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The Patents Rules 2007

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References under section 15(1)(c)(ii)

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17.—(1) A reference made under section 15(1)(c)(ii) must include—

(a)the date of filing of the earlier relevant application;

(b)its application number; and

(c)the country it was filed in or in respect of.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the copy of the application provided under section 15(10)(b)(ii) must—

(a)be duly certified by the authority with which it was filed or otherwise verified to the satisfaction of the comptroller; and

(b)where it is in a language other than English or Welsh, be accompanied by—

(i)a translation into English of that application, or

(ii)a declaration that the description filed under sub-paragraph (i) of section 15(10)(b) is a complete and accurate translation into English of the description contained in the application provided under sub-paragraph (ii) of that provision.

(3) Where the application or a copy of the application is available to the comptroller it shall, for the purposes of section 15(10)(b)(ii), be treated as having been filed in accordance with rules.

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