PATENT COOPERATION TREATY REGULATIONS

PATENT COOPERATION TREATY

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 417.04

PATENT COOPERATION TREATY REGULATIONS

1st March, 2007

LEGAL NOTICE 98 of 2007, as amended by Legal Notice 426 of 2007.

The title of these regulations is the Patent Cooperation

Treaty Regulations.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Act" means the Patents and Designs Act, and words and

expressions used in these regulations shall have the same meaning

as is given to them in the Act;

"the Treaty" means the Patent Cooperation Treaty done at

Washington on 19th June, 1970 as revised;

"designate", "international application" and "receiving Office"

have the same meanings as is given to them in the Treaty;

"the Office" means the national office responsible for granting of

patents in Malta.

(1) The

Comptroller

shall

process

international

applications in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty, the

Reg ulatio ns establ ished thereunder an d the A dmi nistrati ve

Instructions under those Regulations, and with the provisions of

these regulations and of the Act.

(2) In the case of conflict between the provisions of the Treaty

and those of these regulations and of the Act, the provisions of the

Tr e a ty, t h e R e g ul a ti o n s th e r e u nd e r a n d th e A d m i ni s t r a t i v e

Instructions under those Regulations shall prevail.

(1) The Office shall act as a receiving Office in respect of

an international application filed with it by a resident or a national

of Malta.

(2) An international application filed with the Office shall be

filed in the English language and the prescribed transmittal fee

shall be paid to the Office.

An international application designating Malta shall be

treated as indicating the wish to obtain a European patent

designating Malta.

PATENT COOPERATION TREATY

Substituted by

Schedule of Fees

L.N. 426 of 2007.

Regulation 4(2)

Transmittal fee for the filing of an International

€46.59 + courier services

Patent Application ................................................

charges.