Patents Act |
Patents (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2014 |
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Citation and commencement |
1. These Rules may be cited as the Patents (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2014 and shall come into operation on 13 November 2014. |
Amendment of rule 3 |
2. Rule 3(3) of the Patents Rules (R 1) is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “shall be made using”, the words “any mode of payment designated by”. |
Amendment of rule 4 |
Amendment of rule 14 |
4. Rule 14(1) of the Patents Rules is amended by deleting the words “on Patents Form 4” and substituting the words “in writing”. |
Amendment of rule 15 |
5. Rule 15(1) of the Patents Rules is amended by deleting the words “on Patents Form 5” and substituting the words “in writing”. |
Amendment of rule 16 |
6. Rule 16(1) of the Patents Rules is amended by deleting the words “on Patents Form 6” and substituting the words “in writing”. |
Amendment of rule 31 |
7. Rule 31 of the Patents Rules is amended —
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Amendment of rule 56 |
8. Rule 56 of the Patents Rules is amended by deleting paragraph (2). |
Amendment of rule 64 |
9. Rule 64(1) of the Patents Rules is amended by deleting sub‑paragraph (a) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:
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Amendment of rule 71 |
10. Rule 71 of the Patents Rules is amended —
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Amendment of rule 76 |
11. Rule 76(1) of the Patents Rules is amended by deleting the words “on Patents Form 32” and substituting the words “in writing”. |
Amendment of rule 78 |
12. Rule 78(1) of the Patents Rules is amended by deleting the words “on Patents Form 33” and substituting the words “in writing”. |
Amendment of rule 86 |
13. Rule 86 of the Patents Rules is amended —
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Amendment of rule 90 |
14. Rule 90 of the Patents Rules is amended —
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Amendment of rule 91 |
15. Rule 91 of the Patents Rules is amended by deleting paragraphs (3) and (4) and substituting the following paragraph:
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Amendment of rule 97 |
16. Rule 97(1) of the Patents Rules is amended —
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Amendment of rule 108A |
17. Rule 108A(1) of the Patents Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after “81,” in sub-paragraph (b), “88B,”. |
Deletion and substitution of rule 116 |
18. Rule 116 of the Patents Rules is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:
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Amendment of rule 117 |
19. Rule 117(1) of the Patents Rules is amended by deleting the words “, accompanied by Patents Form 48,”. |
Amendment of First Schedule |
20. The First Schedule to the Patents Rules is amended —
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Amendment of Second Schedule |
21. The Second Schedule to the Patents Rules is amended —
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Amendment of Fourth Schedule |
22. The Fourth Schedule to the Patents Rules is amended —
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Savings and transitional provisions |
23.—(1) Rule 7(e) and (f) shall not apply to any address for service furnished on Form CM8 before 13 November 2014, and rule 31(3)(g) of the Patents Rules in force immediately before that date shall continue to apply to every such address for service as if rule 7(e) and (f) had not been enacted.
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Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Law, Singapore. |
[LAW 06/011/012; AG/LLRD/SL/221/2010/1 Vol. 6] |