{"id":"C1904L00070","name":"The Patents Regulations, 1904","slug":"the-patents-regulations-1904","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"70 of 1904","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":19980,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1904L00070-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"The Patents Regulations, 1904","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1904. No. 70.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE PATENTS ACT 1903.\n\nI, THE Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Patents Act 1903, to come into operation forthwith.\n\nDated this second day of November, One thousand nine hundred and four.\n\nNORTHCOTE,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nA. McLEAN,\n\nMinister of State for Trade and Customs.\n\nSHORT TITLE.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as “The Patents Regulations, 1904.”\n\nINTERPRETATION.\n\nInterpretation.\n\n2. In these Regulations—\n\n“The Act” means the Patents Act 1903.\n\n“Justice of the Peace” means a Justice of the Peace of the Commonwealth, or part of the Commonwealth, or of a State or part of a State.\n\nFEES.\n\nFees.\n\n3. The fees to be paid under the Act and these Regulations shall be those specified in the First Schedule, and shall be paid in cash at the Patent Office.\n\nWhere any fee is payable in respect of any act or document, the Commissioner may refuse to permit or perform the act, or to receive or issue the document as the case requires until the fee payable is paid.\n\nThe prescribed fee for preparation of the patent for sealing shall be paid within the time allowed for the sealing of the patent, and if not so paid, the application for the patent shall become abandoned.\n\n \n\nFORMS.\n\nSecond Schedule.\n\n4. The forms contained in the Second Schedule may, as far as they are applicable, be used in any proceeding under the Act or these Regulations to which they are appropriate.\n\nHOURS OF BUSINESS.\n\nHours of Business.\n\n5. Except in the case of holidays observed under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902, the Patent Office shall be open to the public on week days (other than Saturdays) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon.\n\nPRIORITY OF APPLICATIONS UNDER SECTION 29.\n\nPriority of applications lodged before commencement of Act.\n\n6. Applications for patents lodged at the Patent Office under section 29 of the Act shall have priority according to the time when they were received at the Patent Office.\n\nAll applications lodged by being left with the principal officer at the Customs House in a State shall be deemed to have been received at the Patent Office at the time when they were so lodged.\n\nFor the purposes of this regulation time shall be reckoned according to the standard time in force in the State of Victoria.\n\nAPPLICATIONS.\n\nManner of lodging applications.\n\n7. Every application for a patent must be left at or sent to the Patent Office, and may be sent by prepaid letter through the post, and must in every case be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n\nManner of recording applications.\n\n8. Every application for a patent left at the Patent Office shall be numbered in the order of its receipt.\n\nEvery application for a patent sent by prepaid letter through the post shall, as far as practicable, be opened and numbered in the order in which the letter containing it was delivered at the Patent Office.\n\nAddress for service.\n\n9. Every application for a patent shall be accompanied by a statement of an address for service to which all notices, requisitions, and communications of every kind may be sent by the Commissioner. The address for service shall be within the Commonwealth, and, if the Commissioner so requires, in or near to the city in which the Patent Office is situate.\n\nCertificate of correctness as to documents.\n\n10. All documents and copies thereof accompanying an application for a patent shall, by indorsement on the back thereof, be certified to be correct as to number and contents for the purposes of the Act, by one or more applicants, or by his or their agent.\n\nSignature of applicant and witness.\n\n11. Every application must be signed by all the applicants, each of whose signatures must be attested by a witness.\n\nApplication by body corporate.\n\n12. An application by a body corporate shall be signed or executed in such a manner as to bind the corporation, and shall be signed by some person who shall be personally responsible for the truth of the statements therein contained.\n\nApplication after revocation of patent obtained by fraud.\n\n13. Where the applicant applies as the actual inventor after the revocation of a patent obtained in fraud of his rights, the application may be in the Form A10 in the Second Schedule.\n\nApplication for separate patent by way of amendment.\n\n14. Where a person making application for a patent includes in his specification more than one invention he may, with the consent of the Commissioner, before acceptance, amend his complete specification, so as to apply to one invention only, and may make application for separate patents for each of the other inventions.\n\n \n\nWhere a person making application for a patent includes therein more than one invention, he may, after the refusal of the Commissioner to accept the application, amend it so as to apply to one invention only, and may make application for separate patents for each of the other inventions.\n\nIn either case every such new application shall, if the applicant notify his desire to that effect to the Commissioner, bear the date of the first application, and shall, together therewith, be proceeded with in the manner prescribed as if it had been originally made on that date.\n\nExtension of time for leaving and accepting complete specifications.\n\n15. Every application for an extension of time for lodging a complete specification shall be made in the Form C1 in the Second Schedule, and shall state in detail the circumstances and grounds in and upon which the extension is applied for, and the Commissioner may require the applicant to substantiate such allegations by such proof as the Commissioner thinks necessary.\n\nTime limit for acceptance of complete specification.\n\n16. Every complete specification must be accepted within twelve months from the date of application, or within such extended period, not exceeding three months, as the Commissioner, on application within such twelve months, and on payment of the prescribed fee, allows. But in the case of complete specifications lodged under section 29 of the Act the Commissioner may extend the period for such acceptance to six months without the payment of a fee.\n\nNotice and advertisement of acceptance.\n\n17. On acceptance of an application and a complete specification, the Commissioner shall notify the applicant of the acceptance and require him to pay the acceptance fee and to lodge five additional copies of the complete specification. After receipt of the fee and the additional copies of the specification the Commissioner shall advertise the acceptance in the Gazette or the official journal of the Patent Office.\n\nInspection of specification.\n\n18. After the advertisement of acceptance, the application and specification, with the drawings (if any), may be inspected at the Patent Office upon the payment of the prescribed fee.\n\nRefusal to accept by Commissioner.\n\n19. When the Commissioner refuses to accept an application accompanied by either a provisional or complete specification, he shall notify the refusal to the applicant, and such notification may be in the Form F in the Second Schedule.\n\nAdvertisement of other proceedings.\n\n20. All advertisements, notices, or documents, which by the Act or by these Regulations are required to be published, shall be advertised in the Gazette, or in the official journal of the Patent Office, or in such daily newspaper as the Commissioner directs.\n\nDate of sealing of Patents where time for acceptance has been extended.\n\n21. Where the Commissioner has allowed an extension of time for the acceptance of a complete specification, he may allow an extension, for the same period, of the time for the sealing of the patent.\n\nAPPLICATIONS UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE ACT.\n\nApplication for a patent under section 7.\n\n22. An application made under section 7 of the Act may be in the Form A8 or A9 in the Second Schedule.\n\nProduction of State patent.\n\n23. The Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, direct that the State patent be produced for his inspection.\n\nState specifications to accompany application.\n\n24. The application must be signed by the applicant and attested by a witness, and, in addition to the specifications left therewith, be accompanied by a copy of the complete specification and drawings upon which the State patent was granted.\n\nAmendment subsequent to grant of State patent.\n\n25. The applicant must state whether any amendment has been made in any document subsequent to the grant of the patent in the State, and the reason for, and the nature of, the amendment.\n\n \n\nAmendments and objections to State or States patents.\n\n26. If a patent for the invention has been refused in any State or States, the applicant, when lodging his application, must state in writing the ground thereof. If any objection has been raised to the acceptance of his application in any State or States, he shall, when lodging his application, state in writing the nature of the objections, and the grounds upon which they were overcome.\n\nFee.\n\n27. The payment of the prescribed renewal fee on an application under section 7 shall be reckoned as from the date of the application.\n\nFurther proceedings.\n\n28. Save as aforesaid, all proceedings in connexion with an application under section 7 shall be taken within the times and in the manner prescribed for ordinary applications.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR ADDITIONAL PATENT.\n\nApplication for additional patent.\n\n29. An application for an additional patent in respect of an improvement on an invention may be in the Form A7.\n\nApplication to be signed by applicant.\n\n30. The application shall be signed by the applicant in the presence of a witness.\n\nFee.\n\n31. The time for payment of the prescribed renewal lee on an additional patent shall be reckoned as from the date of the additional patent.\n\nFurther proceedings.\n\n32. Save as aforesaid, all proceedings in connexion with an application for an additional patent shall be taken within the times and in the manner prescribed for ordinary applications.\n\nSIZE, ETC., OF DOCUMENTS.\n\nSize of documents.\n\n33. Subject to any directions given by the Commissioner, all documents and copies of documents sent to or left at the Patent Office, or furnished to the Commissioner or to the Court or the Law Officer, shall be written or printed in the English language on tough white paper of good quality, not thinner than 300 sheets to the inch. The sheets shall be 13 inches by 8 inches, with a margin of not less than 2 inches at the left side, and one-half inch elsewhere.\n\nSpecifications.\n\n34. The top half of the first sheet of specifications shall be left blank, and the writing or printing shall be on one side only. The contents shall be written or printed in carbonaceous or other permanent ink, not affected by bleaching agents. If written, the writing shall be large and legible, not more than ten letters per inch, and with not more than two line spaces per inch. If printed, the type shall not be less than pica, and there shall not be more than three line spaces per inch. The date and the signature shall be on the last page, which shall, in the case of the complete specification, also contain the conclusion of the claims, and, in the case of the provisional specification, the conclusion of the description of the nature of the invention.\n\nSignatures.\n\n35. The signatures to all documents must be written in full in a large and legible hand.\n\nCopies of specifications.\n\n36. A copy of every provisional or complete specification shall be lodged at the Patent Office at the same time as the original. The copy shall be marked “True Copy,” and shall be signed by the applicant or his agent.\n\nCopies of other documents.\n\n37. Copies of all other documents required by the Commissioner shall be left as directed by him.\n\n \nSIZES AND METHODS OF PREPARING DRAWINGS ACCOMPANYING PROVISIONAL OR COMPLETE SPECIFICATIONS.\n\nDrawings.\n\n38. The provisional or complete specification need not be accompanied by drawings if the specification sufficiently describes the invention without them; but if drawings are furnished they should accompany the provisional or complete specification to which they refer, unless the applicant desires to adopt the drawings lodged with the provisional specification as the drawings for the complete specification, when they must be referred to as those “left with the provisional specification.”\n\nThe drawings must show every feature of the invention covered by the specification.\n\nWhen the invention consists of an improvement upon an old machine, the drawing must exhibit the invention disconnected from the old structure, and also, in another view, the specific improvement and such parts of the old structure as necessarily co-operate with it.\n\nDrawings must be delivered at the Patent Office either flat or on rollers, so as to be free from creases, folds, or breaks.\n\nRequirements as to paper, &c.\n\n39. They must be made on pure white tough drawing paper, not thinner than 100 sheets to the inch, of smooth surface and good quality, and without colour or Indian ink washes.\n\nSize of drawings.\n\n40. They must be on sheets 13 inches at the sides by 8 inches at the top and bottom. The illustrations shall be inside a border rectangle 12 inches by 7 inches, leaving a margin half-an-inch wide. When an exceptionally large drawing is essential, it may be drawn in sections on several detached sheets. There is no limit to the number of sheets. The illustrations should be numbered consecutively throughout.\n\nQuality of ink &c.\n\n41. To insure their satisfactory reproduction on a reduced scale, all lines shall be in absolutely black Indian ink, and shall be uniform in thickness or gradation.\n\nSection and shade lines shall not be closer than 30 per inch, and shading lines shall preferably be avoided.\n\nSections of plates and small pieces may be in solid black.\n\nReference letters and figures must be bold, distinct, not less than one-eighth of an inch in height, and should be placed in an upright position, and the same letters and figures must be used in different views of the same parts. Reference letters or figures shall be placed upon the larger parts, and to one side of the drawing, connected by a fine line to the smaller parts.\n\nWhen the character of the drawings permits, such words as “plan,” “elevation,” and brief descriptive names of parts, such as “generator,” “dipping tank,” “high pressure cylinder,” may be added; but no connected description, phrase, or sentence, shall appear on the drawings.\n\nScale of drawings.\n\n42. The scale adopted shall be large enough to show clearly wherein the invention consists, and only so much of the apparatus, machine, &c., need be shown as effects this purpose.\n\nWhen the scale is shown on the drawing, it should be denoted, not by words, but by a divided line. Related drawings, such as “plan” and “elevation,” shall be drawn to the same scale, and be arranged in proper relative positions, where practicable.\n\nDrawings to bear name of applicant, &c.\n\n43. Each sheet of the drawings shall be signed by the applicant or his agent, as near the lower right-hand corner inside the border line as may be convenient.\n\nIn the case of drawings left with a complete specification after a provisional specification, the number and date of the application shall be\n\n \ngiven in the lower left-hand corner, outside the border line. The total number of sheets, and the number of each sheet, shall be stated on each sheet in the top right-hand corner, outside the border line.\n\nNo professional designation, or advertisements, or addresses, will be permitted upon the face of the drawings nor anywhere upon the tracings.\n\nDuplicates of drawings.\n\n44. A fac\\-simile of the original drawings prepared strictly in accordance with the regulations governing original drawings must be lodged with the original drawings.\n\nTracing.\n\n45. A fac\\-simile prepared on tracing cloth must also be lodged.\n\nMarking of original and copies.\n\n46. The words “Original” or “True Copy,” as the case requires, must, in each case, be placed in the centre at the top of each sheet, outside the border line.\n\nDECLARATIONS AND AFFIDAVITS.\n\nForm, &c., of statutory declaration and affidavit.\n\n47. The declarations and the affidavits required by these Regulations, or used in any proceeding thereunder, shall be headed in the matter or matters to which they relate, and shall be in the first person, and shall be divided into paragraphs consecutively numbered, and each paragraph shall, so far as possible, be confined to one subject. Every declaration or affidavit shall state the description and true place of abode of the person making it, and shall be written or printed bookwise, and shall bear the name and address of the person leaving it, and the name of the person on whose behalf it is left.\n\nManner in which, and persons before whom, declaration or affidavit is to be taken.\n\n48. The declarations and affidavits required by the Act and these Regulations, or used in any proceedings thereunder, shall be made and subscribed as follows:—\n\n(1) In Australia, before any Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, or any Commissioner or other officer authorized by the law of the Commonwealth or of a State, to administer an oath or take a declaration, as the case may be, for the purpose of any legal proceeding.\n\n(2) In any place in the British Dominions, out of Australia, before any Court, Judge, Justice of the Peace, or Notary Public, or any officer authorized by law to administer an oath for the purpose of a legal proceeding.\n\n(3) In any place out of the British Dominions, before a British Minister or person exercising the functions of a British. Minister, or a British Consul, Vice-Consul, or other person, exercising the functions of a British Consul, or before a Notary Public, or before a Judge or Magistrate.\n\nDeclarations admissible without proof of signatures.\n\n49. Any document purporting to be a declaration or affidavit and purporting to have been made by the declarant or deponent before a person hereby authorized to take a declaration or affidavit may be received as evidence by the Commissioner without proof of the signatures thereto, or of the official character of the person before whom the document purports to have been made.\n\nEXERCISE OF DISCRETIONARY POWERS BY THE COMMISSIONER.\n\nExercise of discretionary power by Commissioner.\n\n50. The Commissioner before exercising any discretionary power given to him by the Act adversely to an applicant for a patent or for amendment of a specification, shall give him ten days’ notice at least of the time when he may be heard personally, or by his patent attorney, solicitor, or person authorized on his behalf, before the Commissioner.\n\n \n\nNotice to applicant.\n\n51. Within five days from the date when such notice would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, or such longer time as the Commissioner appoints in the notice, the applicant shall notify to the Commissioner whether he desires to be heard in the matter.\n\nNotice by applicant.\n\n52. If the applicant fails to notify the Commissioner that he desires to be heard in the matter, the application shall be deemed to be abandoned.