Article 59 Procedure for making a conversion request under section 81(2)(b)(ii)
The period prescribed for the purposes of section 81(2)(b)(ii) is twenty months F1beginning immediately after—
where there is no declared priority date, the date of filing of the application; or
where there is a declared priority date, that date.
Where a request, transmitted under section 81(2)(b)(ii), has been received by the comptroller, he must notify the applicant accordingly.
Where a request has been transmitted under section 81(2)(b)(ii), the period prescribed for the purposes of sections 13(2), 15(10)(d) and 81(2)(c) is four months F2beginning immediately after the date of that notification.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in rule 59(1) substituted (1.10.2011) by The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2052), rules 1, 3, Sch. (with rule 4)
- F2
Words in rule 59(3) substituted (1.10.2011) by The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2052), rules 1, 3, Sch. (with rule 4)