Regulation 25
Transitional provision as to practice as patent agent
of Patents (Patent Agents) Rules 2001
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Regulation 25
Subregulation 1
Any person who, immediately before 2nd January 2002 —
(a)
has been carrying on a business, practising or acting as a patent agent within the meaning of section 105(4) of the Act;
(b)
has been carrying on a business under any name or other description which contains the words “patent agent”, “patent attorney” or other like expression; or
(c)
in the course of a business, has been describing himself, holding himself out or permitting himself to be described or held out as a patent agent, patent attorney or other like expression,may continue to do so as if section 105 of the Act had not been enacted for a period of one year from that date.