2007 Rule 59

59. Procedure for making a conversion request under section 81(2)(b)(ii)

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(1) The period prescribed for the purposes of section 81(2)(b)(ii) is twenty months beginning immediately after¹-

• (a) where there is no declared priority date, the date of filing of the application; or
• (b) where there is a declared priority date, that date.

[not extendable: Schedule 4]

(2) Where a request, transmitted under section 81(2)(b)(ii), has been received by the comptroller, he must notify the applicant accordingly.

(3) Where a request has been transmitted under section 81(2)(b)(ii), the period prescribed for the purposes of sections 13(2), 15(10)(d) and 81(2)(c) is four months beginning immediately after² the date of that notification. [Extendable under Rules 108(2) or 108(3): Schedule 4, part 2]

Footnotes

1. Amended by the Patents (Amendment) Rules 2011, SI 2011 No. 2052 as from 1 October 2011.

2. Amended by the Patents (Amendment) Rules 2011, SI 2011 No. 2052 as from 1 October 2011.