PATENT COOPERATION TREATY
`From the INTERNATIONAL BUREAU
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`WO 2020/074489
`PCT/EP2019/077185
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`PCT
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`FIRST NOTICE INFORMING THE APPLICANT OF
`THE COMMUNICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
`APPLICATION (TO DESIGNATED OFFICES WHICH
`DO NOT APPLY THE 30 MONTH TIME LIMIT
`UNDER ARTICLE 22(1))
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`SYNGENTA IP
`Rosentalstrasse 67
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`A058 Basel
`(PCT Rule 47.1(c))
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`Date of mailing (day/month/year)
`SUISSE
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`14 May 2020 (14.05.2020)
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`Applicant's or agent's file reference
`IMPORTANT NOTICE
`81698-WO-REG-OR
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`International application No.
`International filing date (day/month/year)
`Priority date (day/month/year)
`08 October 2019 (08.10.2019)
`09 October 2018 (09.10.2018)
`PCT/EP2019/077185
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`SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
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`Applicant
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`e-mail: pct.teamS@wipo.int
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`ATTENTION:For any designated Office(s), for which the time limit under Article 22(1), as in force from 1 April 2002 (80 months
`from the priority date), does apply, please see Form PCT/IB/308(Second and Supplementary Notice) (to be issued promptly after the
`expiration of 28 months from the priority date).
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`Notice is hereby given that the following designated Office(s), for which the time limit under Article 22(1), as in force from 1 April
`2002, does not apply, has/have requested that the communication of the international application, as provided for in Article 20, be
`effected under Rule 93bis.1. The International Bureau has effected that communication on the date indicated helow:
`16 April 2020 (16.04.2020)
`None
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`In accordance with Rule 47.1(c-bis)(i), those Offices will accept the present notice as conclusive evidence that the communication of
`the international application has duly taken place on the date of mailing indicated above and no copy of the international application
`is required to be furnished by the applicant to the designated Office(s).
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`The following designated Offices, for which the time limit under Article 22(1), as in force from 1 April 2002, does not apply, have
`nol requested, as at the time of mailing of the present notice,
`thal the communication of the international application be effected
`under Rule 93bis.1 :
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`LU, TZ
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`In accordance with Rule 47.1(c-bis)(ii), those Offices accept the present notice as conclusive evidence that the Contracting State for
`which that Office acts as a designated Office does not require the furnishing, under Article 22, by the applicant of a copy of the
`international application.
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`TIME LIMITSfor entry into the national phase
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`For the designated Office(s) listed above, and unless a demand for international preliminary examination has been filed before the
`expiration of 19 months from the priority date (see Article 39(1)), the applicable time limit for entering the national phase will,
`subject to what is said in the following paragraph, be 20 MONTHSfromthe priority date.
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`In practice, time limits other than the 20-month time limit will continuc to apply, for various periods of time, in respect of certain
`of the designated Offices listed above. For regular updates on the applicable time limits (20 or 21 months, or other time limit),
`Office by Office, refer to the PC'l’ Gazette,
`the PC'l’ Newsletter and the PC'l’ Applicant’s Guide, Volume ll, National Chapters, all
`available from WIPO’s Internet site, at http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/index.html.
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`It is the applicant's sole responsibility to monitor all these time limits.
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`The International Bureau of WIPO
`34, chemin des Colombettes
`1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland
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`Authorized officer
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`Nora Lindner
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`Facsimile No. +41 22 338 82 70
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`Form PC'I/LB/308(birst Notice) (January 2004)
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