Article 81 Procedure for making request under section 81(2)(b)(i)

A request referred to in section 81(2)(b)(i) shall be made on Patents Form 41/77 and the period within which such a request may be made shall be three months from the date on which the applicant is notified by the European Patent Office that his application for a European patent (UK) has been deemed to be withdrawn.

In such a case, the applicant shall file Patents Form 40/77, and, where necessary, a translation in duplicate into English of the application, within a period of two months from the date on which the comptroller receives the request mentioned in paragraph (1) above.

The applicant shall also, within the period referred to in paragraph (2) above, for the purposes of section 15(5)(b), file Patents Form 9/77, and, for the purposes of section 13(2), file Patents Form 7/77.