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The Patents (Amendment) Rules 1992
Local Government
King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
2011-07-04
PATENTS
These Rules make the following amendments of substance to the Patents Rules 1990 (S.I. 1990/2384):to give effect to provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty which—modify provisions permitting two or more inventions to be treated as linked to form a single inventive concept (rule 3);permit an extension of the time-limit for the provision of translations of an application as originally filed and any amendment to it (rule 10);provide the time-limits applicable for payment of certain designation fees (rule 14);introduce a requirement for an additional late payment fee in respect of late payment of transmittal, basic, designation and search fees (rule 14);to make changes in certain circumstances to the period within which an application for a patent is to comply with the Act (rule 5 and rule 9);to shorten the period within which objections may be made to a request that a hearing be held in Scotland (rule 12);to modify the application of the rule on alteration of time-limits to certain requests for extensions of time (rule 13);to make provision for notification to the International Bureau of the intention to limit availability of a micro-organism to an expert to be treated as notification to the comptroller for the same purpose (rule 15).
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 1992
Instrument
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 121(3)
Sch. 6
Citation and commencement2
The Patents Rules 19903 are amended as set out in rules 3 to 15 below.