Alison MacG Mar 19, 2013:

composition applicable à The patent application discussed in the letter you are translating is the Australian equivalent of an International Application written in French. The term used in the French version is "composition" and the equivalent phrase used in one of the amended French versions is "composition applicable à". It would therefore probably be a good idea to use that wording since it already appears in published French versions of the application. These days, correspondence and documents relating to the prosecution of patent applications is/are frequently filed online and available for public inspection. You have the patent number and can therefore look on the Australian Patent Office and WIPO websites for useful background information to the case.

EA Traduction (asker) Mar 19, 2013:

Voilàa ce qui apparaît avant le paragraphe en question :

Australian Patent Application No. xxx
National Phase of International Application No. xxx

Prevention of recurrence of urethral stricture after a conventional treatment
Our Ref: xxx
Examiner's Report — Nominal Deadline: 12 February 2014

Dear xxx,
An Examiner's First Report dated 12 February 2013 in respect of the above application is attached.
The nominal deadline for acceptance is 12 February 2014 and the absolute deadline for acceptance is 12 November 2014. Official monthly late response fees are payable if a response is lodged after the nominal deadline.
In order to allow sufficient time for any further Examiner's Reports to be answered, may we please have your instructions before 12 August 2013.

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Tony M Mar 19, 2013:

Context? I think the exact meaning of this word depends very much on what this is a patent for? Of course you mustn't give away any confidential details, but can you at least give us a clue? I'm wondering if 'composition' has some literal meaning in term of a type of composite material, for example — or if it refers les literally to the arrangement of, for example, some mechanical components?