The request must be signed by the applicant or his representative. If there is more than one applicant, each applicant or his representative must sign the request. For further details as to the signature of the request, see IX, 3.2 to A-IX, 3.4A-IX, 3.3.

(The provisions of Rule 41(2)(b), (e), (f) and (g), dealing respectively with the title of the invention, divisional applications, Art. 61 applications and claim to priority are considered under these headings in subsequent sections of this Chapter and in Chapter IV).