The Patents (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1093
• Sections: 4

Section 1

These Rules may be cited as the Patents (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 1999 and shall come into force on 4th May 1999.

Section 2

Part A of the Schedule to the Patents (Fees) Rules 1998 shall be amended as follows.

Section 3

In respect of the item, the patents form relating to which is Form 9/77, and the fee specified in respect of it, there shall be substituted the following:

On request for preliminary examination and search under section 17(1)–

in respect of an international application for a patent ( UK ) falling to be treated as an application for a patent under the Act which has already been the subject of a search by the International Searching Authority in accordance with the Patent Co-operation Treaty

(b) in respect of any other application

Section 4

The fee to be paid in respect of the following item shall be as specified below–