Patents (Patent Agents) Rules 2001 - Singapore Statutes Online

No. S 645

Patents Act

(Chapter 221)

Patents (Patent Agents) Rules 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 104 of the Patents Act, the Minister for Law hereby makes the following Rules:

PART I

preliminary

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Patents (Patent Agents) Rules 2001 and shall come into operation on 2nd January 2002.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —

“certificate of registration” means a certificate of registration issued under rule 7(4);

“Court” means the High Court;

“Disciplinary Committee” means the Disciplinary Committee appointed under rule 16;

“patent agency work” means any of the following types of work:

(a)	applying for, or obtaining, a patent in Singapore or elsewhere;
(b)	preparing specifications or other documents for the purposes of the Act or the patent law of another country;
(c)	giving advice (other than advice of a scientific or technical nature) about the validity, or infringement, of a patent;

“practice year” means the period from 1st April in a calendar year to 31st March in the next calendar year;

“practising certificate” means a practising certificate issued under rule 9;

“register” means the register of patent agents maintained under rule 5.

(2) For the purposes of these Rules, an individual is resident in Singapore if —

(a)	the individual has his place of residence in Singapore;
(b)	Singapore is the country of his permanent abode even though he is temporarily absent from Singapore; or
(c)	the individual has a valid pass issued to him under the Immigration Act (Cap. 133) to enter and remain in Singapore for any purpose other than a temporary purpose.

Fees

3.—(1) The fees to be paid in respect of matters arising under these Rules shall be those specified in the First Schedule.

(2) A fee specified in the First Schedule shall be paid at the same time as the filing of the matter in question.

(3) For the avoidance of doubt and subject to rule 17(2)(f)(ii), fees paid under these Rules shall not be refundable.

Forms

4.—(1) The forms mentioned in these Rules are those set out in the Second Schedule.

(2) Any form may, at the direction of the Registrar, be modified for use in a case other than the case for which it is intended.

Made this 18th day of December 2001.

LIEW HENG SAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.

[LAW/06/011/012 Vol. 12; TM C003/80 Vol. 7; AG/LEG/SL/221/1997/1 Vol. 2]

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