SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Amendments relating to international obligations

I15

1

Section 81 (conversion of European patent applications) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), for the words following “this Act” there is substituted “ where the application is deemed to be withdrawn under the provisions of the European Patent Convention relating to the time for forwarding applications to the European Patent Office ”.

3

In subsection (2)—

a

paragraph (a) and the “that” preceding it are omitted;

b

in paragraph (b), for the words preceding sub-paragraph (i) there is substituted “ that ”;

c

in paragraph (c), for “in either case” there is substituted “ that ”.