Singapore legislation
Regulation 117
Regulation 117
Fees for international applications
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (5), payment of the transmittal fee referred to in rule 14 of the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty shall be made to the Registry within one month from the date on which the international application for a patent to which it relates is filed at the Registry.
Subregulation 2
Where, in accordance with rule 19.4(a) of the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty, an international application for a patent is considered to have been received by the Registry on behalf of the International Bureau as receiving Office, the transmittal of the application by the Registry shall be subject to a payment of the fee under rule 19.4(b) of those Regulations.
Subregulation 3
Subject to paragraph (5), payment of the international filing fee referred to in rule 15.1 of the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty shall be made to the Registry within the period referred to in rule 15.4 of those Regulations.
Subregulation 4
Subject to paragraph (5), payment of the search fee referred to in rule 16.1 of the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty shall be made to the Registry within the period referred to in rule 16.1(f) of those Regulations.
Subregulation 5
Where the payment of a fee referred to in paragraph (1), (3) or (4) has not been made to the Registry within the period prescribed under the applicable paragraph (referred to in this paragraph as the specified period) —
the Registry shall give notice to the applicant requiring the applicant to pay the Registry the outstanding fee and a late payment fee calculated in accordance with rule 16bis.2 of the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty within one month from the date on which the notice is sent to the applicant; and
the specified period shall be treated in respect of the outstanding fee as not expiring until the end of the one-month period referred to in sub-paragraph (a).
Subregulation 6
Where an international application for a patent is filed at the Registry as receiving Office, and a request is made under rule 26bis.3(a) of the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty, payment of the prescribed fee shall be made to the Registry within the period referred to in rule 26bis.3(e) of those Regulations.