The patent application documents to be submitted include the application, specification, claims, necessary drawings and abstract (Article 14). Where the applicant is not the inventor or the sole inventor, a declaration of invention identity and a declaration of patent application right shall be submitted at the same time (Article 7). Eligible patent applications will receive a receipt from the British Intellectual Property Office and the designated application number. Applicants who wish to obtain a patent quickly can submit a patent application and a request for retrieval and substantive examination at the same time.