PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1991 NO. 456 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1991 NO. 456 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Commencement 2. Amendment 3. Regulation 1.4 (English text of Treaties) 4. Regulation 22.2 (General fees) 5. Schedule 2 (Patent Cooperation Treaty) 6. Schedule 4 (Prescribed foreign countries) 7. Schedule 7 (Fees) 1991 No. 456 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1 1. Commencement 1.1 Regulations 3, 5 and 7 commence on 1 January 1992. (NOTE: The remainder of these Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48) 1991 No. 456 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2 2. Amendment 2.1 The Patents Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations. 1991 No. 456 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 3 3. Regulation 1.4 (English text of Treaties) 3.1 Subregulation 1.4 (2): Omit "on the commencing day", substitute "on 1 January 1992". 1991 No. 456 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 4 4. Regulation 22.2 (General fees) 4.1 Paragraph 22.2 (3) (b): Omit "fees", substitute "fee". 1991 No. 456 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 5 5. Schedule 2 (Patent Cooperation Treaty) 5.1 Omit the Schedule of Fees, substitute: SCHEDULE OF FEES Fees Amounts 1. Basic Fee (Rule 15.2 (a)) (a) if the international application contains not more than 30 sheets 762 Swiss Francs (b) if the international application contains more than 30 sheets 762 Swiss francs plus 15 Swiss francs for each sheet in excess of 30 sheets 2. Designation Fee (Rule 15.2 (a)) 185 Swiss francs per designation for which the fee is due, with a maximum of 1,850 Swiss francs, any such designation in excess of 10 being free of charge 3. Handling Fee (Rule 57.2 (a)) 233 Swiss francs 4. Supplement to the Handling Fee (Rule 57.2 (b)) 233 Swiss francs Surcharges 5. Surcharge for late payment (Rule 16bis.2 (a)) Minimum: 289 Swiss francs Maximum: 728 Swiss francs 1991 No. 456 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 6 6. Schedule 4 (Prescribed foreign countries) 6.1 Omit the Schedule, substitute: SCHEDULE 4 Subregulation 8.5 (1) and regulation 11.1 CONVENTION COUNTRIES PART 1 CONVENTION COUNTRIES THAT ARE PRESCRIBED FOREIGN COUNTRIES Algeria Argentina Austria Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Benin Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Congo Cote d'Ivoire Cuba Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark (including Faroe Islands) Dominican Republic Egypt Finland France (including all Overseas Departments and Territories) Gabon Germany Ghana Greece Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti Holy See Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran, Islamic Republic of Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Lebanon Lesotho Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Monaco Mongolia Morocco Netherlands (including the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba) New Zealand (excluding the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau) Niger Nigeria Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Rwanda San Marino Senegal South Africa Soviet Union Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda United Kingdom (including Hong Kong and the Isle of Man) United Republic of Tanzania United States of America (including all territories and possessions, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) Uruguay Viet Nam Yugoslavia Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe PART 2 CONVENTION COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT PRESCRIBED FOREIGN COUNTRIES India 1991 No. 456 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 7 7. Schedule 7 (Fees) 7.1 Part 4: Omit the Part, substitute: PART 4-FEES FOR INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS PAYABLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Matter Fee 1 Basic fee under Rule 15.2 (a) of 762 Swiss francs the PCT if the international application contains not more than 30 sheets 2 Basic fee under Rule 15.2 (a) of 762 Swiss francs, plus 15 Swiss the PCT if the international francs for each sheet in excess application contains more than of 30 sheets 30 sheets 3 Designation fee under Rule 185 Swiss francs per designation 15.2 (a) of the PCT for which the fee is due, with a maximum of 1,850 Swiss francs, any such designation in excess of 10 being free of charge 4 Handling fee under Rule 57.2 (a) 233 Swiss francs of the PCT Note: The text of the PCT is set out in Schedule 2. - NOTES 1991 No. 456*1* PATENTS REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT) *1*Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 December 1991. *2*Statutory Rules 1990 No. 119 as amended by 1991 No. 71.