce duplication of work in national offices ⓘ |
| assesses |
industrial applicability of claimed invention
ⓘ
inventive step of claimed invention ⓘ novelty of claimed invention ⓘ potential patentability ⓘ |
| canBe | the same office as the International Searching Authority ⓘ |
| communicatesWith |
World Intellectual Property Organization
ⓘ
surface form:
International Bureau of WIPO
designated Offices ⓘ elected Offices ⓘ |
| conducts | in-depth examination of PCT applications ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith | International Searching Authority ⓘ |
| examines | international patent applications ⓘ |
| governsUnder | Patent Cooperation Treaty ⓘ |
| hasRole | improving quality of patent applications ⓘ |
| helps | harmonize examination standards under PCT ⓘ |
| influences | subsequent national or regional examination ⓘ |
| isDesignatedBy |
PCT
ⓘ
surface form:
PCT Assembly
World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ |
| isLinkedTo |
PCT
ⓘ
surface form:
PCT Chapter II procedure
|
| isNot | granting authority for patents ⓘ |
| isOptionalFor | PCT applicants ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
PCT
ⓘ
surface form:
PCT international phase
|
| isSelectedBy | PCT applicant ⓘ |
| isSubjectTo |
PCT
ⓘ
surface form:
PCT Regulations
|
| issues |
IPER
ⓘ
international preliminary report on patentability ⓘ |
| mayAllow | amendment of claims under Article 34 PCT ⓘ |
| mayBe |
national patent office
ⓘ
regional patent office ⓘ |
| mustComplyWith |
PCT
ⓘ
surface form:
PCT Guidelines for International Preliminary Examination
|
| operatesOn | PCT Chapter II applications ⓘ |
| performs | international preliminary examination ⓘ |
| prepares | written opinion of the International Preliminary Examining Authority ⓘ |
| provides | non-binding opinion on patentability ⓘ |
| receives | demand for international preliminary examination ⓘ |
| requires |
access to patent documentation
ⓘ
agreement with International Bureau of WIPO ⓘ payment of handling fee to International Bureau ⓘ payment of preliminary examination fee ⓘ sufficient examining staff ⓘ technical competence in relevant fields ⓘ |
| supports | applicant decision before national phase entry ⓘ |
| uses |
international search report
ⓘ
written opinion of the International Searching Authority ⓘ |
| worksIn | one or more official languages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: International Preliminary Examining Authority Description of subject: The International Preliminary Examining Authority is a designated patent office or organization that conducts optional, in-depth examinations of international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty to assess their potential patentability before national phase entry.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
International Searching Authority
China National Intellectual Property Administration
→
role
→
International Preliminary Examining Authority
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
international preliminary examining authority
this entity surface form:
International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty