S.I. No. 79/2011 - Patents (Amendment) Rules 2011.

1. Applicant(s)

(Full name and address of the person

or

of the company applying.)

Name(s)

Address(es)

Nationality(ies)

Telephone(s)

Email(s)

Name(s)

Address(es)

Nationality(ies)

Telephone(s)

Email(s)

Name(s)

Address(es)

Nationality(ies)

Telephone(s)

Email(s)

Name(s)

Address(es)

Nationality(ies)

Telephone(s)

Email(s)

Name(s)

Address(es)

Nationality(ies)

Telephone(s)

Email(s)

Extra Sheet : TO BE ATTACHED TO MAIN BODY OF APPLICATION FORM IF REQUIRED

2. Legal Representative

The following is authorised to act as agent in all proceedings connected with the obtaining of a patent to which this request relates and in relation to any patent granted

Name

Address

Telephone

Email

3. Address for Service

(within the EEA, to which correspondence is to be sent)

If different to address at 1 or 2

Address

Telephone

Email

Please tick box if you wish the Office to correspond with you by email in relation to this application

4. Title of Invention

5. Declaration of Priority

(If you have filed any application(s) for the same invention within the last 12 months, please enter the relevant information where a right to priority is claimed)

Country

Date

Number

6. Inventor(s)

The applicant(s) is/are the sole/joint inventor(s)

YES

NO

If no, please specify the full name(s) and address(es) of the inventor(s) below

Name(s)

Address(es)

Telephone(s)

Email(s)

Name(s)

Address(es)

Telephone(s)

Email(s)

Name(s)

Address(es)

Telephone(s)

Email(s)

Name(s)

Address(es)

Telephone(s)

Email(s)

Name(s)

Address(es)

Telephone(s)

Email(s)

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

23 February 2011.

MARY HANAFIN,

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

.

These amendments to the Patent Rules 1992 align the Patent Rules with the European Economic Agreement (EEA) for the purposes of registering an Address for Service from EEA countries and to allow EEA patent agents to represent patent applications in this country. In addition, this instrument amends the Patents Office Form 1 (

Request for the Grant of a Patent

), to allow applicants communicate with the Patents Office by e-mail, with extra sheets for supplementary information relating to additional applicants and inventors also included in the form.

7. Statement of right to be granted a Patent

(To be completed if applicant(s) is/are not the sole/joint inventor(s))

Please state how the applicant derived the right from the inventor to be granted a patent

By Deed of Assignment

By Contract of Employment

Other (please specify)

8. Divisional Application(s)

The following information is applicable to the present application.

YES

NO

Earlier Application No

Filing Date of Earlier Application

9. Items accompanying this Request

Please tick the appropriate boxes for items sent with this application form.

(a) Filing fee (€ )

(b) A written description

(c) A written claims section

(d) Drawings referred to in the descriptions or claims

(e) An abstract

(f) Copy of previous application(s) in respect of which priority is claimed

(g) Translation of previous application in respect of which priority is claimed

(h) Authorisation of agent [Form No. 5]

(i) General authorisation of agent filed on a previous application

Earlier Application No

Filing Date of Earlier Application

(j) Supplementary sheet identifying other applicants

(k) Supplementary sheet identifying other inventors

10. Signature

If a company, state the position within the company of the person signing

Name in BLOCK CAPITALS

Date

Extra Sheet : TO BE ATTACHED TO MAIN BODY OF APPLICATION FORM IF REQUIRED

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

25

th February

, 2011.

I, MARY HANAFIN, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 114

of the

Patents Act 1992

(No. 1 of 1992) (as adapted by the Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2010 (

S.I. No. 185 of 2010

)), hereby make the following rules