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The Patents Rules 2007

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PART 2PERIODS OF TIME THAT MAY BE EXTENDED UNDER RULE 108(2) OR 108(3)

  • rule 8(1) and (2) (filing of information and priority documents)

  • rule 10(3) (filing of statement of inventorship and the right to be granted a patent)

  • rule 18(1) (missing parts)

  • rule 21 (extensions for new applications)

  • rule 22(1), (2) and (5) (periods prescribed for the purposes of sections 15(10) and 17(1))

  • rule 28(2), (3) and (5) (request for substantive examination)

  • rule 30 (period for putting an application in order)

  • rule 56(6) and (7) (filing of a translation of European patent (UK) specifications)

  • rule 58(4) (request under section 81(2)(b)(i))

  • rule 59(3) (request under section 81(2)(b)(ii))

  • rule 60 (request for substantive examination following a direction under section 81)

  • rule 66(1) and (2) (international applications for patents: entry into national phase)

  • rule 68 (international applications for patents: altered prescribed periods)

  • paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 (filing of information in relation to the deposit of biological matter)

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