PATENTS REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 2.2A Information made publicly available--learned societies

PATENTS REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 2.2A

  (1)   This regulation sets out:

  (a)   for paragraph   24(1)(a) of the Act--a circumstance in relation to information made publicly available by, or with the consent of, the nominated person, patentee or predecessor in title of the nominated person or patentee; and

  (b)   for subsection   24(1) of the Act--a period for making a complete application for an invention if the circumstance applies.

Circumstance--information read before learned society or published by or on behalf of learned society

  (2)   The circumstance is that the information has been made publicly available in a paper:

  (a)   read before a learned society; or

  (b)   published by or on behalf of a learned society.

Period

  (3)   The period for making a complete application for the invention is:

  (a)   if the complete application claims priority from a basic application made within 6 months of the day of the reading or publication--12 months from the day the basic application was made; or

  (b)   if the complete application is associated with a provisional application made within 6 months of the day of the reading or publication--12 months from the day the provisional application was made; or

  (c)   otherwise--12 months from the day of the reading or publication.