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23.—(1) On the preliminary examination under section 15A of an application the examiner shall determine whether the application complies with the requirements of rules 6 to 9.
(2) The examiner must report to the comptroller his determinations under paragraph (1), and the comptroller must notify the applicant accordingly.
24.—(1) Where, on the preliminary examination under section 15A of an application, the examiner finds that a declaration made for the purposes of section 5(2) specifies a date of filing for an earlier relevant application—
(a)more than twelve months before the date of filing of the application in suit; or
(b)where the comptroller has given permission for a late declaration to be made under section 5(2), more than fourteen months before the date of filing of the application in suit,
he must report this finding to the comptroller, and the comptroller must notify the applicant accordingly.
(2) Where the comptroller has notified the applicant under paragraph (1), the applicant must, before the end of the period of two months beginning with the date of that notification, provide the comptroller with a corrected date; otherwise the comptroller must disregard the declaration in so far as it relates to the earlier relevant application.
(3) In paragraph (2) “corrected date” means a date that would not have been reported by the examiner under paragraph (1).
25.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the requirements of the following provisions of these Rules are formal requirements—
(a)rule 12(1) (application for a patent on Patents Form 1);
(b)rule 14(1) (application in English or Welsh);
(c)rule 14(2) and (3) (form of documents and drawings).
(2) Where an application is delivered in electronic form or using electronic communications, only the requirements of rule 14(1) are formal requirements.
(3) Where an international application for a patent (UK) was filed in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Co-operation Treaty, the requirements mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be treated as complied with to the extent that the application complies with any corresponding provision of that Treaty.
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