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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A
<s>brief</s> not-so-brief addition to Mike's information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Indeed, '<i>ePCT (email with a link to view and download the document in ePCT)</i>' is currently preselected as
<a href="https://www.wipo.int/en/web/ipportal-support/epct-user-guide/faq?id=7076021">
notification method</a> by default, for example when you make a change of inventor:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<img border="0" width="1167" height="236" style="width:12.1562in;height:2.4583in" id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DBE519.536CE470"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">However, in the next few days or weeks (depending on whether everything goes well), a new version of ePCT will be released, in which this field will
be empty in the future. Only for certain parties, for example, the agent, will you be prompted to make a conscious selection for the
<a href="https://www.wipo.int/en/web/ipportal-support/epct-user-guide/faq?id=7076021">
notification method</a> and provide an email address.<br>
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For the inventor/s, both can remain <span style="background:lime;mso-highlight:lime">
blank</span> (also in the current ePCT version):<br>
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<img border="0" width="516" height="242" style="width:5.375in;height:2.5208in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image004.png@01DBE519.536CE470"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">…unless you want to use the
<a href="https://www.wipo.int/en/web/ipportal-support/epct-user-guide/faq?id=4368099">
external signature function</a>, e.g. to request the inventors’ signatures for <a href="https://www.wipo.int/en/web/ipportal-support/epct-user-guide/faq?id=7116612">
declaration (iv)</a> by email.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Hope this helps.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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Tel: +41 22 338 95 23 | Monday to Friday from 9am until 6pm CET<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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Classification: WIPO FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Pct <pct-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>RICHARDSON Michael via Pct<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 24 June 2025 14:03<br>
<b>To:</b> For users of the PCT and ePCT. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <pct@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> RICHARDSON Michael <michael.richardson@wipo.int><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pct] 92bis need to add inventor email?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Will<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Further to my previous post, I would like to thank you for bringing this to our attention.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We have been looking into the fact that it’s not very user friendly opening this screen with a default arrangement that means you need have to clear the notification method before
you continue without entering an email address when that is the normal thing to when there wasn’t an email address there before. This is a transitional effect that we hadn’t considered that occurs when changing data originally created before a recent change
to the system. We will take steps to clean this up so that you should soon see a more intuitive arrangement and not need to take the step I mentioned earlier.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:5.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Classification: WIPO FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Pct <<a href="mailto:pct-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">pct-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>RICHARDSON Michael via Pct<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 24 June 2025 9:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For users of the PCT and ePCT. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:pct@oppedahl-lists.com">pct@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> RICHARDSON Michael <<a href="mailto:michael.richardson@wipo.int">michael.richardson@wipo.int</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pct] 92bis need to add inventor email?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Will<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An email address is only required if a notification method is set – for an inventor there is no requirement to have a notification method. Select the blank option in the notification
method box and you should be able to leave the email address field blank.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><img border="0" width="300" height="302" style="width:3.125in;height:3.1458in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image006.jpg@01DBE517.009E6270"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:5.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Classification: WIPO FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Pct <<a href="mailto:pct-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">pct-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>William Slate via Pct<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 24 June 2025 4:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For users of the PCT and ePCT. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:pct@oppedahl-lists.com">pct@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> William Slate <<a href="mailto:slatew@bachlap.com">slatew@bachlap.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Pct] 92bis need to add inventor email?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">I want to correct an inventor name in a not-yet published IA of which I am eOwner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">ePCT 92bis request now requires me to add an inventor email address. Is this a new thing?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Will<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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