Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations) Regulations

1 Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations) Regulations

Statutory Rules 1982 No. 2111

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Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations) Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Patents Act 1952.

Dated 26 August 1982.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

DAVID THOMSON

Minister of State for Science and Technology

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Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations) Regulations.

Amendment of Regulations under Patent Cooperation Treaty

2. For the purposes of the definition of “Treaty” in sub-section 58A (1) of the Patents Act 1952 and by virtue of sub-section 58A (3) of that Act, the amendments, specified in Column 3 in an item in the Schedule, of a provision of the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty done at Washington on 19 June 1970 specified in Column 2 of that item are declared to be amendments of that provision adopted under Article 58 of that Treaty by the Assembly of the International Patent Cooperation Union on the date, in respect of the provision in that item, specified in Column 4 opposite the amendment in that item, with effect on and from the date specified in Column 5 in that item.

SCHEDULE Regulation 2

AMENDMENTS OF THE REGULATIONS UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1.15pt"><td style="width:9.84%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:15.82%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Column 2</span></p></td><td style="width:45.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Column 3</span></p></td><td style="width:15.82%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Column 4</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Column 5</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1.15pt"><td style="width:9.84%; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:15.82%; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Provision amended</span></p></td><td style="width:45.08%; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Amendment</span></p></td><td style="width:15.82%; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Date amendment</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">made</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Date of effect</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">of amendment</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1.15pt"><td style="width:9.84%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1</span></p></td><td style="width:15.82%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Rule 3.3 (</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">a</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">)</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(ii)</span><span style="width:38.93pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">........</span></p></td><td style="width:45.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit, substitute—</span></p></td><td style="width:15.82%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">3 July 1981</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1 October 1981</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1.15pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:45.08%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">“(ii) whether or not the international application as filed is accompanied by a power of attorney (i.e., a document appointing an agent or a common representative), a copy of a general power of attorney, a priority document, a document relating to the payment of fees, and any other document (to be specified in the check list);”.</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1.15pt"><td style="width:9.84%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">2.</span></p></td><td style="width:15.82%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Rule 4.1 (</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">b</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">)</span><span style="width:49.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...........</span></p></td><td style="width:45.08%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit, substitute—</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">16 June 1980</span></p></td><td style="width:11.8%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1 October 1980</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1.15pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:45.08%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">“(b) The request shall, where applicable, contain:</span></p><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(i) a priority claim,</span></p><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(ii) a reference to any earlier international, international-type or other search,</span></p><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(iii) choices of certain kinds of protection,</span></p><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(iv) an indication that the applicant wishes to obtain a regional patent and the names of the designated States for which he wishes to obtain such a patent,</span></p><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(v) a reference to a parent application or parent patent.”.</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1.15pt"><td style="width:9.84%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">3</span></p></td><td style="width:15.82%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Rule 4.1 (</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">c</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">)</span><span style="width:50.39pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...........</span></p></td><td style="width:45.08%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit, substitute—</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">3 July 1981</span></p></td><td style="width:11.8%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1 October 1981</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1.15pt"><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:45.08%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:7.2pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">“(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">c</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">) The request may contain</span></p><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(i) indications concerning the inventor where the national law of none of the designated States requires that the name of the inventor be furnished at the time of filling a national application,</span></p><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(ii) a request to the receiving Office to transmit the priority document to the International Bureau where the application whose priority is claimed was filed with the national Office or intergovernmental authority which is the receiving Office.”</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1.15pt"><td style="width:9.84%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">4</span></p></td><td style="width:15.82%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Rule 4.4(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">c</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">) and(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">d</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">)</span><span style="width:30.81pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">......</span></p></td><td style="width:45.08%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Omit, substitute—</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">3 July 1981</span></p></td><td style="width:11.8%; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; f