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- A office wished to allow for any valid form of signature before an IP Office to be recognized during the international phase, provided that Office had notified the International Bureau of the types of signature that it accepted.
- A office concerned the language of the provision, and proposed the wording “Where a document is submitted to an Office, Authority, or the International Bureau on paper, that Office, Authority, or International Bureau may permit the signature provided on such document to be handwritten, printed, typed, or stamped” allowing for an Office to accept signatures in different forms.