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Regulation 26

of Patents Rules

Regulation 26

Certain matters prescribed under section 26

Amended byS 399/2022 wef 26/05/2022S 399/2022 wef 26/05/2022

Subregulation 1

The information on an earlier relevant application prescribed for the purposes of section 26 (1)(c)(ii)(B) shall be —

(a)

the date of filing of the earlier relevant application; and

(b)

the country in or for which the earlier relevant application was made.

Subregulation 2

The period prescribed for the purposes of section 26(3)(b) shall be 2 months from the date of the Registrar’s notification under section 26(3)(a).

Subregulation 3

The period prescribed for the purposes of section 26(7) shall be —

(a)

subject to sub-paragraph (b), 3 months from the date of filing of the application for a patent; or

(b)

where a new application has been filed under section 20(3), 26(11) or 47(4), 3 months from the initiation date.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 399/2022 wef 26/05/2022

The documents prescribed for the purposes of section 26(7)(c) are —

(a)

a copy of the earlier relevant application mentioned in section 26(1)(c)(ii)(C) that is —

(i)

duly certified by the authority with which it was filed; or

(ii)

otherwise acceptable to the Registrar;

(b)

where the earlier relevant application is in a language other than English — an English translation of that earlier relevant application; and

(c)

Patents Form 56.

Subregulation 4A

Amended byS 399/2022 wef 26/05/2022

Paragraph (4)(a) or (b) does not apply if a copy of the earlier relevant application or an English translation of the earlier relevant application (as the case may be) had previously been filed at the Registry.

Subregulation 5

The period prescribed for the purposes of section 26(12)(a) shall be —

(a)

subject to sub-paragraph (b) —

(i)

where there is no declared priority date, 12 months from the date of filing of the application for a patent; or

(ii)

where there is a declared priority date, whichever following period expires later:

(A)

12 months from the declared priority date; or

(B)

2 months from the date of filing of the application; or

(b)

where a new application has been filed under section 20(3), 26(11) or 47(4), 2 months from the initiation date.