EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1987 No. 331
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Science and Small Business
This amendment of the Patents Regulations amends regulation 92 to provide that applications may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of decisions made by the Commissioner of Patents under paragraph 19ZD(1)(b) of those Regulations. Paragraph 19ZD(1)(b) enables the Commissioner of Patents to allow, in certain circumstances, extension of the time limit within which details of a microorganism deposit must be included, as required by paragraph 40(5)(c) of the Act, in a patent specification.