Singapore legislation
Regulation 18
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 —
where there is no declared priority date, 16 months from the date of filing of the application for a patent; or
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.