Proposed Amendments to Canadian Patent Rules
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Proposed rules for amending the Canadian Patent Rules were published in the Canada Gazette on December 23, 2006. Persons concerned can send-in comments to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office - CIPO by the proposed deadline of January 16, 2007, and possibly a little bit later. The entire set of proposed amendments can be found at the following link:
Canada Gazette - Proposed Amendments to the Patent Rules
The most interesting provisions are those relating to “topping-up” erroneous payments made on a small entity basis when such payment should have been made on a large entity basis. However, the basic, relevant, provisions are essentially as follows: Read the rest of this entry »