An applicant may also request an international preliminary examination performed by a patent office.
The new option allows applicants to request a system generated password through an email message.
The applicant may request for early publication (Article 64bis).
An expedite fee of $60 is charged when applicants request faster processing, regardless of age.
In Brazil, the applicant can request that the application be kept in secrecy for a period of 180 days from the filing date.
In Japan, an applicant can request that a design be kept secret for a period of up 3 years after the registration has been granted.
All applicants are volunteers and may request the termination of the activity at any time.
One reason why visas are occasionally refused is because applicants request the wrong kind of visa.
"The seven applicants have requested funding to serve an additional caseload of 11,285."
The applicant may also request an extension (which should be no more than six months) to put any missing processes or procedures in place.