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Regulation 18

of Patents Rules

Regulation 18

Procedure where applicant is not inventor or sole inventor

Subregulation 1

Subject to rules 28 and 86(8) and (8A), the period prescribed for the purposes of section 24 (2) shall be —

(a)

where there is no declared priority date, 16 months from the date of filing of the application for a patent; or

(b)

where there is a declared priority date, 16 months from the declared priority date.

Subregulation 1A

A statement filed under section 24(2) shall be made on Patents Form 8.

Subregulation 2

[Deleted by S 688/2021 wef 01/10/2021]

Subregulation 3

Where the application is an international application for a patent (Singapore), the requirements of paragraph (1) shall be treated as having been complied with if the provisions of rules 4.1(a)(iv) and 4.6 of the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty have been complied with, whether or not there was any requirement that they be complied with.