Article 103 Address for service

(1)

For the purposes of any proceeding under the Act or these Rules, an address for service must be furnished by—

(a)

an applicant for the grant of a patent;

(b)

a person who makes any other application, reference or request or gives any notice of opposition under the Act; and

(c)

any person opposing such an application, reference, request or notice.

(2)

The proprietor of a patent, or any person who has registered any right in or under a patent or application, may furnish an address for service by notifying the comptroller.

(3)

Where a person has furnished an address for service under paragraph (1) or (2), he may substitute a new address for service by notifying the comptroller.

F1(4)

An address for service furnished under this Rule shall be an address in the United Kingdom, F2Gibraltar or the Channel Islands.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Rule 103(4) substituted for rule 103(4)(5) (6.4.2009) by The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address for Service) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/546), rules 1, 9
F2: Word in rule 103(4) substituted (1.1.2021) by The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address for Service) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/1317), rules 1(1), 2 (with rules 6-8)