S.L. 417.1 Art. 38Manner of identification of an applicationwithout its application number.

Where it is required that an application be identified by its number, but such a number has not yet been issued or is not known to the person concerned or his representative, the application shall be considered identified if one of the following is supplied, at that person’s option:

(a) a provisional number for the application, if any, given by the Office;

(b) a copy of the request part of the application along with the date on which the application was sent to the Office;

(c) a reference number given to the application by the applicant or his agent and indicated in the application, along with the name and address of the applicant, the title of the invention and the date on which the application was sent to the Office.