The Patents Rules 2007

PART 1 U.K. PERIODS OF TIME THAT CANNOT BE EXTENDED

• rule 6(2)(b) (declaration of priority for the purposes of section 5(2) made after the date of filing)

• rule 7(1) (period for making a request to the comptroller for permission to make a late declaration of priority)

• rule 32(1) (application to reinstate a terminated application)

• rule 37 and 38 (renewal of patents)

• rule 40(1) (application to restore a lapsed patent)

• [F1 rule 41A (payment of fees under section 77(5A) following restoration of a European patent (UK))]

• rule 43(4) (application to cancel entry that licence available as of right)

• rule 58(3) (request for a direction under section 81)

• rule 59(1) (request from a foreign industrial property office for a direction under section 81)

• rule 66(3) (period for making a request to the comptroller for permission to make a late declaration of priority in respect of an international application for a patent (UK))

• rule 76(2) (notice of opposition), except in relation to an opposition under section 27(5) where there are pending before the court or the comptroller proceedings in which the validity of the patent is put in issue

• rule 77(8) and (10) (opposition periods)

• F2 ...

• rule 109 (extension of time limits specified by comptroller)

• rule 116(2) (fee for supplementary protection certificate)

• paragraph 8(5) of Schedule 1 (new deposits of biological material)

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 Pt. 1 entry inserted (1.10.2014) by The Patents (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/2401), rules 1, 8

F2 Words in Sch. 4 Pt. 1 omitted (1.10.2016) by virtue of The Patents (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/892), rules 1(2), 16(a)