The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004
These Rules amend the Patents Rules 1995 (SI 1995/2093, as amended) (“the 1995 Rules”) and the Patents (Fees) Rules 1998 (SI 1998/1778, as amended) (“the Fees Rules”). The amendments made enable the 1995 Rules to be administered in conformity with the Patent Law Treaty and the Regulations Under the Patent Law Treaty (both of which were adopted at Geneva on 1st June 2000). The amendments required to the Patents Act 1977 (c. 37) (“the Act”) to conform with that Treaty were made by the Regulatory Reform (Patents) Order 2004 (SI 2004/2357) (“the 2004 Order”).