Amend the Patents Rules 2007, SI 2007/3291 to change the various prescribed time periods...
1 October 2011
SI 2007/3291 amended
Patents Act 1977, s 123
Summary
Amend the Patents Rules 2007, SI 2007/3291 to change the various prescribed time periods by substituting a reference to “beginning immediately after” for the references to “beginning with” so that when computing a period of time by reference to a relevant event, the date on which the relevant event occurred is not included.
In practical terms, this means where a rule requires a document to be filed within one month of an event and the relevant event occurs on 1 March, then the document must be filed on or before 1 April. This will restore the drafting in this respect to that which appeared in the Patents Rules prior to their modernisation and
