STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
S.I. No. 71 of 2008
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PATENTS (AMENDMENT) RULES 2008
(Prn. A8/0363)2[71]
S.I. No. 71 of 2008
PATENTS (AMENDMENT) RULES 2008
I, MICHAEL AHERN, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise,
Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section114 of the Patents Act 1992 (No. 1 of 1992) (as adapted by the Enterprise andEmployment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order1997 (S.I. No. 305 of 1997)) and the Enterprise, Trade and Employment(Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 4) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 562 of 2007),hereby make the following rules:
1. (1) These Rules may be cited as the Patents (Amendment) Rules 2008.(2) These Rules shall be deemed to come into operation on 13 December
2007.
2. The Patents Rules 1992 (S.I. No. 179 of 1992) are amended by substituting
the following for Rule 83:
“Translation of specification of European patent.
83. (1) The period prescribed for the purposes of—
(a) section 119(6)( a), in respect of a specification, or
(b) section 119(6)( b), in respect of an amended or limited speci-
fication
shall be 6 months from the date of publication of the specification, or the
amended or limited specification.
(2) The specification, or the amended or limited specification, as the case
may be, shall not be regarded as having been filed unless the prescribed feeis also paid within the period specified in paragraph (1).”.
GIVEN under my Hand,
13 March 2008
MICHAEL AHERN,
Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade
and Employment.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiu ´il” of 18th March , 2008.[71] 3
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal
interpretation).
Rule 83 has been amended to include the period within which a translation
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