Filing requirements for PCT National Phase applications in South Africa (ZA)
PCT National Phase Applications
Minimum requirements |
Name and physical address of applicants. Name and address of inventors. Application no. and filing date of International Application. Application no, date and country of the Paris Convention priority application (if applicable). |
Within 3 months |
English translation of specification, claims (and text in drawings) including amendments made under PCT Rules 19 and 34 (if the International Application was filed or published in a language other than English). |
Within 6 months |
Declaration and Power of Attorney (Form P.3) signed on or on behalf of the applicant. Statement on the Use of Indigenous Biological Resource, Genetic Resource, Traditional Knowledge or Use (Form P.26) signed on or on behalf of the applicant. Certified copy of the Paris Convention priority application (if applicable), if not filed with the PCT receiving office i.t.o. PCT Rule 17.1 |
Within 12 months |
Assignment of invention where the assignee = applicant. Assignment of priority rights from the Paris Convention country applicant to the ZA applicant, if applicable. |
Paris Convention and Non-convention Applications
Minimum requirements |
Name and address of applicant. Name and address of inventors. Application number, date and country of the Paris Convention priority application (if applicable). Title of the invention. |
Within 3 months |
Certified English translation of the specification if the specification was not filed in English. |
Within 6 months |
Declaration and Power of Attorney (Form P.3) signed on or on behalf of the applicant. Statement on the Use of Indigenous Biological Resource, Genetic Resource, Traditional Knowledge or Use (Form P.26) signed on or on behalf of the applicant. Certified copy of the Paris Convention priority application (if applicable) and verified English translation thereof (if necessary). |
Within 18 months |
Assignment of invention where the assignee = applicant. Assignment of priority rights from the Paris Convention country applicant to the ZA applicant, if applicable. International Patent Classification. |