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the patentee shall pay any renewal fees payable in terms of regulation 48 (1)
within six months of the date of publication in terms of section 42 or such further
period as the registrar may, in terms of the proviso to section 43 (2) and on
compliance with regulation 48 (3), allow. Thereafter regulation 48 shall apply.
CHAPTER II
PATENT AGENTS AND PATENT ATTORNEYS (regs 68-75)
68. There shall be kept at the office a register wherein shall be entered the full names,
business addresses and dates of registration of all patent agents and patent attorneys.
69. The register kept in terms of regulation 63 of the Patent Regulations, 1962, shall be
deemed to form part of the register kept in terms of regulation 68.
70. An application to be registered as a patent agent or a patent attorney shall be made on
Form P17 and shall be accompanied by evidence, to the satisfaction of the registrar,
that the applicant is entitled to be so registered.
71. If the registrar is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to be registered, he shall enter
his name on the register of patent agents and patent attorneys and issue a certificate to
this effect.
72. (1)
A request for the removal from the register of the name of a patent agent or a
patent attorney in terms of section 23 (1) (a) of the Act shall be made on Form
P18 and the applicant for removal shall provide proof to the satisfaction of the
registrar that a copy of that form has been served on the South African Institute of
Intellectual Property Law and on the law society concerned. If no objection is
received from the Institute or the law society concerned within two weeks of the
date of service of the copies on them, the registrar shall remove the name of the
applicant from the register.
(2) If the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law or the law society
concerned, as the case may be, gives notice of its intention to be heard, it shall
serve notice, together with any documents on which it intends to rely at the
hearing, on the person concerned and on the registrar.
(3) The registrar shall appoint a time and date for the hearing and advise all parties
concerned accordingly.
73. (1)
An application by the registrar for the suspension from practice or the removal of
the name of a person from the register of patent agents and patent attorneys in
terms of sections 23 (1) (b) (i) and 23 (4) (a) of the Act shall be commenced by
way of motion proceedings and copies of all relevant documents shall be served
on the person concerned, the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law
and the law society concerned.
(2) An application by the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law for the
suspension from practice or the removal of the name of a person from the
register of patent agents and patent attorneys in terms of sections 23 (1) (b) (ii)
and 23 (4) (b) of the Act shall be made by way of motion proceedings and copies
of all relevant documents shall be served on the registrar and the law society
concerned.
(3) Thereafter, the procedure applicable shall be governed by the Uniform Rules of
Court of the Supreme Court of South Africa, 1965.
74. (1)
A patent agent or patent attorney whose name has been removed from the
register or suspended from practice in terms of section 23 of the Act and who
wishes to be employed, in terms of section 24 (4) of the Act, in any capacity