RESOLVED, Patent offices should move towards the adoption of a common patent application standard so that conforming applications can be electronically filed and prosecuted in any patent office without the need for any change to accommodate local rules. A first step towards this goal should be the adoption of a common patent application format by the trilateral offices, based generally on PCT format, so that conforming applications (i) can be filed, preferably electronically without the need for any change in the submitted application to accommodate national/regional rules, and (ii) aid in facilitating machine translation of the application.
