If the applicant fails to pay the fee for grant and publishing or the claims fees or to file the translation within the period under Rule 71(3), the application is deemed to be withdrawn unless, within the same period, the applicant files or requests corrections or amendments to the text proposed for grant in the Rule 71(3) communication (see C‑V, 4.1).
If the applicant overruns the time limit set under Rule 71(3), he may request further processing may be requested under Art. 121 (see E‑VIII, 2). In such a case, the omitted act to be completed would be either: