Patents Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1981

No. 11

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Patents Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Patents Act 1 952.

Dated 7 January 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

DAVID THOMSON

Minister of State for Science and Technology

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Fees payable under section 176 of the Act

1. Regulation 5b of the Patents Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(b) the fees specified in Part III of the Second Schedule.”.

Fees prescribed for international applications

2. Regulation 19g of the Patents Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “set out in the Schedule of Fees at the end of Schedule 2 to the Act, other than the Supplement to the Handling Fee,” and substituting “specified in Part III of the Second Schedule”.

Second Schedule

3. The Second Schedule to the Patents Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting in the heading to Part II “GENERAL” before “FEES”; and

 

(b) by adding at the end thereof the following Part:

“PART III—FEES FOR INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS PAYABLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Matter	Fee
1	Basic fee under Rule 15.2 (a) of the Treaty—
(a) if the international application contains not more than ......................................................	432 Swiss francs
(b) if the international application contains more than 30 sheets......................................................	432 Swiss francs plus 8 Swiss frances for each sheet in excess of 30 sheets
2	Designation fee under Rule 15.2 (a) of the Treaty	104 Swiss francs
3	Handling fee under Rule 57.2 (a) of the Treaty	133 Swiss francs”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 14 January 1981.

2. Statutory Rules 1962 No. 2 as amended by Statutory Rules 1963 No. 52; 1965 No. 102; 1969 No. 151 (as amended by Statutory Rules 1969 No. 212); 1974 Nos. 38 and 262; 1975 No. 201; 1976 No. 236; 1977 No. 177; 1979 No. 93; and 1980 Nos. 68 and 320.