The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004

Amendment of the Patents Rules 1995

5.—(1) Rule 16 (applications for the grant of patents under sections 14 and 15) shall be amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A) Where the documents filed at the Patent Office to initiate an application for a patent did not include the applicant’s name and address, the comptroller shall notify the applicant that his name and address are required.

(1B) Where the applicant has been notified under paragraph (1A), he shall, before the end of the period of two months starting on the date of the notification, file his name and address; otherwise the comptroller may refuse his application.”.

(3) After paragraph (4) there shall be inserted—

“(5) Where—

(a) the documents filed at the Patent Office to initiate an application for a patent include something which is or appears to be a description of the invention in a language other than English; and

(b) the applicant has not filed—

(i) a translation into English of that thing; or

(ii) a description of the invention in English, with a declaration that it is a complete and accurate translation into English of that thing,

the comptroller shall notify the applicant that a translation or a description with a declaration is required.

(6) Where the applicant has been notified under paragraph (5), he shall, before the end of the period of two months starting on the date of the notification, file either a translation or a description with a declaration; otherwise the comptroller may refuse his application.”.