Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)

Regulations

Patent Regulations, 1978

Chapter IA : Procedure in the patent office in relation to international applications

Renewals
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67I.        

 

(1)If a patent issues on an application filed in terms of section 43 three months or more before the expiration of 36 months from the international filing date, regulation 48 shall apply.

 

(2)If a patent issues on an application after the expiration of 36 months from the international filing date or less than three months prior to such expiration date, the patentee shall pay any renewal fees payable in terms of regulation 48(1) within six months of the date of publication in terms of section 42 or such further period as the registrar may, in terms of the proviso to section 43(2) and on compliance with regulation 48(3), allow. Thereafter regulation 48 shall apply.