Patent Rules (SOR/2019-251)

Marginal note:Translation — part of description or claims

• 155.1 (1) At or before the time that an international application becomes a PCT national phase application, the applicant must submit to the Commissioner a translation of any part of the description — other than any sequence listings — and any part of the claims that are in a language other than English or French.

• Marginal note:Translation — abstract, request or statement

  (2) At or before the time that an international application becomes a PCT national phase application, the applicant must submit to the Commissioner a translation of any of the following elements, or any part of the following elements, that are in a language other than English or French:

  • (a) any language-dependent free text contained in a sequence listing that does not also appear in English or French;

  • (b) any text matter in a drawing;

  • (c) the abstract;

  • (d) the request referred to in article 4 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, except if the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization has published the international application on or before the national phase entry date; and

  • (e) any statement made under Article 19 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty.