Article 10 Grant of the certificate or rejection of the application
United Kingdom
Where the application for a certificate and the product to which it relates meet the conditions laid down in this Regulation, F1the comptroller shall grant the certificate.
The comptroller shall, subject to paragraph 3, reject the application for a certificate if the application or the product to which it relates does not meet the conditions laid down in this Regulation F2or any prescribed fee is not paid.
Where the application for a certificate does not meet the conditions laid down in Article 8 F3or the prescribed fee relating to the application has not been paid, the comptroller shall ask the applicant to rectify the irregularity, or to settle the fee, within a stated time.
If the irregularity is not rectified or the fee is not settled under paragraph 3 within the stated time, the application shall be rejected.
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Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in art. 10(1)-(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/801), regs. 1, 26(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Words in Art. 10(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/801), regs. 1, 26(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F3
Words in Art. 10(3) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/801), regs. 1, 26(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F4
Art. 10(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/801), regs. 1, 26(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)