Article 60 Request for substantive examination following a direction under section 81
Where an application for a European patent (UK) falls to be treated as an application for a patent under the Act by virtue of a direction under section 81, the period prescribed for the purposes of section 18(1) is two years F1beginning immediately after—
(a)
where there is no declared priority date, the date of filing of the application; or
(b)
where there is a declared priority date, that date.