PATENTS REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 22.16A Consequences for evidence not meeting filing requirements
PATENTS REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 22.16A
Consequences for evidence not meeting filing requirements(1) If, in relation to evidence received at the Patent Office, a person does not comply with a direction under section 214C of the Act, the Commissioner may treat the evidence:
(a) as not having been filed and notify the person, including in the notification a statement indicating how the direction has not been complied with; or
(b) as having been filed, but direct the person to do such things as are necessary to ensure that the direction is complied with.
(2) If the Commissioner gives a direction under paragraph
( 1)(b) and the person does not comply with the direction within 2 months of
the day it was given, the Commissioner must treat the evidence as not having
been filed.