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PATENTS REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 22.3

General fees for international applications

  (1)   If:

  (a)   for the purposes of the PCT, the Patent Office is:

  (i)   a receiving Office; or

  (ii)   an International Searching Authority; or

  (iii)   an International Preliminary Examining Authority; and

  (b)   the Commissioner or the Patent Office is empowered by the PCT to charge a fee, other than a fee for the benefit of the International Bureau;

for the purposes of subsection   227(1) of the Act, the amount of the fee payable to the Commissioner in respect of a matter specified in an item of Part   3 in Schedule   7 is the amount specified in that item.

  (2)   The fees specified in items   301 and 302 in Schedule   7 are payable to the Commissioner within 1 month of filing an international application.

  (3)   The fee specified in item   304 in Schedule   7 is payable to the Commissioner on filing a demand for a preliminary examination under Article 31 of the PCT.


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