SEALING AND FORM OF
PATENT AND RENEWAL FEES
33. An application for the sealing of a patent shall be made in Form
No. 15.
Request for
sealing
34. (1) An application for an extension of time under proviso (iv) to
subsection (2) of section twenty-five shall be made in Form No. 16 and
the period of extension shall not exceed three months.
Time for
sealing under
subsection (2)
of section 25
(2) An application under proviso (v) to subsection (2) of section
twenty-five for a further extension of time shall be made in Form No. 17.
35. A patent shall be in the form set out in the Second Schedule or in
such form modified as directed by the Registrar to meet the
circumstances.
Form of patent
36. An application under section twenty-six for the amendment of a
patent shall be made in Form No. 18 and shall be accompanied by
evidence verifying the statements therein and by the letters patent.
Amendment of
patent
Payment of
37. If it is desired at the expiration of the third year of the term of a
patent or of any succeeding year during the term of the patent to keep the renewal fees
patent in force, the renewal fees set out in item 18 of the First Schedule
shall be paid by lodging Form No. 19 before the expiration of that year:
Provided that where the sealing of the patent is delayed beyond the
periods set out herein, by reason of opposition or the application having
been kept secret or an extension under proviso (v) to subsection (2) of
section twenty-five having been granted, the renewal fees may be paid at
the time the patent is sealed. The Registrar may in his discretion grant an
extension of time not exceeding six months from the date of sealing for
payment of such fees.
(As amended by F.G.N. No. 206 of 1959
and F.G.N. No. 363 of 1960)