Article 1396: International and Eurasian applications having the force of applications provided for in this Code

1. The Federal Executive Authority on Intellectual Property shall begin consideration of an international application for an invention or a useful model, which shall be submitted in accordance with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. in which the Russian Federation is listed as the State in which the applicant intends to obtain a patent for an invention or a useful model, after thirty-one months a As from the date of the priority requested in the international application, subject to the submission of an application for a patent for an invention or a useful model to the said federal executive body. An international application shall be considered before the expiry of this period of time. Invention or a useful model may be replaced by the submission of an application in an international application in Russian or the translation of such a declaration into Russian. The claims have not been submitted within the prescribed time, and the international application for the Russian Federation under the Patent Cooperation Treaty is terminated. 2. The Federal Intellectual Property Authority may be restored to the submission of the said documents, provided that the reasons for its non-compliance are indicated. Eurasian application for an invention that has the force of an application for an invention under the Eurasian Patent Convention shall commence on the date on which the Federal 3. A certified copy of the Eurasian application has been received from the Eurasian Patent Office by the executive authority on intellectual property. the International Office of the World Intellectual Property Organization under the Patent Cooperation Treaty or the publication of the Eurasian application by the Eurasian Patent Office to the soot The branch of the Eurasian Patent Convention replaces the publication of information on the application provided for in article 1385 of the present Code.