Article 6 Signature of documents

This rule applies to any notice, application or other document required or authorised by the Act or these Rules to be given, made or filed at the Patent Office and such a notice, application or other document is referred to in the following paragraphs of this rule as a “document”.

A document filed by or on behalf of a firm which is concerned in any proceedings to which these Rules relate as principal and not as an agent shall contain the names of all the partners in full and shall be signed by all the partners, by any partner stating that he signs on behalf of the firm (or, in the case of a firm formed under the law of Scotland, by any partner in the firm’s name) or by any other person who satisfies the registrar that he is authorised to sign the document.

A document signed for or on behalf of a body corporate shall be signed by a director or the secretary or other principal officer of the body or by any other person who satisfies the registrar that he is authorised to sign the document.

A document signed for or on behalf of an unincorporated body or association of persons other than a firm may be signed by any person who satisfies the registrar that he is authorised to sign the document.