PART 2APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS
Preliminary examination
Formal requirements25
1
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the requirements of the following provisions of these Rules are formal requirements—
a
rule 12(1) (application for a patent on Patents Form 1);
b
rule 14(1) (application in English or Welsh);
c
rule 14(2) and (3) (form of documents and drawings).
2
Where an application is delivered in electronic form or using electronic communications, only the requirements of rule 14(1) are formal requirements.
3
Where an international application for a patent (UK) was filed in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Co-operation Treaty, the requirements mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be treated as complied with to the extent that the application complies with any corresponding provision of that Treaty.