International Applications Filed with Appropriate Office as Receiving Office :
Rule 19 requires that an international application should be filed with the appropriate office in triplicate either in English or in Hindi language. The fees payable in respect of an international application filed with the appropriate office shall be, in addition to the fees as specified in the regulations under the Treaty, the fees as specified in the First Schedule to the Patents Rules, 2003. Where an international application filed with the appropriate office has not been filed as specified above and the applicant desires that the appropriate office should prepare the additional copies required, the fee for making such copies shall be paid by the applicant. The appropriate office shall, on receipt of a request from the applicant and on payment of the prescribed fee by him, prepare a certified copy of the priority document and promptly transmit the same to the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation for the purpose of an international application filed with the appropriate office with an intimation to the applicant and the head office.