1.3 Euro-PCT Guide and other sources of information 

1.3.001It is explicitly pointed out that the Euro-PCT Guide is intended to be complementary to, but not a substitute for, the PCT Applicant's Guide ("WIPO PCT Guide").

1.3.002The WIPO PCT Guide is published in English and French by the International Bureau of WIPO ("IB") in electronic form only.² A German translation is published in paper form by Carl Heymanns Verlag.

1.3.003Regularly updated general information on the EPO and specific information on the procedures before the EPO as receiving Office, International Authority (ISA, SISA and IPEA) and designated/elected Office under the PCT is provided in the annexes to the WIPO PCT Guide.³

1.3.005Up-to-date news about the PCT is available on the WIPO website and also from the PCT Newsletter and the Official Notices (PCT Gazette), both published in electronic form by WIPO.⁶ Applicants desiring further information about the PCT procedure in the international phase are advised to consult the Administrative Instructions under the PCT ("AI"),⁷ the PCT Receiving Office Guidelines ("GL/RO") and the PCT International Search and Preliminary Examination Guidelines ("ISPE Guidelines", "GL/ISPE"),⁸ all available on the WIPO website.