Patent Rules
Version of section 69 from 2007-06-02 to 2019-10-29:
69 (1) The minimum margins of pages containing the description, the claims and the abstract referred to in section 79 shall be as follows:
- top 2 cm
- left side 2.5 cm
- right side 2 cm
- bottom 2 cm
(2) The minimum margins of pages containing the drawings referred to in section 37 of the Act shall be as follows:
- top 2.5 cm
- left side 2.5 cm
- right side 1.5 cm
- bottom 1 cm
(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5) and except as otherwise provided by these Rules, the margins of the pages referred to in subsections (1) and (2) must be completely blank.
(4) The top margin may contain in either corner an indication of the applicant’s file reference.
(5) The lines of each page of the description and of the claims may be numbered in the left margin.
- SOR/2007-90, s. 14
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