Statutory guidance

Amendments made 1 October 2016

Updated 27 September 2016

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Filing patent applications by electronic means

  1. The comptroller has given the following directions under section 124A of the Patents Act 1977.

  2. These directions come into force on 1 October 2016.

  3. These directions vary the directions given on 5 December 2007 entitled; Filing Patent Applications by Electronic Means; (‘the 2007 directions’).

  4. The 2007 directions shall be varied as follows:

(a) in paragraph 22, after the words ‘copy of an amendment under the Patent Cooperation Treaty’, insert

‘voluntary amendments’

(b) in paragraph 23, after the words ‘copy of an amendment under the Patent Cooperation Treaty’, also insert

‘voluntary amendments’

Sean Dennehey
Acting Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks

1 October 2016

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