Article 17 Citation, commencement and transitional

In rule 85 (international applications for patents: sections 89 and 89A)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

in subparagraph (a), for the words “twenty months” substitute “twenty-one months”;

(ii)

in subparagraph (b)(i), for the words “thirty months” substitute “thirty-one months”; and

(iii)

in subparagraph (b)(ii), for the words “thirty months” substitute “thirty-one months”;

(b)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

in subparagraph (a), for the words “two months” substitute “three months”;

(c)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

for subparagraph (c) substitute—

“(c)

rule 6(6) shall apply;”;

(ii)

in subparagraph (d) in the third line after the word “shall” for the rest of the paragraph substitute—

“apply”; and

(d)

in paragraph (5A)—

(i)

in subparagraph (a), for the words “one month” substitute “three months”.