\n\nNotification of decision after hearing.\n\n53. After hearing the matter, the decision or determination of the Commissioner, together with the reasons therefor, shall be notified, in writing, to the applicant and any other person affected thereby.\n\nOPPOSITION TO GRANT OF PATENTS.\n\nNotice of opposition.\n\n54. A notice of opposition to the grant of a patent may be in the Form G in the Second Schedule, and shall state the grounds on which the person giving the notice (hereinafter called the opponent) intends to oppose the grant. Such notice must be signed by him or his patent attorney, solicitor, or agent, and must contain an address for service in the Commonwealth, or, if the Commissioner so requires, in or near to the city in which the Patent Office is situate, and shall be accompanied by a “true copy.”\n\nCopy of notice for applicant.\n\n55. Forthwith after the receipt of the notice of opposition the copy shall be transmitted by the Commissioner to the applicant.\n\nParticulars of prior patent.\n\n56. Where the ground or one of the grounds of opposition is that the invention has been patented in the Commonwealth or in a State on an application of prior date, the number, date, and title of the prior patent shall be specified in the notice.\n\nOpponent’s evidence.\n\n57. Within fourteen days after the lodging of the notice of opposition or within such further time, not exceeding one month, as the Commissioner within such fourteen days allows, the opponent shall leave at the Patent Office declarations in support of his opposition, and deliver to the applicant copies thereof.\n\nApplicant’s evidence.\n\n58. Within fourteen days from the receipt of such copies, or such further time as the Commissioner, at a hearing for the purpose, or on proof of the consent of the parties engaged, allows, the applicant shall leave at the Patent Office declarations in answer, and deliver to the opponent copies thereof.\n\nOpponent’s evidence in reply.\n\n59. Within fourteen days of the delivery of the declarations in answer, or such further time as the Commissioner at a hearing for the purpose, or on proof of the consent of the parties engaged, allows, the opponent shall leave at the Patent Office declarations in reply, and deliver to the applicant copies thereof. Such last-mentioned declarations shall be confined to matters strictly in reply.\n\nClosing of evidence.\n\n60. No further evidence shall be left on either side, except by leave of the Commissioner upon the written consent of the parties duly notified to him, or by special leave of the Commissioner on application made to him for that purpose.\n\nEither party making such application shall give three days’ notice thereof to the opposite party, who shall be entitled to oppose the application.\n\nFee on application to leave further evidence.\n\n61. Applications for leave to lodge further evidence shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n\nAppointment of time for leaving.\n\n62. On the completion of the evidence, or at such other time as he sees fit, the Commissioner shall appoint a time for the hearing of the case, and shall give the parties at least seven days’ notice of such appointment.\n\n \n\nApplication for hearing.\n\n63. If either party desires to be heard, he shall, prior to the date fixed for the hearing, leave at the Patent Office an application in the Form H in the Second Schedule, together with the prescribed fee.\n\nThe Commissioner may refuse to hear either party who has not left such application prior to the date of hearing.\n\nFailure by opponent to lodge declarations.\n\n64. If the opponent fails to leave, within the time allowed, declarations in support of his opposition, the opposition shall be deemed to have been abandoned.\n\nFailure by applicant to lodge declarations.\n\n65. If the applicant fails to lodge, within the time allowed, declarations in answer to opponent’s declarations in support of the opposition, or to state that he intends to rely upon the documents lodged with his application, the application shall be deemed to have been abandoned.\n\nDisallowance of opposition in certain cases.\n\n66. On the hearing of the case, no opposition shall be allowed in respect of any ground not stated in the notice of opposition, and where the ground or one of the grounds is that the invention has been patented in the Commonwealth or a State on an application of prior date, the opposition shall not be allowed upon such ground, unless the number, title, and date of such prior application has been duly specified in the notice of opposition.\n\nNotification of decision.\n\n67. The decision of the Commissioner in the case shall be notified to the parties in writing.\n\nSecurity for costs.\n\n68. The Commissioner may require any opponent who does not reside in Australia to give security for costs to his satisfaction within such time as he allows, and if the security is not so given the opposition shall be dismissed.\n\nDate of sealing of patent when delayed by opposition, &c.\n\n69. Where the sealing is delayed by opposition to the grant of a patent or by an appeal to the High Court or the Supreme Court, the patent may be sealed at such time as the Commissioner directs or as the High Court or the, Supreme Court allows.\n\nAPPEAL TO THE LAW OFFICER.\n\nNotice of appeal.\n\n70. When any person intends to appeal to the law officer from a direction of the Commissioner under section 43 of the Act, he shall, within 30 days from the date of the direction appealed against, leave at the Patent Office a notice of appeal, accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n\nStatement of grounds of appeal.\n\n71. Such notice shall state the grounds of appeal, and whether the appeal is from the whole of the direction or part only, and, if so, what part of the direction, and be accompanied by a statement of the appellant’s case.\n\nNotice to law officer.\n\n72. Upon notice of appeal being filed, the Commissioner shall forthwith transmit to the law officer all the matters relating to the application in respect of which the appeal is made.\n\nNotice of hearing.\n\n73. Seven clear days’ notice at least of the time and place appointed for the hearing of the appeal shall be given to the appellant and the Commissioner by the law officer.\n\nEvidence.\n\n74. The evidence used on appeal to the law officer shall be the same as that used at the hearing before the Commissioner, and no further evidence shall be given, save as to matters which have occurred or come to the knowledge of the appellant or the Commissioner after the date of the direction appealed against.\n\nHearing.\n\n75. At the time and place appointed, the law officer shall hear the appellant and the Commissioner, and may adjourn or postpone the hearing, and shall at the hearing, or some adjournment or postponement thereof, decide whether, and subject to what conditions, if any, the application and specification shall be accepted, and shall notify his decision in writing to the appellant and the Commissioner.\n\n \n\nAPPEAL TO THE HIGH COURT OR TO THE SUPREME COURT.\n\nNotice of appeal.\n\n76. When any person intends to appeal to the High Court or to the Supreme Court from a decision of the Commissioner, he shall, within 30 days from the date of the decision, or such further time as the Court, by special leave on application made within such 30 days, allows, leave at the Patent Office, and with the opposite party, if any, a notice in the Form Z in the Second Schedule, and file a copy of the notice in the Court.\n\nStatement of grounds of appeal.\n\n77. The notice shall be accompanied by a statement, in writing, of the grounds of appeal, and by the prescribed fee.\n\nTransmission of documents.\n\n78. The Commissioner shall forward to the proper officer of the Court office copies of all documents and evidence used on the hearing before him.\n\nCost of copies.\n\n79. The appellant shall pay to the Commissioner the cost of preparing the office copies of the documents and evidence.\n\nProcedure in Court.\n\n80. The procedure in the Court in relation to the appeal shall be as directed by Rules of Court, or as the Court, or a Justice thereof, in each case, directs.\n\nDismissal for want of prosecution.\n\n81. If the appellant fails to prosecute the appeal with due diligence, the Court, or a Justice thereof, may order it to be dismissed.\n\nEvidence.\n\n82. Subject to the direction and leave of the Court, or a Justice thereof, the evidence to be used on appeal from a decision of the Commissioner shall be the same as that used at the hearing before him.\n\nAMENDMENT OF DOCUMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OFFICIAL REQUIREMENTS.\n\nApplication and specification.\n\n83. The deletion of any matter in the application or specification shall be made by a fine-ruled red line. Insertions shall be made in red ink in the margin on the left-hand side, and their places in the body of the documents indicated by a letter or figure. If the amendments are, in the opinion of the Commissioner, of sufficient extent to warrant the lodging of fresh pages or the complete documents, the applicant shall, within a time to be fixed by the Commissioner, supply them. All amendments must be initialled and dated by the person authorized so to do.\n\nDrawings.\n\n84. The deletion of an illustration or portion thereof shall be effected by the placing thereon of a red cross embracing the whole or the portion to be so deleted, and the word “cancelled” shall be written across the illustration or the portion thereof, at the intersection of the cross lines, and near thereto shall be placed the initials of the applicant or the person authorized to act for him, together with the date.\n\nApplication to become abandoned if not amended.\n\n85. If an applicant fails to amend the application or complete specification or the drawings within one month of the date of notice by the Commissioner, requiring him to do so, or such further time as the Commissioner on application allows, then, save in the case of an appeal being lodged in the prescribed manner from the Commissioner’s direction or decision, the application shall be deemed to have been abandoned.\n\nAMENDMENT OF SPECIFICATION BY REQUEST.\n\nRequest for leave to amend.\n\n86. The request for leave to amend a complete specification shall be prepared and signed in the manner prescribed by section 71 of the Act, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n\nIt must also be accompanied by a certified copy of the original specification and drawings (if any), showing in red ink the proposed amendment, and, if the complete specification has been accepted, shall be\n\n \nadvertised, by publication of the request and the nature of the proposed amendment, in such Gazette, official journal of the Patent Office, or daily newspaper, as the Commissioner directs.\n\nWhen not made in pursuance of an order of a Court, or a Justice or Judge thereof, the request must, where a patent has been sealed, contain a statement that no action for infringement, nor proceeding for revocation, of the patent, is pending.\n\nLeave by Order of the Court.\n\n87. Where a request for leave to amend is made in pursuance of an order of a Court, or a Justice or Judge thereof, an official copy of the order shall be left, with the request, at the Patent Office.\n\nNotice of opposition.\n\n88. A notice of opposition to the amendment may be in the Form K in the Second Schedule, and shall state the ground or grounds on which the person giving the notice (hereinafter called the opponent) intends to oppose the amendment, and shall be signed by him and be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n\nSuch notice shall state his address for service in the Commonwealth, or, if the Commissioner requires, in or near the city in which the Patent Office is situate, and shall be accompanied by a true copy.\n\nCopy for applicant.\n\n89. On receipt of such notice, the true copy shall be sent by the Commissioner to the applicant or patentee, as the case may be (hereinafter called the applicant).\n\nOpponent’s evidence.\n\n90. Within fourteen days after the expiration of one month from the date of the advertisement of the request for leave to amend, the opponent shall leave at the Patent Office declarations in support of his opposition, and shall deliver to the applicant copies thereof.\n\nApplicant’s evidence.\n\n91. Within one month from the receipt of such copies, or such further time as the Commissioner, at a hearing for the purpose, or on proof of the consent of the parties engaged, allows, the applicant shall leave at the Patent Office declarations in answer, and deliver to the opponent copies thereof.\n\nOpponent’s evidence in reply.\n\n92. Within fourteen days of the delivery of the declarations in answer, or such further time as the Commissioner, at a hearing for the purpose, or on proof of the consent of the parties engaged, allows, the opponent shall leave at the Patent Office declarations in reply, and deliver to the applicant copies thereof. Such last-mentioned declarations shall be confined to matters strictly in reply.\n\nClosing of evidence.\n\n93. No further evidence shall be left on either side, except by leave of the Commissioner, upon the written consent of the parties, duly notified to him, or by special leave of the Commissioner on application made to him for that purpose.\n\nEither party making such application shall give three days’ notice thereof to the opposite party, who shall be entitled to oppose the application.\n\nApplication to lodge further evidence.\n\n94. Applications for leave to lodge further evidence shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n\nAppointment of time for hearing.\n\n95. On the completion of the evidence, or at such other time as he sees fit, the Commissioner shall appoint a time for the hearing of the case, and shall give the parties at least seven days’ notice of such appointment.\n\nApplication for hearing.\n\n96. If either party desires to be heard, he shall, prior to the date fixed for the hearing, leave at the Patent Office an application in the Form H in the Second Schedule, together with the prescribed fee.\n\nThe Commissioner may refuse to hear either party who has not left such application prior to the date of hearing.\n\n \nFailure by opponent to lodge declarations.\n\n97. If the opponent fails to leave, within the time allowed, declarations in support of his opposition, the opposition shall be deemed to have been abandoned.\n\nFailure by applicant to lodge declarations.\n\n98. If the applicant fails to lodge, within the time allowed, declarations in answer to opponent’s declarations in support of the oppotion, then unless he states that he intends to rely upon the specification as proposed to be amended, the application for leave to amend the specification shall be deemed to have been abandoned.\n\nGround of appeal.\n\n99. On the hearing of the case, no opposition shall be allowed on any other grounds than that the specification, if amended as desired, would make the specification claim an invention substantially larger than or substantially different from the invention claimed by the specification before amendment.\n\nFresh documents required on leave to amend being granted.\n\n100. Where a request for leave to amend is granted, the applicant shall, if the Commissioner so requires, and within a time to be fixed by him, leave at the Patent Office a new specification and drawings as amended, to be prepared in accordance with the Regulations relating thereto.\n\nAdvertisement of the amendment.\n\n101. Every amendment of a complete specification made under Division 4 of Part IV. of the Act shall be advertised by the Commissioner in the Gazette, or in the official journal of the Patent Office, and in such other manner (if any) as the Commissioner directs.\n\nREGISTER OF PATENTS.\n\nEntry of grant.\n\n102. Upon the sealing of every patent, or additional patent, the Commissioner shall cause to be entered in the Register of Patents the name, address, and description of the patentee as the grantee thereof, and the title of the invention.\n\nAdditional patents.\n\n103. There shall be also entered in the Register, in the case of an additional patent, the number and date of the original patent, and the title of the original invention.\n\nRequest for entry of subsequent proprietorship.\n\n104. Where a person becomes entitled to a patent, or to any share or interest therein, or licence thereunder, by assignment, transmission, or other operation of law, either throughout the Commonwealth, or a State or States, or for any place or places therein, a request for the entry of his name in the Register, as such complete or partial proprietor or licensee of the patent, or of such share or interest therein, as the case may be, shall be addressed to the Commissioner, and left at the Patent Office.\n\nForm and signature of request.\n\n105. Such request may be in the Form Q or in the Form R, in the Second Schedule, as the case requires, and shall be made and signed by the person requiring to be registered as proprietor or licensee, or by his agent.\n\nContents of request.\n\n106. Every such request shall state the name, address, and description of the person claiming to be entitled to the patent, or to any share or interest therein or licence thereunder, and the particulars of the assignment, transmission, or other operation of law, by virtue of which he claims to be entered in the Register as proprietor or licensee, so as to show the manner in which, and the person or persons to whom, the patent, or licence thereunder, or the share or interest therein, has been assigned or transmitted.\n\nTransfer of deed.\n\n107. Every assignment of a patent, or of any licence, or of any share or interest therein, shall be by deed, and shall be under the hand and seal of the assignor and transferee, and be attested; provided that any assignment of a patent may be indorsed on the back of the patent in the Form T in the Second Schedule, under the hand and seal of the proprietor of the patent and the transferee.\n\n \n\nProduction of documents of title and other proof.\n\n108. Every assignment and every other deed and document containing, giving effect to, or being evidence of, the transmission of a patent, or affecting the proprietorship thereof, including every patent indorsed as provided by section 21 of the Act, but excepting such documents as are matters of record, shall, before any entry is made pursuant to a request, unless the Commissioner in his discretion otherwise directs, be produced to him, together with the request, and such other proof of title as he requires for his satisfaction.\n\nAs to a document which is a matter of record, an official or certified copy thereof shall be produced to the Commissioner.\n\nCopies for Patent Office.\n\n109. An attested copy of every deed and document affecting the proprietorship of any patent, or of any share or interest or licence thereunder, shall be left with the request.\n\nEntry of Orders of the Court.\n\n110. When an order has been made by the High Court, or the Supreme Court, or a Justice thereof, for the extension of a patent or part of a patent for a further term, or for the grant of a new patent, or for the revocation of a patent, or for the rectification of the Register, or otherwise affecting the validity or proprietorship of a patent, the person in whose favour such order has been made shall forthwith leave at the Patent Office an office copy of the order. The Register shall thereupon be rectified, or the purport of the order shall be entered in the Register, as the case requires.\n\nEntry of date of payment of renewal fees.\n\n111. Upon the issue of a certificate of payment of any renewal fee, the Commissioner shall cause to be entered in the Register a record of the amount and date of payment of the fee.\n\nEntry of failure to pay fees.