PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1997 NO. 192 

PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1997 NO. 192 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.  Amendment  
2.  Regulation 5.1 (Application of this Chapter)  
3.  Schedule 6A (Prescribed employee-subsection 209 (1) of the Act)  
4.  Schedule 7 (Fees)  


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1. Amendment


  1.1 The Patents Regulations are amended as set out in these 
Regulations.
[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation 
Act 1901, s. 48.]


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2. Regulation 5.1 (Application of this Chapter)


  2.1 Subparagraph 5.1 (a) (iii):
Omit "is made under regulation 9.5 ('completion of re-examination') 
or".


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3. Schedule 6A (Prescribed employee-subsection 209 (1) of the Act)


  3.1 Omit the Schedule, substitute:
                   SCHEDULE 6A                     Regulation 21.2
      PRESCRIBED EMPLOYEE-SUBREGON 209 (1) OF THE ACT
A person employed in the Patent Office in the following positions:
  (a) Administrative Services Officer:
    (i) Class 2-Annuities Officer;
    (ii) Class 3-Examination Request Officer;
    (iii) Class 5-Manager, Australian Receiving Office;
    (iv) Class 5-Manager, Patent Filing;
    (v) Class 6-Manager, Patent Notification;
    (vi) Class 5-Manager, Patent Support;
    (vii) Class 5-Manager, Publications;
    (viii) Class 4-Opposition Officer;
    (ix) Class 3-Patent Support Amendment Officer;
    (x) Class 2-Publication Officer;
    (xi) Class 3-Register Officer;
    (xii) Class 2-Sealing Officer;
    (xiii) Class 4-Supervisor, OPI/Acceptance;
    (xiv) Class 3-Supervisor, Patent Filing;
    (xv) Class 4-Supervisor, Patent Support;
  (b) Examiner of Patents;
  (c) Senior Officer, Grade B;
  (d) Senior Officer, Grade C;
  (e) Senior Professional Officer, Grade B;
  (f) Senior Professional Officer, Grade C.


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4. Schedule 7 (Fees)


  4.1 Schedule 7, Part 3:
Add at the end:
  "8    late payment fee under Rule 16bis.2 of the PCT
                       the greater of:
                       (a) 50% of the amount of the unpaid fees
                       specified in the invitation; and
                       (b) the amount of the transmittal fee;
                       but not more than the amount of the basic fee".


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*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 4 July 1997.


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*2* Statutory Rules 1991 No. 71 as amended by 1991 No. 456; 1992 No. 
148; 1993 Nos. 113, 227, 340 and 341; 1994 Nos. 182, 317 and 387; 1995 
Nos. 16, 20, 82 and 427; 1996 No. 271.



- NOTES


PATENTS REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT) 1997 No. 192*1* 
- Dated 30 June 1997