The Department of Trade and Industry (Fees) Order 1988

8.—(a) the functions of the comptroller and the examiners under the 1977 Act (other than section 22) and the Patents Act 1949(1)(other than section 18);

(b) the functions performed by the Patent Office under the European Patent Convention(2)and the Patent Co-operation Treaty(3);

(c) the function of the Secretary of State of paying to the European Patent Organisation amounts due from Her Majesty under Article 39 of the European Patent Convention payments in respect of renewal fees for European patents); and

(d) the function of the Secretary of State of making payments to the World Intellectual Property Organisation in accordance with international obligations of the United Kingdom, so far as those payments or those obligations relate to patents;

and references in this paragraph to the European Patent Convention and the Patent Co-operation Treaty are to the Convention and the Treaty referred to by those names in section 130(1) and (6) of the 1977 Act.

(1)

1949 c. 87

(2)

Cmnd 8510.

(3)

Cmnd 7340.