\n\n112. If a patentee fails to make any prescribed payment within the prescribed time, a notification of the fact shall be entered in the Register.\n\nEntry of licences and other documents.\n\n113. A copy of every licence granted under a patent, or of any other document purporting to affect the proprietorship of a patent, shall be left at the Patent Office, with a request in the Form R in the Second Schedule that a notification thereof may be entered in the Register. The accuracy of such copy shall be certified in such manner as the Commissioner directs, and the original document shall, at the same time, be produced and left at the Patent Office, if required, for further verification.\n\nHours of inspection of Register.\n\n114. The Register of Patents shall be open to the inspection of the public during office hours on every day during which the Patent Office is open, except on the days and at the times following:—\n\n(a) Days which are from time to time notified by a placard posted in a conspicuous place at the Patent Office.\n\n(b) Times when the Register is required for any purpose of official use.\n\nCertified copies of documents.\n\n115. Certified copies of any entry in the Register, or certified copies of, or extracts from, patents, specifications, disclaimers, affidavits, declarations, and other public documents in the Patent Office, or of or from Registers and other books kept there, may be furnished by the Commissioner, on payment of the prescribed fee.\n\nPAYMENT OF RENEWAL FEE FOR CONTINUANCE OF PATENT.\n\nPayment of fees.\n\n116. If a patentee intends to keep his patent in force after the expiration of the seventh year from the date thereof, he shall, before the expiration of that year, pay the renewal fee.\n\n \n\nEnlargement of time for payment of fees.\n\n117. An application for enlargement of the time for making the prescribed payment may be in the Form P in the Second Schedule, and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee for such enlargement. The application shall state in detail the circumstances in which the patentee by accident, mistake, or inadvertence, failed to make such payment, and the Commissioner may require the patentee to substantiate, by such proof as he thinks necessary, the allegations contained in the application for enlargement.\n\nCertificate of payment.\n\n118. The Commissioner shall give to the patentee paying the renewal fee a certificate that it has been paid.\n\nCOMPULSORY LICENCES AND REVOCATION OF PATENTS.\n\nPetition for compulsory licences or revocation of patent.\n\n119. A petition to the Commissioner for an order under section 87 of the Act may be in Form L in the Second Schedule, and shall clearly show the nature of the petitioner’s interest, and the grounds upon which he claims to be entitled to relief; and shall state in detail the circumstances of the case, the terms upon which he asks that an order be made, and the purport of the order asked for, and the name and address of the patentee, and of every other person against whom the order is sought.\n\nTo be left with evidence at the Patent Office.\n\n120. The petition, and an examined copy thereof, shall be left at the Patent Office, accompanied by affidavits or declarations in proof of the allegations contained in the petition, together with any other documentary evidence in support; and the petitioner shall deliver copies of the petition and documents accompanying it to each respondent.\n\nEvidence of patentee or other person against whom default is alleged.\n\n121. The persons to whom such copies are delivered by the petitioner may, within fourteen days after being invited to do so by the Commissioner, leave at the Patent Office affidavits or declarations in answer to the petition, and, if they do so, shall deliver copies thereof to the petitioner.\n\nPetitioner’s evidence in reply.\n\n122. The petitioner may, within fourteen days after the leaving of the respondent’s affidavits or declarations, leave at the Patent Office his affidavits or declarations in reply, and deliver copies thereof to the respondents. Such last-mentioned affidavits or declarations shall be confined to matters strictly in reply.\n\nClosing of evidence.\n\n123. No further evidence shall be left on either side, except by leave of the Commissioner upon the written consent of the parties duly notified to him, or by special leave of the Commissioner, on application made to him for that purpose.\n\nFurther proceedings.\n\n124. The Commissioner shall, if the petition is not abandoned, hear the parties and deal with the petition as directed by section 87 (2) of the Act.\n\nGENERAL.\n\nManner of sending notices, &c.\n\n125. Any application, statement, notice, or other document, authorized or required to be left, made, or given at the Patent Office, or to the Commissioner, or to any other person, under these Regulations, may be sent by a prepaid letter through the post, and, if so sent, shall be deemed to have been left, made, or given, at the time when the letter containing it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.\n\nAmendment of documents.\n\n126. Any document, for the amending of which no special provision is made by the Act, may be amended, and any irregularity in procedure, which in the opinion of the Commissioner may be obviated without detriment to the interests of any person, may be corrected, if, and on such terms as, the Commissioner thinks fit.\n\n \n\nEnlargement of time for leaving or accepting complete specification.\n\n127. An application for enlargement of the time for leaving or accepting a complete specification shall be lodged in the Patent Office seven clear days before the original time for leaving or acceptance expires, and shall state in detail the circumstances and grounds in and upon which the enlargement is applied for; and the Commissioner may require the applicant to substantiate such allegations by such proof as the Commissioner thinks necessary.\n\nCommissioner may enlarge time.\n\n128. The time prescribed by these Regulations for doing any Act, or taking any proceeding thereunder, may be enlarged by the Commissioner if he thinks fit, and upon such notice to other parties and proceedings thereon, and upon such terms, as he directs.\n\nNotice to Commissioner of application for rectification of Register.\n\n129. Four clear days’ notice of every application to the Supreme Court for rectification of the Register of Patents shall be given to the Commissioner.\n\nPower of Commissioner to dispense with evidence, &c.\n\n130. Where, under these Regulations, any person is required to do any act or thing, or to sign any document, or to make any declaration or any document or evidence is required to be produced to, or left with, the Commissioner, or at the Patent Office, and it is shown, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, that, from any reasonable cause, such person is unable to do such act or thing, or to sign such document, or make such declaration, or that such document or evidence cannot be produced or left as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner, and upon the production of such other evidence, and subject to such terms as he thinks fit, to dispense with any such act or thing, document, declaration, or evidence.\n\nAgency.\n\n131. All documents, with the exception of the documents required by the Act or Regulations to be signed by the applicant, may be signed by, and all attendances upon the Commissioner may be made by or through a patent attorney, solicitor, or other person duly authorized to the satisfaction of the Commissioner and resident in the Commonwealth, and, if the Commissioner so requires, in or near the city in which the Patent Office is established.\n\nCommissioner’s discretion as to agents.\n\n132. The Commissioner shall not be bound to recognise as an agent any person whose name has been removed from the Register of Patent Attorneys kept under the provisions of this Act and has not been restored. The Commissioner may in his discretion refuse to recognise any patent attorney or solicitor whose conduct, in the Commissioner’s opinion, is calculated to prejudice the applicant’s interest, and may call on the applicant to appoint some other patent attorney or solicitor, or to communicate himself direct with the Commissioner. In any particular case the Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, require the personal signature or presence of an applicant, opponent, or other person.\n\nAddress for service and appointment of agent.\n\n133. Any notice of address for service or appointment of agent left at or sent to the Patent Office shall be binding on the person giving the notice until notice of revocation or of the appointment of some other address for service or of some other agent has been furnished by him to the Commissioner.\n\nREGISTRATION OF PATENT ATTORNEYS.\n\nRegister of patent attorneys.\n\n134. A Register shall be kept by the Commissioner for the registration of patent attorneys.\n\n \n\nDuties, &c., of patent attorneys.\n\n135. Patent attorneys shall be entitled to prepare all documents and deeds and transact all business and proceedings for the purposes of the Act and these Regulations, and the State Patent Acts, and communications between patent attorneys and their clients shall be privileged to the same extent as communications between solicitor and client.\n\nContents of Register.\n\n136. The Register shall contain the names of all the patent attorneys who are registered under the Act and these Regulations, and shall be made out alphabetically according to the surnames of the registered persons, and shall contain the full name of each registered person, together with his designation, address, and the date of his registration.\n\nThe Register shall be in the Form AA in the Second Schedule.\n\nPrinted copies to be published.\n\n137. The Commissioner shall publish in the Gazette or official journal of the Patent Office in the month of January in each year a list of all patent attorneys whose names are on the Register. The list so published shall be admissible as evidence.\n\nRegistration of attorneys.\n\n138. Any person entitled to be registered as a patent attorney may lodge at the Patent Office a declaration in the Form BB or CC in the Second Schedule, as the case requires, and such further or other proof of the allegations as the Commissioner requires.\n\nUpon receipt of such declaration, or of such further or other proof to his satisfaction, and upon payment of the prescribed fee of £5, the Commissioner shall register such person as a patent attorney, and shall issue to him a certificate under the hand of the Commissioner and the seal of the Patent Office in the Form DD in the Second Schedule.\n\nCertificate of Board.\n\n139. Except as provided in the Act, no person shall be entitled to be registered as a patent attorney unless he has passed, and produces or transmits to the Commissioner a certificate in the Form EE in the Second Schedule that he has passed the patent attorneys’ examination.\n\nCorrection of Register.\n\n140. The Commissioner shall insert in the Register any alteration which is notified to him in writing, or which comes to his knowledge, in the address of any patent attorney, and shall remove from the Register the name of any person whom he knows to be dead, and may correct any entry in the Register which is proved to his satisfaction to have been incorrectly made.\n\nRemoval of name by consent.\n\n141. The Commissioner may at the request of any patent attorney remove his name from the Register and thereupon he shall cease to be a patent attorney. The Commissioner may, at the request of any person whose name has been removed from the Register under this Regulation, restore his name to the Register on payment of such fee and subject to such conditions as the Commissioner thinks fit.\n\nAnnual fee.\n\n142. Every patent attorney shall pay the prescribed annual fee payable by a patent attorney, which shall become due in advance on the 1st day of July in each year, but when a patent attorney is registered in any year after that date the first annual fee shall become due on the date of registration, but shall be for the portion of the year expiring on the 30th day of June then next, and the amount shall be proportionately reduced.\n\nRemoval of name for non-payment of fee.\n\n143. If any patent attorney fails to pay the annual fee specified in the First Schedule within one month from the day on which it becomes payable, the Commissioner shall send, by post or otherwise, to his registered address a notice requiring him to pay the fee on or before a day to be named in\n\n \nthe notice, and if he does not, within one month from the day mentioned a such notice, pay the fee, the Commissioner may remove his name from he Register. Provided that the name so removed may on payment of the prescribed fee, be restored by the Commissioner on such grounds and subject to such conditions as the Commissioner thinks fit.\n\nRemoval of names of persons convicted of crime, and persons guilty of disgraceful conduct.\n\n144. (1) The Commissioner may remove from the Register the name of a person who has been proved to his satisfaction—\n\n(a) to have been convicted of a crime involving fraud or dishonesty, or of a disgraceful crime; or\n\n(b) to have been guilty of disgraceful professional conduct in his practice as a patent attorney; or\n\n(c) to have procured the entry of his name in the Register by fraud.\n\n(2) No person whose name has been erased from the Register under this Regulation shall have his name restored to the Register except by order of the Minister, and subject to such conditions as he sees fit to impose.\n\nNotice of removal of name.\n\n145. Notice of the removal of his name from the Register shall forthwith after the removal be given to the person whose name has been so removed.\n\nAppeal to Minister.\n\n146. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Commissioner as to the removal of his name from the Register may within 30 days after the receipt of the notice of removal appeal to the Minister, whose decision shall be final.\n\nEXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR REGISTRATION AS PATENT ATTORNEYS.\n\nBoard of Examiners.\n\n147. There shall be a Board of Examiners, consisting of the Commissioner and two or more competent persons appointed by the Minister, to be members of the Board.\n\nChairman of Board of Examiners.\n\n148. The Commissioner shall be chairman of the board; but, in the absence of the chairman from any meeting of the board, the other members of the Board may appoint one of their number to be chairman for that meeting.\n\nIn the case of an equality of votes, the chairman for the time being shall have a casting as well as a deliberative vote.\n\nQuorum.\n\n149. Two members shall form a quorum of the Board for the transaction of business.\n\nSecretary.\n\n150. The Board may appoint some officer of the Patent Office to be secretary to the Board.\n\nDuties of Secretary.\n\nThe secretary shall keep a minute book and record therein all business transacted by the board at their meetings, and such minutes shall be confirmed at the subsequent meeting, and shall be signed by the member for the time being in the chair.\n\nExamination by Board.\n\n151. The Board shall, if necessary, hold in every year an examination of candidates in the months of February and July.\n\nApplication by candidates.\n\n152. Every candidate for admission to practise as a patent attorney shall, at least 30 days before the date appointed for holding any examination, lodge with the secretary an application in Form FF, a declaration in Form GG, and a certificate in Form HH, in the Second Schedule, and pay the examination fee.\n\n \nSecretary to summon applicants.\n\n153. The secretary shall summon the candidates to be present at the time and place fixed by the Board for the examination, and the candidates shall, in the presence of the Board, or an examiner, give answers to the papers prepared by the Board.\n\nBoard to be examiners.\n\n154. The members of the Board shall act as examiners of candidates, but they may appoint examiners to assist in the conduct of examinations of candidates.\n\nTime limit for each paper.\n\n155. Three hours shall be allowed the candidate to answer the questions on the paper relating to each subject.\n\nEXAMINATION.\n\nSubjects for examination.\n\n156. The examination shall be on Patent and Trade Marks Law and Practice and the duties of a Patent Attorney, including—\n\n(1) Patent and trade marks law of the Commonwealth, and the practice of the Patent Office.\n\n(2) The preparation of a provisional and complete specification to be attached to an application for any kind of invention named by the Board.\n\n(3) Patent and trade marks case law.\n\n(4) The patent and trade marks law and practice of England and other countries.\n\nBooks of reference.\n\n157. The Board may from time to time specify the books of reference to be studied by candidates for examination, but six months’ notice shall be given before any alteration in the books so specified is made.\n\nExamination papers.\n\n158. The examination shall be by papers prepared on each subject, on each of which shall not be more than ten questions, and a member of the Board, or an examiner appointed by the Board, shall be present during the whole time of the examination.\n\nCertificate of Board.\n\n159. If the Board are satisfied as to the proficiency and fitness of a candidate at an examination, it shall issue to him a certificate in the Form EE in the Second Schedule.\n\nCandidate may present himself at subsequent examinations.\n\n160. If any candidate does not present himself at, or fails to pass, any examination at which he has given notice of his intention to present himself, he shall be entitled, upon giving at least 30 days’ notice in writing to the secretary, and otherwise complying with the requirements of these Regulations, to present himself at any subsequent examination.\n\nBoard may make inquiries as to the moral fitness of candidates.\n\n161. The Board may make any inquiries they deem necessary and proper as to the moral fitness of any person applying to be examined as a candidate for admission to practise as a patent attorney, and if, in consequence of such inquiries, the Board are of opinion that the candidate is unfit to be admitted to practise as a patent attorney, they may, in their discretion, refuse to grant a certificate to the candidate.\n\nMISCELLANEOUS.\n\nUse of words “Patent Office,” &c.\n\n162. No person other than the Commissioner shall use or advertise the words “Patent Office” or “Office for obtaining Patents,” or words of similar import in connexion with his office or business, or shall place them on any building in such a manner as to be likely to deceive or mislead; and every person guilty of a contravention of this Regulation shall be liable to a penalty of Ten pounds.\n\nRepeal of previous regulations.\n\n163. All Regulations heretofore made under the Act are hereby repealed as from the date of the coming into operation of these Regulations, save as to anything lawfully done, or any right, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued, or incurred thereunder.\n\n \n\nFIRST SCHEDULE.\n\nFEES.\n\nAs set out in the Second Schedule to the Act.\n\n| | £ | s. | d. |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | --- | --- |\n| On filing application for patent...................................... | 1 | 0 | 0 |\n| On acceptance of complete specification................................ | 2 | 0 | 0 |\n| For preparation of patent for sealing................................... | 5 | 0 | 0 |\n| On the expiration of the seventh year of the period of the patent................ | 5 | 0 | 0 |\n| On filing notice of opposition....................................... | 2 | 0 | 0 |\n\nFees payable on and in connexion witn Letters Patent in Addition to those set out in the second schedule to the act.\n\n```html\n

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10

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2. On filing complete specification after provisional specification for an additional patent

1

0

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3. On filing application for additional patent accompanied by a complete specification.

1

10

0

4. For preparation of additional patent for sealing..........................

2

10

0

5. Renewal fee for additional patent...................................

2

10

0

6. On appeal from Commissioner to Law Officer..........................

3

0

0

7. On appeal from Commissioner to the Court............................

3

0

0

8. On hearing by Commissioner in opposition cases. By applicant and opponent respectively

1

0

0

9. Application to amend specification. Before sealing.......................

2

0

0

10. Application to amend specification. After sealing.......................

3

0

0

11. On lodging notice of opposition to amendment.........................

2

0

0

12. On hearing by Commissioner of application to amend. By applicant and by opponent respectively

1

0

0

13. On application to amend specification during action or proceeding............

3

0

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14. On Enlargement of time for Payment of Renewal Fees—

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15. For every entry of an assignment, Transmission, Agreement, Licence, or Extension of Patent

1

0

0

16. For duplicate of Letters Patent................................each

2

0

0

17. Search or inspection fee.....................................each

0

1

0

18. Annual search fee............................................

5

0

0

19. Office copies of documents, for every 100 words, but never less than one shilling..

0

0

6

20. For office copies of drawings, sun prints.......................per sheet

0

1

0

21. For certifying office copies, MSS or printed........................each

0

5

0

22. For certificate of Commissioner under section 28.......................

0

10

0

23. For altering address in Register...................................

0

10

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24. For correction of clerical error, before sealing..........................

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10

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10

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27. For enlargement of time for lodging Complete Specification................

1

0

0

28. For enlargement of time for acceptance of Complete Specification—

Not exceeding one month....................................

1

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Not exceeding two months...................................

2

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3

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29. On application to lodge further evidence in Opposition Cases by person making application

2

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30. On hearing by Commissioner. By applicant and opponent respectively.........

1

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31. On appeal from Commissioner to the High Court.......................

5

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32. On application to Court for extension of Patent.........................

10

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5

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34. On application for a compulsory licence. By person applying................

5

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35. On opposition to grant of compulsory licence. By opponent.................

3

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5

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2

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A. Application for a patent—By an actual inventor or two or more actual inventors or his or their assignee, agent, attorney, or nominee

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A 7. Application for an additional patent—By a patentee or patentees................

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A 8. Application for a patent under section 7 of the Act—By the patentee of an invention patented in one State

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A 9. Application for a patent under section 7 of the Act—By the patentee of an invention patented in more than one State

30

A 10. Application for a patent after revocation of a patent obtained in fraud

31

B. Provisional specification............................................

32

C Complete specification.............................................

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C 1. Application for extension of time for leaving a complete specification............

34

C 2. Application for extension of time for acceptance of a complete specification........

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D. Statement of address for service—Where application is made without an agent........

36

E. Appointment of agent and of address for service............................

37

F. Notice by Commissioner of his refusal to accept............................

38

G. Opposition to grant of patent.........................................

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H. Application for hearing by the Commissioner in cases of refusal to accept, opposition, or applications for amendment, &c.

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I. Form of notice that hearing before the Commissioner will be attended..............

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J. Application to amend specification or drawings.............................

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K. Opposition to amendment of specification or drawings........................

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L. Petition for grant of compulsory licence or revocation of patent..................

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M. Opposition to petition for grant of compulsory licence or revocation of patent........

45

N Application for certificate that the renewal fee has been paid....................

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O. Certificate of renewal.............................................

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P. Application for enlargement of time for payment of renewal fee..................

48

Q. Request to enter name upon the Register of Patents..........................

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R. Request to enter notification of licence or other document in the Register of Patents.....

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S. Application for duplicate of patent.....................................

51

T. Indorsement of assignment upon Letters Patent under section 21.................

52

U. Request for correction of clerical error..................................

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V. Certificate of Commissioner.........................................

54

W. Request for alteration of an address in Register............................

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X. Application for entry of order of the High Court or the Supreme Court in the Register...

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Y. Appeal to law officer..............................................

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Z. Appeal to the High Court or to the Supreme Court...........................

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AA. Form of register of Patent Attorneys...................................

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BB. Form of declaration to be made by a person applying for registration as a Patent Attorney

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CC. Form of declaration to be made by a person formerly employed as an officer in the Patent Office of a State applying for registration as a Patent Attorney

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\n```\n\n \n\nSecond Schedule—continued.\n\n| | | Page |\n| --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- |\n| DD. | Commissioner’s Certificate of Registration of a Patent Attorney................ | 61 |\n| EE. | Board of Examiners’ Certificate that candidate has passed Patent Attorney’s examination | 62 |\n| FF | Form of notice of intention to become a candidate for the Patent Attorney’s examination | 62 |\n| GG. | Form of declaration by candidate for Patent Attorney’s examination............. | 63 |\n| HH | Form of certificate to be lodged by candidate for Patent Attorney’s examination..... | 64 |\n\n \n\nTHE SECOND SCHEDULE.\n\nForm A.\n\n| (To be accompanied by 2 copies of Form B or of Form C.) |\n| ------------------------------------------------------- |\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR A PATENT.\n\n(By an Actual Inventor or two or more Actual Inventors, or his or their Assignee, Agent, Attorney, or Nominee.)\n\nI,/We, (1)\n\nof, (2)\n\n(3)\n\nhereby apply that a Patent may be granted to me/us for an invention entitled (4)\n\nand I/we do hereby declare that I am/we are (5) \\*\n\nthe actual inventor of the said invention, and I/we verily believe that I am/we are entitled to such Patent under the provisions of the Patents Act 1903. And I/we further declare that I am/we are in possession of the said invention, and that it is not in use within the Commonwealth of Australia by any person or persons to the best of my/our knowledge and belief.\n\nAnd I/we make this declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\nDated this day of a.d. 190\n\nSignature of Witness—(6) Signature of Applicant—(6)\n\n(6) Name or Names in full.\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name of Applicant or Applicants.\n\n(2) Here insert, (in full) Address or Addresses.\n\n(3) Here insert Occupation or Occupations.\n\n(4) Here insert Title of Invention.\n\n(5) The Actual Inventor or Inventors; or the Assignee, Agent, Attorney, or Nominee of the Actual Inventor or Inventors.\n\n\\* Where the applicant is not the actual inventor, insert particulars set forth in section 32. In every instance the name of the actual inventor must be disclosed.\n\nWho may apply for a Patent.\n\nSection 32.—(1) Any person, whether a British subject or not, may make an application for a Patent.\n\n(2) Two or more persons may make joint application for a Patent, and a Patent may be granted to them jointly.\n\n(3) Any of the following persons may make application for a Patent:—\n\n(a) The actual inventor; or\n\n(b) his assignee, agent, attorney, or nominee; or\n\n(c) the actual inventor or his nominee jointly with the assignee of a part interest in the invention; or\n\n(d) the legal representative of a deceased actual inventor or of his assignee; or\n\n(e) any person to whom the invention has been communicated by the actual inventor, his legal representative, or assignee (if the actual inventor, his legal representative, or assignee is not resident in the Commonwealth).\n\n \nForm A1.\n\n| (To be accompanied by 2 copies of Form B or of Form C.) |\n| ------------------------------------------------------- |\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR A PATENT.\n\n(By the Actual Inventor jointly with the Assignee of a part interest in the Invention.)\n\nWe, (1)\n\nhereby apply that a Patent may be granted to us for an invention entitled (2)\n\nand I/we hereby declare that I/we (3) am/are the actual inventor\n\nthereof, and that I/we (4)\n\nam/are the Assignee of a part interest in the said invention\n\nAnd we further declare that we are in possession of the said invention, and that it is not in use within the Commonwealth of Australia by any other person or persons, to the best of our knowledge and belief.\n\nAnd we make this declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\nDated this day of a.d. 190 .\n\nSignature of Witnesses—(5) Signature of Applicants—(5)\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Names, Addresses, and Occupations of Applicants.\n\n(2) Here insert Title of Invention.\n\n(3) Here insert (in full) Name of Actual Inventor or Inventors.\n\n(4) Here insert (in full) Name of Assignee or Assignees.\n\n(5) Name or Names in full.\n\n \nForm A2.\n\n| (To be accompanied by 2 copies of Form B or of Form C.) |\n| ------------------------------------------------------- |\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR A PATENT.\n\n(By the Nominee of the Actual Inventor jointly with the Assignee of a part interest in the Invention.)\n\nWe, (1)\n\nhereby apply that a Patent may be granted to us for an Invention entitled (2)\n\nWe declare that (3) is/are the actual inventor thereof,\n\nAnd I,/we,(4)\n\nhereby declare that I am/we are the Nominee of the Actual Inventor\n\nAnd I/we (5)\n\nhereby declare that I am/we are the Assignee of a part interest in the said Invention from (3)\n\nAnd we further declare that we are in possession of the said invention, and that it is not in use within the Commonwealth of Australia by any other person or persons, to the best of our knowledge and belief.\n\nAnd we make this declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\nDated this day of a.d., 190 .\n\nSignature of Witnesses—(6). Signature of Applicants—(6)\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Names, Addresses, and Occupations of Applicants.\n\n(2) Here insert Title of Invention.\n\n(3) Here insert (in full) Name of Actual Inventor or Inventors.\n\n(4) Here insert (in full) Name of Nominee of Actual Inventor or Inventors.\n\n(5) Here insert (in full) Name of Assignee or Assignees of Actual Inventor or Inventors.\n\n(6) Names in full.\n\n \n\nForm A3.\n\n| (To be accompanied by 2 copies of Form B or of Form C.) |\n| ------------------------------------------------------- |\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR A PATENT.\n\n(By the Legal Representative or Assignee of a Deceased Actual Inventor or Inventors.)\n\nI,/We, (1)\n\ndo hereby apply that a Patent may be granted to me/us for an invention entitled (2)\n\nAnd I/we declare that (3)\n\nwho died at on the day of was the\n\nactual inventor thereof, and I am/we are the (4)\n\nand I/we do hereby declare that I am/we are in possession of the said invention, and that it is not in use within the Commonwealth of Australia by any other person or persons to the best of my/our knowledge and belief.\n\nAnd I/we make this declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\nDated this day of a.d. 190 .\n\nSignature of Witness—(5) Signature of Applicant—(5)\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name, Address, and Occupation of Applicant or Applicants.\n\n(2) Here insert Title of Invention.\n\n(3) Here insert (in full) Name of Deceased Actual Inventor or Inventors.\n\n(4) Here insert whether Legal Representative or Assignee of the Deceased Actual Inventor or Inventors.\n\n(5) Name or Names in full.\n\n \n\nForm A4.\n\n| (To be accompanied by 2 copies of Form B or of Form C.) |\n| ------------------------------------------------------- |\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR A PATENT FOR AN INVENTION COMMUNICATED FROM ABROAD.\n\n(By any person to whom the invention has been Communicated by the Actual Inventor, his Legal Representative, or Assignee.)\n\nI, (1)\n\nof (2)\n\nin the Commonwealth of Australia (3)\n\nhereby apply that a Patent may be granted to me for an invention entitled (4)\n\nand I declare that (5)\n\nis the actual inventor thereof, and that the said invention has been communicated to me by (6) (7) (8)\n\nAnd I declare that I am in possession of the said invention and that it is not in use within the Commonwealth of Australia by any other person or persons, to the best of my knowledge and belief; and I further declare that the said (9)\n\nis not resident within the Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nAnd I make this declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\nDated this day of a.d. 190 .\n\nSignature of Witness—(10) Signature of Applicant—(10)\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name of Applicant.\n\n(2) Here insert full Address.\n\n(3) Here insert Occupation of Applicant.\n\n(4) Here insert Title of Invention.\n\n(5) Here insert (in full) Name of Actual Inventor.\n\n(6) Here insert Name and full Address of Communicator.\n\n(7) Here insert Occupation of Communicator.\n\n(8) State whether Actual Inventor, or Legal Representative, or Assignee of the Actual Inventor.\n\n(9) Here insert name of Communicator.\n\n(10) Name in full.\n\nWhere the Communicator is the legal representative or assignee of the actual inventor, the name of the latter must be disclosed.\n\n \nForm A5.\n\n| (To be accompanied by 2 copies of Form B or of Form C.) |\n| ------------------------------------------------------- |\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR A PATENT ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY AS ASSIGNEE OF THE ACTUAL INVENTOR.\n\nThe (1)\n\ncarrying on business as (2)\n\nat (3)\n\nhereby applies for a Patent for an invention entitled (4)\n\nand I/we (5) on behalf of the\n\nsaid company declare that (6)\n\nis the actual inventor of the said invention, and that the said company is the assignee of the said invention from the said (6)\n\nAnd I/we further declare that the said company are in possession of the said invention, and that it is not in use within the Commonwealth of Australia by any other person or persons, to the best of our knowledge and belief, and I/we further declare that we are authorized to make this declaration on behalf of the said company.\n\nAnd I/we make this declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\nDated this day of a.d. 190 .\n\nSignature of Witnesses— Execution by Company.\n\nSignature of declarants.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name of Company.\n\n(2) State business of Company.\n\n(3) Here insert Address of Company.\n\n(4) Here insert Title of Invention.\n\n(5) Here insert Name, Address, and Description of person authorized to make declaration.\n\n(6) Here insert (in full) Name of Actual Inventor or Inventors.\n\n \nForm A7.\n\n| (To be accompanied by 2 copies of Form B or of Form C.) |\n| ------------------------------------------------------- |\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL PATENT.\n\n(By a Patentee or Patentees.)\n\nI/We, (1)\n\nhereby apply for an “Additional Patent” in respect of an invention entitled (2)\n\nwhich invention is an improvement on an invention entitled (3)\n\nof which I am/we are the patentee by virtue of Letters Patent Number (4)\n\ndated the (5) day of a.d. 190 ,\n\ngranted to (6),\n\nwhich Letters Patent are in full force.\n\nAnd I/we declare that (7) is/are the actual inventor of the invention for which I/we apply for an “Additional Patent”\n\nI/We, further declare that the said invention for which I/we apply for an “Additional Patent,” is not in use within the Commonwealth of Australia by any other person or persons to the best of my/our knowledge and belief.\n\nAnd I/we make this declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true\n\nDated this day of a.d. 190 .\n\nSignature of Witness—(8) Signature of Applicant—(8)\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name, Address, and Occupation of Applicant or Applicants.\n\n(2) Here insert Title of Invention.\n\n(3) Here insert title of original Invention.\n\n(4) Here insert Number of Patent.\n\n(5) Here insert Date of Patent.\n\n(6) Here insert in full name of Grantee or Grantees.\n\n(7) Here insert Name in full of actual Inventor.\n\n(8) Names in full.\n\n \nForm A8.\n\n| (To be accompanied by 2 copies of Form C, and 1 copy of the specification and drawings upon which the State Patent was granted.) |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR A PATENT UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE ACT.\n\n(By the Patentee of an invention patented in one State.)\n\nI,/We, (1)\n\ndo declare that I am/we are the Patentee in the State of (2) of\n\nan invention entitled (3)\n\nor which Letters Patent No. dated the day of\n\na.d. 190 , have been granted and are in full force.\n\nAnd I/we do hereby apply that a Patent may be granted to me/us for the said invention; and I/we do further declare that to the best of my/our knowledge and belief the said invention is novel and has not been published or made the subject of a pending application in any other State.\n\nAnd I/we make this declaration conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\nDated this day of a.d. 190 .\n\nSignature of Witness—(4) Signature of Applicant—(4)\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name, Address, and Occupation of Applicant or Applicants.\n\n(2) Here insert name of State in which Patent was granted.\n\n(3) Here insert Title of Invention.\n\n(4) Name or Names in full.\n\n \nForm A9.\n\n| (To be accompanied by 2 copies of Form C, and 1 copy of the specification and drawings upon which the State Patent was granted.) |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR A PATENT UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE ACT.\n\n(By the Patentee of an invention patented in more than one State.)\n\nI,/We, (1)\n\nhereby declare that I am/we are the Patentee in the State of (2)\n\nof an invention entitled (3) for which Letters Patent No. , dated the day of a.d. 190 , have been granted and are in full force:\n\nAnd I/we hereby apply that a Patent may be granted to me/us for the said invention: And I/we declare that the said invention has been patented or made the subject of pending applications as follows (4):\n\nAnd I/we further declare that to the best of my/our knowledge and belief the said invention has not been patented or made the subject of a pending application in any other State.\n\nAnd I/we make this declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\nDated this day of a.d. 190 .\n\nSignature of Witness—(5) Signature of Applicant—(5)\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name, Address, and Occupation of Applicant or Applicants.\n\n(2) Here insert Name of State in which earliest Patent was granted.\n\n(3) Here insert Title of Invention.\n\n(4) Here insert Name of each State, followed by particulars giving the Official Number and Date of the Patent or application in each respectively.\n\n(5) Name or Names in full.\n\n \nForm A10.\n\n| (To be accompanied by 2 copies of Form B or of Form C.) |\n| ------------------------------------------------------- |\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR A PATENT AFTER REVOCATION OF A PATENT OBTAINED IN FRAUD.\n\nI,/We, (1)\n\nhereby apply for a Patent for an invention entitled (2)\n\nand I/we do declare that I am/we are (3) \\*\n\nthe Actual Inventor thereof, and that the Patent, Number dated the day of a.d. 190 obtained for the said invention in fraud of my rights, has been revoked by an Order of the (4) dated the day of a.d. 190 .\n\nAnd I/we request that any Patent for the said invention that may be granted to me/us upon this Application shall bear date as of the date of revocation of the Patent so revoked and shall be for the remainder of the term for which the revoked Patent was originally granted.\n\nAnd I/we make this declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\nDated this day of a.d. 190 .\n\nSignature of Witness—(5) Signature of Applicant—(5)\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name, Address, and Occupation of Applicant or Applicants.\n\n(2) Here insert Title of Invention.\n\n(3) The actual inventor or inventors, or the assignee, agent, attorney, or nominee of the actual inventor or inventors.\n\n(4) Here insert name of Court such as the High Court.\n\n(5) Name or Names in full.\n\n\\* Where the Applicant is not the actual inventor, insert particulars set forth in Section 32. In every instance the name of the actual inventor must be disclosed.\n\nWho may apply for a Patent.\n\nSection 32.—(1) Any person, whether a British subject or not, may make an application for a Patent.\n\n(2) Two or more persons may make joint application for a Patent, and a Patent may be granted to them jointly.\n\n(3) Any of the following persons may make application for a Patent:—\n\n(a) The actual inventor; or\n\n(b) his assignee, agent, attorney, or nominee; or\n\n(c) the actual inventor or his nominee jointly with the assignee of a part interest in the invention; or\n\n(d) the legal representative of a deceased actual inventor or of his assignee; or\n\n(e) any person to whom the invention has been communicated by the actual inventor his legal representative, or assignee (if the actual inventor, his legal representative, or assignee is not resident in the Commonwealth).\n\n \nForm B.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nPROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.\n\n(1)\n\nI,/We, (2)\n\nhereby declare the nature of my/our invention entitled (1)\n\nto be as follows:—\n\nDated this day of a.d. 190 .\n\nSignature of Witness—(4) Signature of Applicant—(4)\n\n(1) Here insert Title of Invention as in Application Form.\n\n(2) Here insert (in full) Name, Address, and Occupation of Applicant or Applicants as in Application Form.\n\n(4) Name or Names in full.\n\nN.B.—Patents Regulations 33–37—Size, etc., of Documents.—Subject to any directions given by the Commissioner, all documents and copies of documents sent to or left at the Patent Office, or furnished to the Commissioner or to the Court or the Law Officer shall be written or printed in the English language, on tough white paper of good quality, not thinner than 300 sheets to the inch. The sheets shall be thirteen (13) inches by eight (8) inches, with a margin of not less than two inches at the left side, and one-half inch elsewhere.\n\nThe top half of the first sheet of a specification shall be left blank, and the writing or printing shall be on one side only.\n\nThe contents shall be written or printed in carbonaceous or other permanent ink not affected by bleaching agents. If written, the writing shall be large and legible, not more than ten (10) letters per inch, and with not more than two line-spaces per inch. If printed, the type shall not be less than pica, and there shall not be more than three line-spaces per inch.\n\nThe date and the signature shall be on the last page, which shall, in the case of the complete specification, also contain the conclusion of the claims, and in the case of the provisional specification, the conclusion of the description of the nature of the invention.\n\nThe signatures to all documents must be written in full in a large and legible hand.\n\nA copy of each provisional or complete specification shall be lodged at the Patent Office at the same time as the original.\n\nThe copy shall be marked “true copy,” and shall be signed by the applicant or his agent.\n\nCopies of all other documents required by the Commissioner shall be left as directed by him.\n\n \nForm C.\n\n| When provisional specification has been left, quote No. and date. |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------- |\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nNo.\n\nDate\n\nCOMPLETE SPECIFICATION.\n\n(1)\n\nI,/We, (2)\n\nhereby declare this invention, and the manner in which it is to be performed, to be fully described and ascertained in and by the following Statement (3)\n\nHaving now fully described and ascertained my/our said invention and the manner in which it is to be performed, I/we declare that what I/we claim is:—\n\n1\\. (4)\n\n2.\n\n3.\n\n4.\n\n5.\n\nDated this day of a.d. 190\n\nSignature of Witness—(5) Signature of Applicant—(5)\n\n(1) Here insert Title of Invention as in Application Form.\n\n(2) Here insert (in full) Name, Address, and Occupation of Applicant or Applicants.\n\n(3) Here describe the Invention at length.\n\n(4) Here state distinctly the Invention claimed. There is no limit to the number of claims.\n\n(5) Name or Names in full.\n\nNote.—If a Specification be accompanied by drawings, these must be prepared in accordance with the Patents Regulations 1904.\n\nPatent Regulations 33–37—Size, etc., of Documents.—Subject to any directions given by the Commissioner, all documents and copies of documents sent to or left at the Patent Office or furnished to the Commissioner or to the Court or the Law Officer shall be written or printed in the English language, on tough white paper, of good quality, not thinner than 300 sheets to the inch. The sheets shall be thirteen (13) inches by eight (8) inches, with a margin of not less than two inches at the left side, and one-half inch elsewhere.\n\nThe top half of the first sheet of a specification shall be left blank, and the writing or printing shall be on one side only.\n\nThe contents shall be written or printed in carbonaceous or other permanent ink not affected by bleaching agents. If written, the writing shall be large and legible, not more than ten (10) letters per inch, and with not more than two line-spaces per inch. If printed, the type shall not be less than pica, and there shall not be more than three line-spaces per inch.\n\nThe date and the signature shall be on the last page, which shall, in the case of the complete specification also contain the conclusion of the claims, and in the case of the provisional specification the conclusion of the description of the nature of the invention.\n\nThe signatures to all documents must be written in full in a large and legible hand.\n\nA copy of each provisional or complete specification shall be lodged at the Patent Office at the same time as the original. The copy shall be marked “true copy,” and shall be signed by the applicant or his agent,\n\nCopies of all other documents required by the Commissioner shall be left as directed by him.\n\nC.13727.\n\n \nForm C 1.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR LEAVING A COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.\n\nIn the matter of Application No.\n\nby\n\nfor a Patent for an invention entitled\n\n(Place)—\n\n(Date)—\n\nI/We hereby apply for an extension of time for one month within which to leave a complete specification upon Application No. dated the day of a.d. 190 .\n\nThe circumstances in and grounds upon which this extension is applied for are as follow:—(1)\n\n(2)\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) The circumstances and grounds must be stated in detail.\n\n(2) Signature of Applicant or Agent.\n\n \nForm C 2.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR ACCEPTANCE OF A COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.\n\n(Place)—\n\n(Date)—\n\nI/We hereby apply for extension of time for month\n\nfor the acceptance of the complete specification upon Application No.\n\ndated the day of a.d. 190 .\n\nThe circumstances in and the grounds upon which this extension is applied for are as follow:—(1)\n\n(2)\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) The circumstance and grounds must be stated in detail.\n\n(2) Signature of Applicant or Agent.\n\n \n\nForm D.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nSTATEMENT OF ADDRESS FOR SERVICE.\n\n(Where application is made without an Agent.)\n\nSir,\n\nI/We hereby authorize and request you to send all notices, requisitions, and communications in connexion with my/our application for Letters Patent for my/our invention entitled (1)\n\n(2)\n\nDated this day of a.d. 190 .\n\nSignature of Applicant—(3)\n\nNote.—A particular address must be given. An address such as “General Post Office, Melbourne,” will not be accepted.\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert Title of Invention.\n\n(2) Here insert full Address.\n\n(3) Name or Names in full.\n\n \n\nForm E.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPOINTMENT OF AGENT AND OF ADDRESS FOR SERVICE.\n\nKnow you that I/we (1)\n\nhereby nominate, constitute, and appoint (2)\n\nof (3)\n\nin the Commonwealth of Australia (4)\n\nmy/our agent (5) to obtain Letters Patent\n\nin the Commonwealth of Australia in my/our favour for my/our invention entitled (6) and for that purpose to sign my/our name and as my/our act and deed to seal and deliver all documents (except such as are required by the Patents Act 1903 and Regulations to be executed by me/us) that my/our said agent may think necessary or desirable, and I/we further empower my/our said agent to alter and amend such documents, whether originally executed by me/us or otherwise, in any manner which may be necessary, and I/we authorize and request you to send all notices, requisitions, and communications in connexion with my/our said application to him at his address as above given.\n\nDated this day of a.d. 190 .\n\nSigned, sealed, and delivered by the said\n\n![C1904L00070.jpg](image.001.jpeg)\n\nin the presence of—\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name, Address and Occupation of Principal.\n\n(2) Here insert (in full) Name of Agent.\n\n(3) Here insert full Address of Agent.\n\n(4) Here insert Occupation of Agent.\n\n(5) Applicant may here insert the words “with full powers of substitution and revocation.”\n\n(6) Here insert Title of Invention.\n\n \n\nForm F.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nNOTICE BY COMMISSIONER OF HIS REFUSAL TO ACCEPT.\n\nIn the matter of the Application, No. of\n\nfor a Patent for an Invention entitled\n\nSIR,\n\nI, Commissioner of Patents,\n\nhereby give you notice that, in accordance with the provisions of Section 46 of the Patents Act 1903, I refuse to accept the\n\nor the above-mentioned invention for the following reasons:—\n\nGiven under my hand at the Patent Office this. day of a.d. 190 .\n\nCommissioner of Patents.\n\n \n\nForm G.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nOPPOSITION TO GRANT OF PATENT.\n\n(To be furnished in duplicate.)\n\n(Place)—\n\n(Date)—\n\nI, (1)\n\nhereby give notice of my intention to oppose the grant of Patent upon Application No. of a.d. 190 , applied for by upon the ground (2)\n\nMy address for service in the Commonwealth is (3)\n\n(4)\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name and Address of Opponent.\n\n(2) Here state upon which of the grounds of opposition permitted by Section 56 of the Act the Grant is opposed.\n\n(3) Here state Address in the Commonwealth for service of Declarations.\n\n(4) Name (in full) of Opponent or Authorized Agent.\n\nNote.—Particular attention is directed to Patents Regulations governing oppositions to the grant of Letters Patent.\n\n \n\nForm H.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR HEARING BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CASES OF REFUSAL TO ACCEPT, OPPOSITION, OR APPLICATIONS FOR AMENDMENT, ETC.\n\nPlace—\n\nDate—\n\nSir,\n\nI, (1)\n\nhereby apply to be heard in reference to Application No.\n\ndated the day of a.d. 190\n\nmade by\n\nand request that I may receive due notice of the day fixed for the hearing.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient Servant,\n\n(2)\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name and Address.\n\n(2) Name (in full) of Applicant, Opponent, or Authorized Agent.\n\n \n\nForm I.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nFORM OF NOTICE THAT HEARING BEFORE COMMISSIONER WILL BE ATTENDED.\n\nSir,\n\nI, (1)\n\nof (2)\n\nhereby give notice that the hearing in reference to Application No. dated\n\nthe day of a.d. 190 , made by\n\nwill be attended by myself or by some person on my behalf.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient Servant,\n\n(3)\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Insert Name.\n\n(2) Insert Address.\n\n(3) Signature of Applicant or person authorized on his behalf.\n\n \n\nForm J.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION TO AMEND SPECIFICATION OR DRAWINGS.\n\nPlace—\n\nDate—\n\nI,/We, (1)\n\nseek leave to amend the\n\nof Application/Patent No. Dated the day of a.d. 190\n\nas shown in red ink in the copy of the original\n\nduly certified hereunto annexed.\n\n\\* I/We declare that no action for infringement or proceeding for revocation of the Letters Patent in question is pending.\n\nMy reasons for making this amendment are as follow:—\n\n(2)\n\n(3)\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name and Address of Applicant or Applicants.\n\n(2) Here state reasons for seeking Amendment.\n\n(3) Name (in full) of Applicant or Applicants.\n\n\\* These words to be struck out when Letters Patent not sealed, or, if sealed, the Application is made in pursuance of an Order of the Court, or a Justice or Judge thereof.\n\nSection 78.—No amendment shall be allowed that would make the specification as amended claim an invention substantially larger than or substantially different from the invention claimed by the specification before amendment.\n\nRegulation 86.—Where a request for leave to amend is made in pursuance of an Order of the Court or a justice or Judge thereof, an official copy of the Order shall be left, with the request, at the Patent Office.\n\n \n\nForm K.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nOPPOSITION TO AMENDMENT OF SPECIFICATION OR DRAWINGS.\n\n(To be furnished in duplicate.)\n\nPlace—\n\nDate—\n\nI, (1)\n\nhereby give notice of my intention to oppose the Application to Amend the Specification (or Drawings) of Application/Patent No. dated the day of a.d. 190 , upon the ground\n\n(2)\n\nMy address for service in the Commonwealth is (3)\n\n(4)\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name and Address of Opponent.\n\n(2) Here state Ground of Opposition.\n\n(3) Here state Address in the Commonwealth for Service of Declaration.\n\n(4) Name (in full) of Opponent.\n\nRegulation 99.—On the hearing of the case no Opposition shall be allowed on any other grounds than that the specification if amended as desired would make the specification claim an invention substantially larger than or substantially different from the invention claimed by the specification before amendment.\n\n \n\nForm L.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nPETITION FOR, GRANT OF COMPULSORY LICENCE, OR REVOCATION OF PATENT.\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Petition of\n\nof in the State of\n\nbeing a person interested in the matter of this Petition as hereinafter described:—\n\nShoweth as follows:—\n\nA Patent No. (1) dated the day of a.d\n\n190 , was granted to (2)\n\nfor an invention entitled (3)\n\nThe grounds on which the prayer of this Petition is founded are as follow:—(4)\n\nHaving regard to the circumstances above stated, the Petitioner alleges that the reasonable requirements of the public with respect to the patented invention have not been satisfied.\n\nYour Petitioner therefore prays for the grant of a compulsory licence to him (5) or in the alternative for the revocation of the patent.\n\nDated this day of a.d. 190\n\nSignature of Petitioner—(6)\n\n(1) Here insert Number and Date of Patent.\n\n(2) Here insert Name of Patentee or Patentees.\n\n(3) Here insert Title of Invention.\n\n(4) State fully in numbered paragraphs the grounds on which the petitioner relies to support his prayer.\n\n(5) State nature of licence asked for by petitioner.\n\n(6) Name or Names in full.\n\n \nForm M.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nOPPOSITION TO PETITION FOR GRANT OF COMPULSORY LICENCE OR REVOCATION OF PATENT.\n\nPlace—\n\nDate—\n\nI,/We,\n\nhereby give notice of Opposition to the Petition of\n\nin regard to Patent No. dated the day of\n\na.d. 190 .\n\nThe grounds upon which I/we oppose the said Petition are as follow:—(1)\n\nSignature of Patentee (2)\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here state fully the grounds of Opposition.\n\n(2) Name or Names in full.\n\n \nForm N.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE THAT THE RENEWAL FEE HAS BEEN PAID.\n\nPlace—\n\nDate—\n\nI, (1)\n\nhereby apply for a Certificate that the Renewal Fee has been paid in respect of\n\nPatent No. , dated the day of a.d. 190 ,\n\ngranted to (2) and hereby transmit the sum of £5 in payment therefor.\n\nSignature—(3)\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name and Address of Patentee or his Agent.\n\n(2) Here insert Name of Patentee.\n\n(3) Name (in full) of Patentee or his Agent.\n\n \nForm O.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nCERTIFICATE OF RENEWAL.\n\nLetters Patent No. , dated the day of , a.d. 190 .\n\nPatent Office,\n\n190 .\n\nThis is to certify that\n\ndid on the day of 190 , pay the Renewal fee of £5 in respect of the above-mentioned Patent and that by virtue of such payment the rights of the Patentee remain in force until the day of\n\na.d. 190 .\n\n(seal)\n\nCommissioner of Patents.\n\n \nForm P.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME FOR PAYMENT OF RENEWAL FEE.\n\nPlace—\n\nDate—\n\nI,/We, (1)\n\nhereby apply for an enlargement of time for month in which to\n\npay the Renewal fee of £5 in respect of (2) , Patent No\n\n; dated the day of a.d. 190 , and I/we\n\ntransmit herewith the sum of £ : : in payment for such enlargement.\n\nThe circumstances in which the payment was omitted are as follow:—(3)\n\n(4)\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name and Address to which reply is to be sent.\n\n(2) Here insert Name of Patentee.\n\n(3) The circumstances must be stated in detail.\n\n(4) Signature of Applicant.\n\n \nForm Q.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nREQUEST TO ENTER NAME UPON THE REGISTER OF PATENTS.\n\nPlace—\n\nDate—\n\nI,/We, (1)\n\nhereby request that you will enter my/our name in the Register of Patents. I/We claim to be entitled (2)\n\nof the Patent No. dated the day of a.d. 190\n\ngranted to (3)\n\nfor (4)\n\nby virtue of (5)\n\nAnd in proof whereof I/we transmit the accompanying (6)\n\nwith an attested copy thereof.\n\nSignature of Witness (7) Signature of Applicant (7)\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name, Address, and Occupation of Applicant or Applicants.\n\n(2) Here insert the Nature of the Claim (e.g., as Assignee.)\n\n(3) Here insert (in full) Name, Address, and Occupation of Patentee or Patentees.\n\n(4) Here insert Title of Invention.\n\n(5) Here specify the particulars of such Document, giving the Date and the Parties to the same, and showing how the Claim here made is substantiated.\n\n(6) Here insert the Nature of the document.\n\n(7) Name or Names in full.\n\n \nForm R.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nREQUEST TO ENTER NOTIFICATION OF LICENCE OR OTHER DOCUMENT IN THE REGISTER OF PATENTS.\n\nPlace—\n\nDate—\n\nI,/We, (1)\n\nhereby transmit an attested copy of (2)\n\nunder Patent No. dated the day of a.d. 190\n\nas well as the original document for verification, and I/we have to request that a notification thereof maybe entered in the Register.\n\n(Signature)\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name and Address.\n\n(2) Here insert a Description of the Nature of the Document.\n\n \nForm S.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR DUPLICATE OF PATENT.\n\nPlace—\n\nDate—\n\nSir,\n\nI/We hereby inform you that the Patent dated (1)\n\nNo. (1) granted to (1)\n\nfor an invention entitled (2)\n\nhas been (3)\n\nI/We beg therefore to apply for the issue of a duplicate of such Patent.\n\nSignature of Witness— Signature of Patentee—\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Date, Number, Name, and Address of Grantee.\n\n(2) Here insert Title of Invention.\n\n(3) Here insert the word “destroyed” or “lost,” as the case may be, and state in full the circumstances of the case, which must be verified by statutory declaration.\n\n \nForm T.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nINDORSEMENT OF ASSIGNMENT UPON LETTERS PATENT UNDER SECTION 21.\n\nI,/We,\n\nof\n\n(the transferror), in consideration of the sum of £ : : ., paid to me/us by\n\nof\n\n(the transferee) hereby assign and transfer to the said\n\nall my/our right title and interest in and to the said Letters Patent numbered\n\nTo hold unto the said\n\nhis/their executors, administrators, and assigns, subject to the several conditions on which\n\nI/we hold the same, and I/we, the said\n\nhereby accept the said Letters Patent subject to the same conditions.\n\nIn witness whereof I/we have hereunto affixed my/our hands and seals this\n\nday of a.d. 190\n\n| Signed, sealed, and delivered by the said Transferror in the presence of— | (l.s.) |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ |\n| Signed, sealed, and delivered by the said Transferee in the presence of— | (l.s.) |\n\n \n\nForm U.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nREQUEST FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL ERROR\n\nPlace—\n\nDate—\n\nSir,\n\nI,/We, (1)\n\nhereby request that the following Clerical Error (or Errors) may be corrected in the manner shown in red ink in the certified copy of the original (2)\n\nhereunto annexed.\n\n(3)\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name and Address.\n\n(2) Here state whether in Application, Specification, or Register.\n\n(3) Signature of Applicant or Patentee.\n\n \n\nForm V.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nCERTIFICATE OF COMMISSIONER.\n\nPatent Office\n\n190 .\n\nI,\n\nCommissioner of Patents, hereby certify that\n\n(seal)\n\nCommissioner of Patents.\n\nTo\n\n \n\nForm W.\n\nTHE SECOND SCHEDULE.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nREQUEST FOR ALTERATION OF AN ADDRESS IN REGISTER.\n\nPlace—\n\nDate—\n\nSir,\n\nPatent No.\n\nI,/We, (1)\n\nhereby request that my/our address now upon the Register of Patents may be altered as follows:—(2)\n\n(3)\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name and Address of Applicant.\n\n(2) Here insert full Address to be entered upon the Register.\n\n(3) Signature of Applicant.\n\n \n\nForm X.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903\n\nAPPLICATION FOR ENTRY OF ORDER OF THE HIGH COURT OR THE SUPREME COURT IN THE REGISTER.\n\nPlace—\n\nDate—\n\nI,/We, (1)\n\nhereby transmit an office copy of an Order of (2).\n\nwith reference to (3)\n\nand request you to rectify the Register of Patents accordingly.\n\nSignature—\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name and Address of Applicant.\n\n(2) The High Court, Supreme Court, or a Justice or Judge thereof.\n\n(3) Here state the purport of the Order.\n\n \n\nForm Y.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPEAL TO LAW OFFICER.\n\nPlace—\n\nDate—\n\nI,/We, (1)\n\nhereby give notice of my/our intention to appeal to the Law Officer from the direction of the Commissioner of Patents of the day of a.d. 190 , whereby he (2)\n\nApplication No. dated the day of a.d. 190 ,\n\nSignature of Applicant—\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name and Address of Applicant.\n\n(2) Here insert terms of the Direction.\n\n \n\nForm Z.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nAPPEAL TO THE HIGH COURT OR TO THE SUPREME COURT.\n\nPlace—\n\nDate—\n\nI,/We, (1)\n\nhereby give notice of my/our intention to appeal to the High/Supreme Court from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents of the day of a.d. 190\n\nwhereby he (2)\n\nApplication/Patent No. dated the day of a.d. 190 .\n\nSignature of Applicant—\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) Name and Address of Applicant.\n\n(2) Here insert “refused to accept Application for Patent,” “Application for Amendment,” or otherwise, as the case may be.\n\nState also the terms of such refusal.\n\n \n\nForm AA.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nREGISTER OF PATENT ATTORNEYS.\n\n| Official No. | Date of Registration. | Name. | Designation. | Address. | Memorandum of any proceeding after Registration is made. |\n| ------------ | --------------------- | ----- | ------------ | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |\n| | | | | | |\n\n \n\nForm BB.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nFORM OF DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY A PERSON APPLYING FOR REGISTRATION AS A PATENT ATTORNEY.\n\nI, (1)\n\nof (2)\n\nin the state of (3) , Commonwealth of Australia, Patent Agent, do solemnly and sincerely declare that I was at the commencement of the Patents Act 1903, bonâ fide practising as a Patent Agent at in the\n\nState of , and had been so practising for (4)\n\nprior to the first day of June, a.d. 1904, the date of such commencement, and in the course of my practice I acted as Agent in relation to the following matters, namely:—(5)\n\nin the Patent Office of the State of , and that I desire to have my name registered as a Patent Attorney, in pursuance of the Patents Act 1903.\n\nAnd I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\nDeclared by the said Declarant at\n\nthis day of a.d. 190 .\n\nBefore me—\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert Names in full, and, in case of a firm, add “Member of the firm of.”\n\n(2) Here insert Address.\n\n(3) Here insert Name of State.\n\n(4) Here state length of time Applicant has practised (not being less than six months).\n\nSee Section 105.\n\n(5) Insert particulars of matters.\n\n \n\nForm CC.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nFORM OF DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY A PERSON FORMERLY EMPLOYED AS AN OFFICER IN THE PATENT OFFICE OF A STATE APPLYING FOR REGISTRATION AS A PATENT ATTORNEY.\n\nI, (1)\n\nof (2)\n\nin the State of , Commonwealth of Australia, do solemnly and sincerely declare that I was an officer in the Patent Office of the State of for the period of , and was employed in the capacity of (3) , and that during the period in which I was so employed I gained a sufficient knowledge of patent law and practice to enable me to practise the profession of a Patent Attorney, and that I desire to have my name registered as a Patent Attorney in pursuance of the provisions of the Patents Act 1903.\n\nAnd I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\nDeclared by the said Declarant at\n\nthis day of a.d. 190\n\nBefore me—\n\nTo the Commissioner of Patents,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert Name in full.\n\n(2) Here insert Address.\n\n(3) Here insert particulars of office held by Applicant.\n\nForm DD.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nCOMMISSIONER’S CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF A PATENT ATTORNEY.\n\nI, Commissioner of Patents, hereby\n\ncertify that\n\nof in the State of , Commonwealth of Australia, was on the day of a.d. 190 registered as a Patent Attorney, and that he is authorized to practise as a Patent Attorney in any part of the Commonwealth of Australia, so long as his name remains on the Register of Patent Attorneys.\n\nGiven under my hand and the seal of the Patent Office at\n\nthis day of a.d. 190 .\n\n(l.s.)\n\nCommissioner of Patents.\n\n \n\nForm EE.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nBOARD OF EXAMINERS’ CERTIFICATE THAT CANDIDATE HAS PASSED THE PATENT ATTORNEY’S EXAMINATION.\n\nThe Board appointed for the purpose of examining candidates for registration as Patent Attorneys, hereby certifies that\n\n, of , having been duly examined by it as to his knowledge of Patent Law and practice and the duties of a Patent Attorney, has passed the examination and satisfied the Board that he is qualified to practise as a Patent Attorney.\n\nGiven under hand at this\n\nday of a.d. 190 .\n\nSignature of Chairman of Board or the Authorized Member or Members thereof.\n\nForm FF.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nFORM OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO BECOME A CANDIDATE FOR THE PATENT ATTORNEY’S EXAMINATION.\n\nPlace—\n\nDate—\n\nTo the Secretary to the Board of Examiners\n\nfor Patent Attorneys.\n\nSir,\n\nI hereby give you notice that I am a Candidate for registration as a Patent Attorney and that I intend to present myself for examination by the Board at the Patent Attorney’s Examination, to be held at on\n\nThe above address is that to which I desire that all notices or communications to me may be sent.\n\n(Signature)—\n\n \n\nForm GG.\n\n\\[Patents.\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nFORM OF DECLARATION BY CANDIDATE FOR PATENT ATTORNEY’S EXAMINATION.\n\nI, (1)\n\nof\n\nin the State of , Commonwealth of Australia, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:—\n\nI am years of age.\n\nI was educated at (2)\n\nI (3)\n\nI (4)\n\nAnd I further declare that I am of good fame and character, and that I have not done or committed any act or thing which would make me an improper person to be registered as a Patent Attorney; and I further declare that the Certificate annexed hereto is true and correct in every particular, and that I was well known to the persons who subscribed it for the period therein stated.\n\nAnd I make this declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\nSignature of Declarant—\n\nDeclared at in the State of this day of a.d. 190\n\nBefore me—\n\nTo the Secretary to the Board of Examiners\n\nfor Patent Attorneys.\n\n(1) Name in full, with present Address, Occupation, or Designation (if any).\n\n(2) State Name of Educational Establishment and in what Country situated.\n\n(3) State if holding any Academical or Certificated Degree, and describe Academy or College.\n\n(4) If lately employed, state where and at what Profession, Trade, or Business.\n\n \n\nForm HH.\n\n\\[Patents\\] Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Patents Act 1903.\n\nFORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE LODGED BY CANDIDATE FOR PATENT ATTORNEY’S EXAMINATION.\n\nTo the Chairman of the Board of Examiners\n\nfor Patent Attorneys.\n\nWe, the undersigned, hereby certify that we have known and have been acquainted with for the period of twelve months at least immediately before the date of this certificate, and that we believe him to be a person of good fame and character, and fitted to be admitted to practise as a Patent Attorney in the Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nDated the day of a.d. 190 .\n\nSigned by the said\n\nin my presence—\n\nJ. F.\n\nN.B.—This certificate is to be signed by three adult persons in the presence of and be attested by a Justice of the Peace. It is not necessary that the same Justice should attest each signature.\n\nBy Authority: J. Kemp, Acting Government Printer, Melbourne.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":3175},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":8,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations represent the foundational administrative implementation of the Patents Act 1903. They establish the comprehensive procedural machinery (forms, fees, technical standards, and professional accreditation) necessary to operate the Commonwealth patent system from its inception, without expanding the substantive legal scope of the Act itself."},"complexity_factors":["161 regulations with dense cross-referencing to the parent Act and internal provisions","Two detailed schedules: a fee table with 28+ distinct monetary charges and a forms index specifying 30+ different prescribed forms (Forms A through HH)","Granular technical specifications for documents (e.g., paper not thinner than 300 sheets to the inch, 2-inch left margins, carbonaceous ink, drawing lettering not less than 1/8 inch high)","Multiple overlapping procedural pathways (standard applications, section 7 State patent conversions, additional patents, compulsory licences, oppositions, and three tiers of appeal)","Strict time limits with conditional extension provisions requiring Commissioner discretion and additional fees","Nested exceptions and disciplinary rules for patent attorneys (Regulation 144) with Ministerial appeal rights","Jurisdictional complexity involving the Commissioner, Law Officer, High Court, and Supreme Courts of States"],"plain_english_summary":"Australia’s first national patent regulations convert the Patents Act 1903 into a detailed, paper‑based “instruction manual” for inventors, businesses, patent attorneys and assignees. They prescribe how to apply, describe and amend applications; set strict formalities, fees and renewal rules; provide a court‑like opposition and appeals process; and govern registration of ownership and attorney licensing and discipline. They matter because they determine who can secure, keep, challenge or transact patent rights and how."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These Regulations do not alter the substantive rights or scope of the Patents Act 1903; they implement the Act by prescribing administrative procedure, fees, forms and standards (see reg 2 defining “The Act”). They centralise procedural control with the Commissioner (discretion to extend time, require security, admit evidence or dispense with formalities — regs 50, 68, 128, 130) and repeal prior regulations (reg 163), but leave the Act’s substantive patent entitlement and remedies unchanged."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive procedural detail across many discrete steps (applications, provisional/complete specifications, drawings, sealing, renewals) — see regs 7–21, 33–46, 116–118.","Strict technical and formatting requirements for documents and drawings (paper size, ink, margins, labelling) that raise compliance costs — regs 33–46; Forms in Second Schedule.","Multiple short, interlocking timelines for lodging, accepting, advertising and replying to evidence, with limited extension routes — regs 15–17, 57–63, 90–96, 116–118, 127–128.","Detailed opposition and evidence procedure with prescribed windows and limits on further evidence, plus fees for applications to lodge more evidence — regs 54–66, 57–61, 60–61.","Layered appeals system (to Law Officer, then to High/Supreme Court) with procedural filings, transmission of records and costs obligations — regs 70–79, 76–81, 78–79.","Fees schedule is detailed and pervasive; many actions are conditional on payment and fees may determine whether an application proceeds — reg 3 and First Schedule.","Commissioner holds significant procedural discretion (time extensions, recognition of agents, dispensing with evidence, requiring security for non‑residents) — regs 3, 50, 51, 68, 128, 130, 132.","Registering and disciplining patent attorneys involves examinations, annual fees, removal for misconduct and ministerial appeals — regs 134–146, 147–161; First Schedule fees at regs 36–38.","Interplay with State patents and priority rules introduces cross‑jurisdictional elements and documentary requirements — regs 6, 22–29.","Large number of prescribed forms and prescribed advertising/publication steps (Second Schedule; regs 4, 20, 17, 101) increases administrative complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations set out the practical rules for obtaining, opposing, amending, and keeping patents under the Patents Act 1903. They prescribe fees, filing forms, document and drawing standards, time limits, evidence and hearing procedures, appeal routes, renewal and compulsory‑licence processes, and the registration and examination of patent attorneys.\n\nThey affect inventors, patentees, opponents, patent attorneys and the Commissioner: applicants pay specified fees and meet strict form, timing and evidence rules; the Commissioner is given procedural powers (extensions, refusals, security for costs) that shape how and when rights are pursued."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/the-patents-regulations-1904","history":"/api/acts/the-patents-regulations-1904/history","analysis":"/api/acts/the-patents-regulations-1904/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/the-patents-regulations-1904/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/the-patents-regulations-1904/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/the-patents-regulations-1904/documents"}}