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PATENTS REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 2.2A

Information made publicly available--learned societies

             (1)  This regulation sets out:

                     (a)  for paragraph 24(1)(a) of the Act--a circumstance in relation to information made publicly available by, or with the consent of, the nominated person, patentee or predecessor in title of the nominated person or patentee; and

                     (b)  for subsection 24(1) of the Act--a period for making a complete application for an invention if the circumstance applies.

Circumstance--information read before learned society or published by or on behalf of learned society

             (2)  The circumstance is that the information has been made publicly available in a paper:

                     (a)  read before a learned society; or

                     (b)  published by or on behalf of a learned society.

Period

             (3)  The period for making a complete application for the invention is:

                     (a)  if the complete application claims priority from a basic application made within 6 months of the day of the reading or publication--12 months from the day the basic application was made; or

                     (b)  if the complete application is associated with a provisional application made within 6 months of the day of the reading or publication--12 months from the day the provisional application was made; or

                     (c)  otherwise--12 months from the day of the reading or publication.



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