Point in time view as at 01/10/2011.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Patents Rules 2007, Section 66.
66.—(1) The prescribed period for the purposes of section 89A(3)(a) and (5)(a) is thirty one months [F1beginning immediately after]—
(a)where there is no declared priority date, the date of filing of the application;
(b)where there is a declared priority date, that date.
(2) But where the applicant has been notified under rule 69(5), the period prescribed for the purposes of section 89A(3)(a) and (5)(a) is three months [F2beginning immediately after] the date of the notification.
(3) Where an international application for a patent (UK) has begun the national phase, a request for permission to make a late declaration may be made under section 5(2B) before the end of the period of one month [F3beginning immediately after] the date the national phase of the application begins.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in rule 66(1) substituted (1.10.2011) by The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2052), rules 1, 3, Sch. (with rule 4)
F2Words in rule 66(2) substituted (1.10.2011) by The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2052), rules 1, 3, Sch. (with rule 4)
F3Words in rule 66(3) substituted (1.10.2011) by The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2052), rules 1, 3, Sch. (with rule 4)
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