Rule 1

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1. [“Treaty”; “Article”]
a) In these Regulations, the word “Treaty” means the Patent Law Treaty.
b) In these Regulations, the word “Article” refers to the specified Article of the Treaty.


2. [Abbreviated Expressions Defined in the Treaty] The abbreviated expressions defined in Article 1 for the purposes of the Treaty shall have the same meaning for the purposes of the Regulations.