Coosing RU as ISA for with IB as RO for US Citizen

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Gerd
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Coosing RU as ISA for with IB as RO for US Citizen

Post by Gerd » Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:56 pm

Hi

I have an applicant that is a citizen of the US, but resident of DE.
He wants to choose RU as the ISA.
The language of the application is in German.
And the filing has to be electronically (tomorrow).

Because the language is German, only the IB can be choosen as RO if the EPO shall not automatcally be determined to be the ISA.
When I choose the IB as RO and RU as ISA and the applicant is US citizen, I get an error, that the ISA is not correct.

I know, it should be possible, but maybe the software has not yet implemented this.

Am I doing something wrong, or ist it just not possible at the moment to get this done?

Please, this is a very urgent issue.

Best Regards,
Gerd


D. Van Haken
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Re: Coosing RU as ISA for with IB as RO for US Citizen

Post by D. Van Haken » Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:09 pm

Dear Gerd,

ISA/RU has been competent for nationals/residents of the US since 10 January 2012, please see the PCT Official Notices of 19 January 2012 http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/pc ... otices.pdf .

The appropriate modifications were made in the April build of the PCT-SAFE Client.
They will also be made available in the EPO Online filing client in the update foreseen by the end of September.

Please always contact support@epo.org to request support on the EPO Online filing client, especially if it is urgent.
regards,

Dirk Van Haken
Product Manager Online Filing
EPO


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