Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The Commissioner may disclose any or all of the following to the International Bureau or a foreign patent office:
(a) the patent application or patent;
(b) a document given by the applicant, or another person, to the Commissioner in connection with the patent application or patent;
(c) a document in the Commissioner's possession that relates to the patent application or the application of the patent;
(d) any information in the Commissioner's possession that relates to a document mentioned in paragraph ( a), (b) or (c);
whether or not the application is open for public inspection.
(2) However, if the patent application, document or information is not open for public inspection, the Commissioner must not disclose the application, document or information without the consent of the applicant.
Note: Section 194 of the Act also authorises the Commissioner to give a person certain information about patents, patent applications and other documents in certain circumstances.
(3) The Commissioner may disclose the patent application, document or information by depositing it in an approved digital library or by any other means.