PATENT COOPERATION TREATY PCT DECLARATION OF NON-ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT (PCT Article 17(2)(a), Rules 13ter.1(c) and (d) and 39) Date of mailing (day/month/year) Applicant’s or agent’s file reference IMPORTANT DECLARATION International application No. International filing date (day/month/year) (Earliest) Priority Date (day/month/year) International Patent Classification (IPC) or both national classification and IPC Applicant This International Searching Authority hereby declares, according to Article 17(2)(a), that no international search report will be established on the international application for the reasons indicated below. 1. The subject matter of the international application relates to: a. scientific theories b. mathematical theories c. animal varieties e. essentially biological processes for the production of plants and animals, other than microbiological processes and the products of such processes f. schemes, rules or methods of doing business g. schemes, rules or methods of performing purely mental acts h. schemes, rules or methods of playing games i. methods for treatment of the human body by surgery or therapy j. methods for treatment of the animal body by surgery or therapy k. diagnostic methods practised on the human or animal body l. mere presentations of information m. 2. plant varieties d. computer programs for which this International Searching Authority is not equipped to search prior art The failure of the following parts of the international application to comply with prescribed requirements prevents a meaningful search from being carried out: the description 3. the claims the drawings A meaningful search could not be carried out without the sequence listing; the applicant did not, within the prescribed time limit: furnish a sequence listing on paper complying with the standard provided for in Annex C of the Administrative Instructions, and such listing was not available to the International Searching Authority in a form and manner acceptable to it. furnish a sequence listing in electronic form complying with the standard provided for in Annex C of the Administrative Instructions, and such listing was not available to the International Searching Authority in a form and manner acceptable to it. pay the required late furnishing fee for the furnishing of a sequence listing in response to an invitation under Rule 13ter.1(a) or (b). 4. Further comments: Name and mailing address of the ISA/ Authorized officer Facsimile No. Telephone No. Form PCT/ISA/203 (July 2009) American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com