Regulation 29

Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), an application for a patent shall be published for the purposes of section 27 as soon as possible after the expiration of 18 months from the declared priority date or, where there is no declared priority date, the date of filing the application.

Where a new application is filed under section 20(3), 26(11) or 47(4), as the case may be, the period prescribed for the purposes of section 27 shall be 18 months from the declared priority date for the earlier application or, where there is no declared priority date, the date of filing the earlier application.

A request for early publication of an application in accordance with section 27(2) shall be made on Patents Form 9.

No application for a patent may be published if it is —