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The Patents Rules 1995
Inspections
King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
2014-08-19
PATENTS
These Rules consolidate, with modifications, the Patents Rules 1990 as amended. In addition to minor and drafting amendments, they make the following changes of substance—the forms prescribed under the Patents Act 1977 (“the Act”) have been reduced in number and modified (rule 4 and Schedule 1);revised provision is made in relation to declarations of priority in the case of new applications under section 15(4) of the Act, and in relation to the documents to be provided in connection with declarations of priority (rule 6);revised provision is made in respect of applications to which all parties have consented as to who should be mentioned as the inventor in any patent (rule 14);additional provision is made for the voluntary amendment of the description, claims or drawings (rule 36);throughout the Rules, provision is made requiring applications and requests to be advertised only in the Journal and uniform procedures are prescribed in respect of opposition to any matter (rules 40, 65, 71, 78 and 91);revised provision is made in respect of applications to register transactions, instruments and events (rule 46);the provisions concerning applications to settle licences of right have been clarified (rule 62);specific provision is made prescribing periods in respect of those international applications for a patent which are to be treated as applications for a patent under the Act and which applications are to proceed earlier in the national phase (rule 85(7A));the United Kingdom Patent Office no longer carries out international preliminary examinations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty and the relevant Rules have been omitted accordingly (formerly rules 120 and 121).
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 4(1)-(2A)
The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004
art. 4(1)
art. 6-8
art. 1(1)
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 6-6C
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004
rule 3
rule 20
rule 1(2)
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 15(1)
(1A)
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004
rule 4(1)
rule 1(2)
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 16(1A)
(1B)
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004
rule 5(2)
rule 20
rule 1(2)
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 16(5)
(6)
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004
rule 5(3)
rule 20
rule 1(2)
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 22A
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004
rule 6
rule 20
rule 1(2)
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 28
28A
29
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004
rule 9
rule 20
rule 1(2)
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 36A
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004
rule 10
rule 1(2)
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 47(2)
(3)
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004
rule 13
rule 1(2)
The Patents Rules 1995
Sch. 4A
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004
Sch. 1
rule 1(2)
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 110A
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004
rule 15
rule 1(2)
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 112A
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004
rule 16
rule 1(2)
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 113A
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004
rule 17
rule 1(2)
The Patents Rules 1995
rue 34(1)(c)
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004
Sch. 2
para. 3(e)
rule 1(2)
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 91(3A)
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004
Sch. 2
para. 10
rule 1(2)
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 24 rev.inpt. and
The Patents (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 1999
rule 8
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 104A added rule 110
The Patents (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 1999
rule 20
SI
1092
rule 14
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 15A
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2005
rule 2
The Patents Rules 1995
rules 77A–77K
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2005
rule 12
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 89A
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2005
rules 19
25
The Patents Rules 1995
Sch 4A
Pt 1
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2005
rules 1026–28 30
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 85(5)(d)
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 1999
rule 10(a)(ii)
rule 1
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 99(3)
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 1999
rule 12
rule 1
The Patents Rules 1995
Sch. 1 Form 9/77
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 1999
rule 18
rule 1
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 4A
The Patents (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) Rules 2003
rules 2
4
The Patents Rules 1995
Sch 1 Form 11/77
The Patents (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) Rules 2003
rules 211 Schedule
The Patents Rules 1995
The Patents Rules 2007
rule 120
sch 5
The Patents Rules 1995
The Patents Rules 2007
rule 120
sch 6
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 6A
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2007
rule 3
The Patents Rules 1995
sch 4A
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2007
rule 6
The Patents Rules 1995
Sch 1 Forms 8/77 8A/77
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2001
rules 2
7
Sch 1
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 30
30A
The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address For Service and Time Limits, etc) Rules 2006
rule 6
rule 1
The Patents Rules 1995
rule 111
111A
The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address For Service and Time Limits, etc) Rules 2006
rule 8
rule 1
The Patents Rules 1995
Sch. 4A
Pt. 4
The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address For Service and Time Limits, etc) Rules 2006
rule 9
rule 1
The Patents Rules 1995
Rules
The Patents and Plant Variety Rights (Compulsory Licensing) Regulations 2002
reg. 22(2)
reg. 1(1)
The Patents Rules 1995
Instrument
The Patents (Fees) Rules 1998
rule 2
The Patents Rules 1995
Act
The Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificate for Plant Protection Products) Regulations 1996
reg.5
EXAMINATION AND SEARCH
Procedure where earlier application made29
Where the preliminary examination under rule 28 reveals that an earlier relevant application declared for the purposes of section 5 has been stated in the application in suit to have a date of filing more than twelve months before the date of filing of the application in suit, the Patent Office shall notify the applicant that the earlier relevant application will be disregarded unless, within one month, he supplies the Patent Office with a corrected date, being one which falls within those twelve months.