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

Regulations

100.	The tariff of fees applicable to proceedings before the commissioner and the registrar shall be those applicable for the time being in a Provincial Division of the Supreme Court in terms of the Uniform Rules of Court of the Supreme Court of South Africa, 1965: Provided that-

(a)	fees allowed to a patent agent or patent attorney may be allowed on the same scale as that allowed to junior counsel for work connected with appearances without counsel;

(b)	in allowing a fee in respect of perusal and drafting of complex technical documents, the registrar shall be entitled to increase the fees, at his discretion, by a percentage related to the technical complexities of any matter.