Formal requirementsU.K.
25.—(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.