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(WIPO). It contains "up-to-date news about the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)",PCT Applicant's Guide, Volume I, Chapter I, item 7
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only. Important changes to the PCT are mentioned and explained in the ''PCT Newsletter''. The first issue of the ''PCT Newsletter'' was published in March 1994 on a subscription basis.PCT Newsletter: Fifteen Years of Topical Updates for PCT Users
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