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Patents (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2014, Singapore

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Details Details Year of Version 2014 Dates Entry into force: March 10, 2014 Issued: March 6, 2014 Type of Text Implementing Rules/Regulations Subject Matter Patents (Inventions) Notes The Patents (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2014, issued by the Minister for Law pursuant to sections 42, 110 and 115 of the Patents Act, amends rule 47 of the Patent Rules, relating to putting patent application in order.

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1 S 162/2014

First published in the Government Gazette, Electronic Edition, on 7th March 2014 at 5.00 pm.

No. S 162 PATENTS ACT (CHAPTER 221)

PATENTS (AMENDMENT NO. 2) RULES 2014

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 42, 110 and 115 of the Patents Act, the Minister for Law, after consulting with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Patents (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2014 and shall come into operation on 10th March 2014.

Amendment of rule 47

2. Rule 47 of the Patents Rules (R 1) is amended –– (a) by inserting, immediately after paragraph (1), the following

paragraph: “(2) The period prescribed for the purposes of

section 29B(5A)(a) shall be 2 months after the date of the notice of eligibility to proceed to the grant of a patent under section 29B(5)(b)(i).”; and

(b) by deleting paragraph (4) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(4) Where the specification of the application for a patent has been amended or corrected, or one or more missing parts have been included in the application, since the filing of the application ––

(a) in any case where the Registrar has issued to the applicant a notice of eligibility to proceed to the grant of a patent under section 29A(1) ––

(i) if any such amendment or correction is made before or at the time of compliance with section 29A(2)(a), the applicant shall file a specification incorporating every such amendment or correction at the time of compliance with section 29A(2)(a);

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(ii) if any such amendment or correction is made after the time of compliance with section 29A(2)(a), the applicant shall file a specification incorporating every such amendment or correction within such period as the Registrar may specify; and

(iii) any such missing part shall be included before or at the time of compliance with section 29A(2)(a), and the applicant shall file a specification incorporating every such missing part at the time of compliance with section 29A(2)(a); or

(b) in any case where the Registrar has sent the applicant a notice of eligibility to proceed to the grant of a patent under section 29B(5)(b)(i) ––

(i) if any such amendment or correction is made before or at the time of compliance with section 29B(5A)(a), the applicant shall file a specification incorporating every such amendment or correction at the time of compliance with section 29B(5A)(a);

(ii) if any such amendment or correction is made after the time of compliance with section 29B(5A)(a), the applicant shall file a specification incorporating every such amendment or correction within such period as the Registrar may specify; and

(iii) any such missing part shall be included before or at the time of compliance with section 29B(5A)(a), and the applicant shall file a specification incorporating every such missing part at the time of compliance with section 29B(5A)(a).”.

[G.N. Nos. S 501/2009; S 730/2010; S 586/2011; S 210/2013; S 81/2014]

Made this 6th day of March 2014. BEH SWAN GIN

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Law,

Singapore.

[LAW 06/011/012; AG/LLRD/SL/221/2010/1 Vol. 5]


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