: financial burden or outlay; specifically : an item of business outlay chargeable against revenue for a specific period business expense : an expense made in furtherance of one's business especially as part of the cost of operating a business in the taxable year in which the expense is incurred â compare capital expense and personal expense in this ...
When completing Box No. I, item 1, of Form PCT/ISA/237, the examiner must indicate whether or not the opinion has been established on the basis of the international application in the language in which it was filed. If a translation was furnished for the purpose of the search, this must be indicated.
37 CFR 1.438 The abstract. ( 1 a) Requirements as to the content and form of the abstract are set forth in PCT Rule 8, and shall be adhered to. ( 2 b) Lack of an abstract upon filing of an international application will not affect the granting of a filing date.