STATUTORY
RULES.
1957. No. 10.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE PATENTS ACT 1952-1955.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over
the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive
Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Patents Act 1952-1955.
Dated this 8th
day of
March , 1957.
W.
J. Slim
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Attorney-General.
Amendments
of the Patents Regulations.
Application
to the Commissioner for extension.
1. Regulation 35 of the Patents Regulations is amended
by omitting from sub-regulation (4.) the words “with the application or within
three months after the date on which the application is made” and inserting in
their stead the words “within three months after the date on which the
application is made or within such further time as the Commissioner on
application in accordance with Form 10 allows”.
Applicant’s
evidence in support.
2. Regulation 55b
of the Patents Regulations is amended by inserting in paragraph (a),
after the word “him”, the words “or within fourteen days after the declarations
and other evidence in support of his application are lodged at the Patent
Office, whichever is the later,”.
First
Schedule.
3. The First Schedule to the Patents Regulations is
amended—
(a) by omitting
from Form 8 the word “(Signature)” and inserting in its stead the words “Name
of Applicant”; and
(b)by omitting from Form 9 the word “(Signature)” and
inserting in its stead the words “Name of Applicant”.
Second
Schedule.
4. The Second Schedule to the Patents Regulations is
amended—
(a)by inserting in item 1, after the word “patent”, the
words “(together with declaration in support of the application, if the
declaration is lodged with the application)”;
(b) by inserting, after item 1, the following item:—
“1a.
| On
lodging declaration in support of an application for a patent, when the
declaration is not lodged with the application .............................................................................
| 0
| 5
| 0”;
|
* Notified in the
Commonwealth Gazette on ,
1957
Statutory Rules 1954, No. 18, as amended by Statutory Rules 1954,
No. 55; and 1955, No. 70.
5691/56.—Price 3d. 10/6.2.1957.
(c) by omitting
item 5 and inserting in its stead the following item:—
“5.
| For
advertisement of acceptance .........................................................................................
| 6
| 0
| 0”;
|
(d) by inserting after item
28, the following item:—
“28a.
| On lodging request for change of name or address—
|
(a)
for the first entry .. ..
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
(b) for
each subsequent entry ..
| 0
| 10
| 0”;
|
and
(e) by adding at
the end of item 31 the following words, “, or by reason of change of name or
address”.
Third
Schedule.
5. The Third Schedule to the Patents Regulations is
amended—
(a) by omitting item 8 of Part I.;
(b) by omitting item 6 of Part II.;
(c) by omitting from item 12 of Part II. the word “registered”;
(d) by inserting in item 13 of Part II., before the words “trade
mark” (wherever occurring), the word “registered”; and
(e) by omitting item 22 of Part III.
Fee
payable for advertisement of acceptance of application lodged before
commencement of these Regulations.
6. Notwithstanding the
amendment made by paragraph (c) of regulation 4 of these Regulations,
the fee prescribed by item 5 of the Second Schedule to the Patents Regulations
as in force immediately before the date of commencement of these Regulations
continues to apply as the prescribed fee for the advertisement of the
acceptance of an application for a patent which was lodged in the Patent Office
before that date.
By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer,
Canberra.