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102.—(1) The comptroller may remit the whole or part of a search fee in the following cases—
(a)where an international application for a patent (UK) which has already been the subject of a search by the International Searching Authority in accordance with the Patent Co-operation Treaty falls to be treated as an application for a patent under the Act; and
(b)where a new application is filed in accordance with section 15(4) for a patent for an invention in relation to which the applicant has previously paid the search fee in connection with the earlier application referred to in that subsection.
(2) In a case governed by Chapter II of the Patent Co-operation Treaty, the comptroller may remit the whole or part of the fee for the substantive examination of the international application where its preliminary examination has been carried out by the Patent Office acting as the International Preliminary Examining Authority under Article 32 of the said Treaty.
(3) In cases falling within paragraph (1)(b) above the request for remission of the whole or part of the fee shall be made in writing.
(4) No appeal shall lie from any decision of the comptroller under this rule.
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