1999 No. 1093
The Patents (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 1999
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by section 123(1), (2) and (3) of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 4 to, the Patents Act 19771, of the power conferred upon him by the Department of Trade and Industry (Fees) Order 19882, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section 8(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 19923, and with the consent of the Treasury pursuant to subsection (4) of the said section 123, hereby makes the following Rules:–
1
These Rules may be cited as the Patents (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 1999 and shall come into force on 4th May 1999.
2
Part A of the Schedule to the Patents (Fees) Rules 19984 shall be amended as follows.
3
In respect of the item, the patents form relating to which is Form 9/77, and the fee specified in respect of it, there shall be substituted the following:
9/77
On request for preliminary examination and search under section 17(1)–
- a
in respect of an international application for a patent (UK) falling to be treated as an application for a patent under the Act which has already been the subject of a search by the International Searching Authority in accordance with the Patent Co-operation Treaty
100
b
in respect of any other application
130
On request for a further search under section 17(6) or payment for a supplementary search under section 17(8)
130
4
The fee to be paid in respect of the following item shall be as specified below–
On entry of an international application for a patent (UK) into the national phase (section 89A(3)) | “10”. |
We consent to the making of these Rules.
(This note is not part of the Rules)