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PART 2 OPPOSITIONS WHICH START PROCEEDINGS

  • Patents Act 1977

  • section 27(5) (opposition to amendment of specification after grant)

  • section 29(2) (opposition to surrender of patent)

  • section 47(6) (opposition to cancellation of licence available as of right), where the application was made by the proprietor of the patent

  • section 75(2) (opposition to amendment during infringement or revocation proceedings)

  • section 117(2) (opposition to correction of error in patents and applications)

PART 3 OPPOSITIONS AFTER PROCEEDINGS HAVE STARTED

  • Patents Act 1977

  • section 47(6) (opposition to cancellation of licence available as of right), where the application was made by a person other than the proprietor of the patent

  • section 52(1) (opposition to an application for compulsory licence or under section 50A or 51)

  • section 52(2)(b) (opposition to an application to cancel a compulsory licence)

PART 4 RULES WHICH APPLY TO ANY PROCEEDINGS HEARD BEFORE THE COMPTROLLER

  • Patents Rules 2007

  • rule 74 (overriding objective)

  • rule 79 (copies of documents)

  • rule 80(2) to (6) (evidence and the hearing)

  • rule 81 (alteration of time limits)

  • rule 82 (general powers of the comptroller in relation to proceedings before him)

  • rule 84 (hearings in public)

  • rule 87 (evidence in proceedings before the comptroller)

PART 5 RULES WHICH APPLY TO A REVIEW OF AN OPINION

  • Patents Rules 2007

  • rule 83 (striking out a statement of case and summary judgment)

  • rule 85 (security for costs or expenses)

  • rule 86 (powers of comptroller to compel attendance of witness and production of documents)

  • rule 88 (proceedings in Scotland)

Rule 108

SCHEDULE 4 EXTENSION OF TIME LIMITS

PART 1 PERIODS OF TIME THAT CANNOT BE EXTENDED

  • rule 6(2)(b) (declaration of priority for the purposes of section 5(2) made after the date of filing)

  • rule 7(1) (period for making a request to the comptroller for permission to make a late declaration of priority)

  • rule 32(1) (application to reinstate a terminated application)

  • rule 37 and 38 (renewal of patents)

  • rule 40(1) (application to restore a lapsed patent)

  • rule 43(4) (application to cancel entry that licence available as of right)

  • rule 58(3) (request for a direction under section 81)

  • rule 59(1) (request from a foreign industrial property office for a direction under section 81)

  • rule 66(3) (period for making a request to the comptroller for permission to make a late declaration of priority in respect of an international application for a patent (UK))

  • rule 76(2) (notice of opposition), except in relation to an opposition under section 27(5) where there are pending before the court or the comptroller proceedings in which the validity of the patent is put in issue

  • rule 77(8) and (10) (opposition periods)

  • rule 104(2) (period for filing an address for service), in relation to an application for a patent

  • rule 109 (extension of time limits specified by comptroller)

  • rule 116(2) (fee for supplementary protection certificate)

  • paragraph 8(5) of Schedule 1 (new deposits of biological material)

PART 2 PERIODS OF TIME THAT MAY BE EXTENDED UNDER RULE 108(2) OR 108(3)

  • rule 8(1) and (2) (filing of information and priority documents)

  • rule 10(3) (filing of statement of inventorship and the right to be granted a patent)

  • rule 18(1) (missing parts)

  • rule 21 (extensions for new applications)

  • rule 22(1), (2) and (5) (periods prescribed for the purposes of sections 15(10) and 17(1))

  • rule 28(2), (3) and (5) (request for substantive examination)

  • rule 30 (period for putting an application in order)

  • rule 56(6) and (7) (filing of a translation of European patent (UK) specifications)

  • rule 58(4) (request under section 81(2)(b)(i))

  • rule 59(3) (request under section 81(2)(b)(ii))

  • rule 60 (request for substantive examination following a direction under section 81)

  • rule 66(1) and (2) (international applications for patents: entry into national phase)

  • rule 68 (international applications for patents: altered prescribed periods)

  • paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 (filing of information in relation to the deposit of biological matter)