Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) This regulation applies to a complete application for a standard patent made on or after 15 April 2013.
(2) If the applicant has not asked for an examination under section 44 of the Act, the applicant may request a preliminary search and opinion relating to the application under section 43A of the Act.
(3) The request must be in the approved form.
Note: Section 43A of the Act does not require a request to be made before the Commissioner conducts a preliminary search and opinion.