The Patents (Fees) Rules 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/610
• Sections: 4

Section 1

(1) These Rules may be cited as the Patents (Fees) Rules 1987 and shall come into force as respects rules 1(1), 2 and 4 on 27th April 1987 and as respects rules 1(2) and 3 on 26th May 1987.

(2) Rules 1(2), 2, 3 and 4 of and the Schedule to the Patents (Fees) Rules 1986 and Rules 1(2)(c) and (3)(b) and 3 of and Schedule 2 to the Patents (Amendment) Rules 1987 are hereby revoked.

Section 2

These Rules shall be construed as one with the Patents Rules 1982 and, to the extent that they continue to apply in relation to existing patents and existing applications, the Patents Rules 1968 .

Section 3

The fees to be paid in respect of any matters arising under the Patents Act 1949 or the Patents Act 1977 shall be those specified in the Schedule to these Rules; and in any case where a form specified in the Schedule as the corresponding form in relation to any matter is required by the Patents Rules 1968 or the Patents Rules 1982 to be used, that form shall be accompanied by the fee specified in respect of that matter or, where payment may be made within a prescribed period of time after the form has been filed, the fee so specified shall be paid within that period.

Section 4

Where application is made, or by virtue of section 120(2) of the Patents Act 1977 is taken to have been made, on or after 27th April 1987 but before 26th May 1987 for renewal of a patent in respect of any year beginning on or after 26th May 1986, the fee payable on such application shall be that which would be payable if the application were made on or after 26th May 1986 and rules 1(2) and 3 above had come into force.