Clause
19.
Restitution of Rights
(1)
(2)
20.
Where, despite due care by the applicant, a request to record or an application for grant fails to comply with certain time limits an application for restitution of rights in respect of the request or the application may be made in writing, within one year from the expiry of the time limit and within two months of the date of the removal of the cause of non-compliance with the time limit, provided the omission is made good and the additional fee is paid.
Restitution is not available for failure to comply with time limits under Clauses 8, 10 and 11(1) above.
PART III
RECORDING AMENDMENTS ETC. TO APPLICATIONS BEFORE REGISTRATION
Amendment of request to record by recordal of amendments made to the EPA in the EPO
21.
(1)
(2)
Where a request to record has been made and entered on the register an applicant may request the Registrar to record on the request to record any amendments made to the corresponding EPA on submission of certified copies of the amendment in the EPO.
Application to maintain the entry of the request to record on the register
Where a request to record has been duly made and entered on the register but no application has been made for the grant of a patent under Clause 14 the request to record shall be deemed withdrawn and abandoned unless, at the end of 4 years from the date of the request to record and subsequently at the end of each succeeding 12 months, application to maintain the entry of the request to record on the register is made on the prescribed form and on payment of the prescribed fee.
The applicant shall have the same right to apply to maintain the entry during the 6 months period after expiry of the periods referred to in Clause 21(1) and to restoration of the entry on the terms set out respectively in Clauses 22(3) and 28 below.
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Notes
Clause
22
22.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
23
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