Singapore legislation

Regulation 55

Subregulation 1

The Registrar shall maintain an electronic form of the register to which access may be gained using the electronic online system.

Subregulation 1A

No entry shall be made in the register in respect of any application for a patent before the application has been published in accordance with section 27.

Subregulation 2

Upon such publication, the Registrar shall cause to be entered in the register —

(a)

the name and address of the applicant or applicants;

(b)

the name and address of the person or persons stated by the applicant or applicants to be believed to be the inventor or inventors;

(c)

the title of the invention;

(d)

the date of filing and the file number of the application for the patent;

(e)

the date of filing and the file number of any application declared for the purposes of section 17(2) and the country in or for which the application was made;

(f)

the date on which the application was published;

(g)

the address for service of the applicant or applicants; and

(h)

the symbol or symbols of the International Patent Classification allocated to the application.

Subregulation 3

The Registrar shall also cause to be entered in the register —

(a)

[Deleted by S 132/97](b)the date on which the application is withdrawn, treated as having been abandoned, treated as having been withdrawn, refused or treated as having been refused;

(c)

the date on which the patent is granted;

(d)

the name and address of the person or persons to whom the patent is granted if different to the entries made in accordance with paragraph (2)(a);

(e)

the address for service, if different to the entry made in accordance with paragraph (2)(g);

(f)

notice of any transaction, instrument or event referred to in section 43(3);

(g)

the date of renewal of the patent, if any;

(ga)the date of any application under section 36A to extend the term of the patent;

(gb)the period of the extension of the term of the patent under section 36A, if any;

(gc)[Deleted by S 81/2014 wef 14/02/2014](h)the cessation of the patent, if any;

(i)

the restoration of the patent, if any;

(j)

particulars of any decision to revoke the patent; and

(k)

particulars of any court order in relation to the patent.

Subregulation 4

The Registrar may at any time enter in the register such other particulars as he may think fit.

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