UK Statutory Instrument
2007
United Kingdom
Patents Rules 2007
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Schedules
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Specification of an application for a patent, or of a patent, for an invention which involves the use of or concerns biological material
The first and second requirements
A request by a person for biological material to be made available
The undertaking
Restriction of availability of biological material to experts
Request for a sample to be made available to expert
New deposits
A4 matt white paper must be used.
The capital letters in any typeface or font used must...
There must be a margin around any drawing or photograph...
All drawings or photographs must be numbered consecutively in a...
The drawings or photographs must begin on a new sheet...
The pages containing the drawings or photographs must be numbered...
Drawings must comprise black lines and may be shaded where...
Drawings may include cross-hatching to illustrate the cross-sections of a...
Any scale or other reference for making measurement must be...
Any drawing or photograph must be produced in such manner...
A drawing or photograph must not be included in the...
A document in paper form must be free from tears,...
The capital letters in any typeface or font used in...
Photographs must be black and white, clear and capable of...
References must only be included in the drawing or photograph...
Tables of information may only be included in the claims...
The terminology and any references used must be consistent throughout...
Where units of measurement used in the application are not...
Only technical terms, signs and symbols which are generally accepted...
Frames (lines surrounding matter) must not be used.
The pages of the description and claims must be numbered...
But where a sequence listing is set out at the...
Page numbers must be located at the top or bottom...
The minimum margins in any document must be 20mm.
Each of the following— (a) the request for the grant...
The abstract, description and claims must use at least 1.5...
Interpretation
Application of these Rules to existing patents and applications
Application of the 1995 Rules to sections 8 and 12
Periods of time
Proceedings before the comptroller
Service by post
Applications to which certain amendments made to the Act by the Regulatory Reform (Patents) Order 2004 do not apply.
Security for costs
Patent applications filed before 7th January 1991
Patent applications filed between 7th January 1991 and 27th July 2000
Continued application of Patents Rules 1968 to existing patents
Patents Act 1977 section 8(1) (reference regarding entitlement in relation...
Patents Act 1977 section 27(5) (opposition to amendment of specification...
Patents Act 1977 section 47(6) (opposition to cancellation of licence...
Patents Rules 2007 rule 74 (overriding objective) rule 79 (copies...
Patents Rules 2007 rule 83 (striking out a statement of...
rule 6(2)(b) (declaration of priority for the purposes of section...
rule 8(1) and (2) (filing of information and priority documents)...
rule 10(3) (filing of statement of inventorship and the right...
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Citation and commencement
General interpretation
The declared priority date
Forms and documents
International exhibitions
Declaration of priority for the purposes of section 5(2) (priority date)
Request to the comptroller for permission to make a late declaration under section 5(2B)
Filing of priority documents to support a declaration under section 5(2)
Translation of priority documents
Mention of the inventor
Waiving the right to be mentioned
Applications for the grant of patents under sections 14 and 15
Biological material and sequence listings
Size and presentation of application
The abstract
Single inventive concept
References under section 15(1)(c)(ii)
Missing parts
New applications filed as mentioned in section 15(9)
New applications under sections 8(3), 12(6) and 37(4)
Extensions for new applications
Periods prescribed for the purposes of sections 15(10) and 17(1)
Preliminary examination under section 15A
Correcting a declaration made for the purposes of section 5(2)
Formal requirements
Publication of application
Search under section 17
Request for substantive examination under section 18
Substantive examination reports
Period for putting application in order
Fee for the grant of a patent under section 18(4)
Amendment of application before grant
Reinstatement of applications under section 20A
Observations by third parties on patentability
Certificate of grant
Amendment of specification after grant
Renewal of patents: general
Renewal of patents: first renewal
Renewal of patents: subsequent renewals
Renewal notice
Restoration of lapsed patents under section 28
Notification of lapsed patent
Payment of fees under section 77(5A) following restoration of a European patent (UK)
Surrender
Application for, and cancellation of, an entry that licences are available as of right
Entries in the register
Advertisement in relation to register
Copies of entries in, or extracts from, the register and certified facts
Registrations of transactions, instruments and events
Copies of documents
Correction or change of name or address; correction of address for service
Request for correction of error
Restrictions on inspection of documents
Request for information where section 118(4) applies
Confidential documents
Requests for certain information
Bibliographic information about an unpublished application
Translations of European patents (UK)
Corrected translations
Procedure for making a conversion request under section 81(2)(b)(i)
Procedure for making a conversion request under section 81(2)(b)(ii)
Request for substantive examination following a direction under section 81
Recognition of patent decision of competent authorities of other states
Procedure for obtaining evidence for proceedings under the European Patent Convention
Communication of information to the European Patent Office
Interpretation relating to international applications
Filing of international applications at the Patent Office
Beginning of national phase
Amendment of international application before grant
International exhibitions
Altered prescribed periods
Necessary translations under section 89A(3) and (5)
Requirements of necessary translations
Directions under section 89(3) and (5)
Circumstance prescribed for the purposes of section 89(3)
Scope and interpretation
Overriding objective
Publication of notices
Starting proceedings
Notification of the parties
The counter-statement
Copies of documents
Evidence rounds and the hearing
Alteration of time limits
Failure to file Patents Form 4
General powers of the comptroller in relation to proceedings before him
Striking out a statement of case and summary judgment
Hearings in public
Security for costs or expenses
Powers of comptroller to compel attendance of witnesses and production of documents
Evidence in proceedings before the comptroller
Proceedings in Scotland
Proceedings started under section 46(3) by a person other than the proprietor
Licences following entitlement proceedings
Period prescribed for applications by employee for compensation
Interpretation
Request for an opinion under section 74A
Refusal or withdrawal of request
Notification and advertisement of request
Submission of observations and observations in reply
Issue of the opinion
Review of opinion
Procedure on review
Outcome of review
Agents
Appointing advisers
Address for service
Failure to furnish an address for service
Correction of errors
Remission of fees
Correction of irregularities
Extension of time limits
Extension of time limits specified by comptroller
Interrupted days
Delays in communication services
Copies available to the comptroller
Translations
Translations in proceedings in relation to a European patent (UK)
Establishing the accuracy of translations
Supplementary protection certificates
Notifications relating to supplementary protection certificates
The journal
Reports of cases
Publication and sale of documents
Transitional provisions and revocations
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