Paragraph 1

(1)

A translation filed under section 77(6) shall be filed in duplicate and shall be accompanied by—

(a)

Patents Form 54/77 in duplicate, in the case of a translation filed under section 77(6)(a), or

(b)

Patents Form 55/77 in duplicate, in the case of a translation filed under section 77(6)(b).

(2)

A translation filed under section 77(6) shall comprise a translation of the entirety of the published specification of the patent (including the claims), irrespective of whether a translation of all or any part of the claims contained in the specification has previously been filed under section 78(7) but subject to subparagraph (5) below, and shall include any drawings in the specification, irrespective of whether the drawings contain textual matter.

(3)

A translation filed under section 77(6) shall comply with the following requirements as to presentation, subject to subparagraph (4) below in the case of any drawings—

(a)

it shall permit of direct reproduction by photography, electrostatic processes, photo-offset and micro-filming, in an unlimited number of copies;

(b)

it shall be on A4 paper (29.7 cm × 721 cm) which shall be pliable, strong, white, smooth, matt and durable;

(c)

each sheet of paper shall be free from cracks, creases and folds and used on one side only;

(d)

each sheet shall be used with its short sides at the top and bottom (upright position);

(e)

the minimum margins shall be—

top	2.0 cm;
left side	2.5 cm
right side	2.0 cm
bottom	2.0 cm;

(f)

the margins of the sheets shall be completely blank;

(g)

the translation shall be typed or printed in single-line spacing (unless the comptroller otherwise permits), in a dark, indelible colour and in characters of which the capital letters are not less than 0.21 cm high, save that graphic symbols and characters and chemical and mathematical formulae may, instead of being typed or printed, be written or drawn;

(h)

the translation shall be reasonably free from extraneous matter and also from deletions and other alterations, overwritings and interlineations and shall, in any event, be legible; and

(i)

each sheet (other than a sheet of drawings) shall be numbered consecutively in arabic numerals.

(4)

Where a translation including any drawings is filed, the sheets of drawings shall correspond exactly in content and presentation to the sheets of drawings which were published by the European Patent Office, except that—

(a)

each sheet shall be numbered consecutively in arabic numerals, as a separate series from that used for the other sheets of the translation, if not so numbered when published by the European Patent Office; and

(b)

any textual matter contained in the published drawings shall be replaced with a translation into English.

(5)

For the purposes of subparagraph (2) above, the published specification of the patent shall be taken not to include—

(a)

anything which does not consist of, or form part of, the description of the invention, the claims or the drawings referred to in the description or the claims;

(b)

any claim not having effect in the United Kingdom; or

(c)

anything published in a language other than the language of the proceedings (within the meaning of Article 14 of the European Patent Convention).