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(a) the time limit applicable under article 39 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, as
referred to in section 43E (1), shall be 31 months from the priority date;
(b) the contents of the translation referred to in section 43E (1) (a) shall include
(i) the description (if amended by any amendments annexed to the
international preliminary examination report, as so amended);
(ii) the claims (if amended by any amendments annexed to that report, as so
amended);
(iii) any textual matter on the drawings (if any and if amended by any
amendments annexed to that report, as so amended).
67E Missing translation of an amendment
(1) Where the applicant fails to file a translation of an amendment referred to in
regulation 67C or 67D, the registrar shall request the applicant to furnish the
missing translation within a time limit which shall be reasonable in the
circumstances and which shall be fixed in the request.
(2) ..... [Reg. 67E (2) deleted by GN R567 of 23 April 2003] [Reg. 67E inserted by
GN R250 of 26 February 1999]
67F. Appointment of agent
Regulations 9 and 10 shall apply to section 43F (3) (a) (ii) and the prescribed time
referred to in section 43F (3) (a) (ii) shall be six months calculated from the date on
which the applicant complies with the requirements of section 43E (1), or such further
period as the registrar may on request allow.
67G. Convention application
(1) Where the applicant has failed to comply with rule 17.1 of the regulations under
the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the applicant shall lodge with the patent office a
copy, certified to the satisfaction of the registrar, of the priority document within
six months of the applicant complying with section 43E (1) or within such further
period as the registrar may on request allow.
(2) If the priority document is in a language other than English, a translation thereof
into one of the official languages, verified to the satisfaction of the registrar, shall
be lodged with the patent office within six months of the applicant complying with
section 43E (1) or within such further period as the registrar may on request
allow.
67H. Acceptance, publication and sealing
Subject to the provisions of section 40, when read with section 43F (h), sections 42 and
44 and regulations 44 and 47 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the national phase of an
international application.
67I.
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enewals
(1) If a patent issues on an application filed in terms of section 43 three months or
more before the expiration of 36 months from the international filing date,
regulation 48 shall apply.
(2) If a patent issues on an application after the expiration of 36 months from the
international filing date or less than three months prior to such expiration date,