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Patent Rules

Version of section 165 from 2019-10-30 to 2022-10-02:


Marginal note:Definitions

  •  (1) The following definitions apply in this Part.

    application preceding the coming-into-force date

    application preceding the coming-into-force date means an application for a patent for which the filing date is before the coming-into-force date. (demande antérieure à la date d’entrée en vigueur)

    category 1 application

    category 1 application means an application for a patent for which the filing date is before October 1, 1989. (demande de catégorie 1)

    category 2 application

    category 2 application means an application for a patent for which the filing date is on or after October 1, 1989 but before October 1, 1996. (demande de catégorie 2)

    category 3 application

    category 3 application means an application for a patent for which the filing date is on or after October 1, 1996 but before the coming-into-force date. (demande de catégorie 3)

    coming-into-force date

    coming-into-force date means the day on which section 121 of the Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2 comes into force. (date d’entrée en vigueur)

    former Rules

    former Rules means the Patent Rules as they read immediately before the coming-into-force date. (anciennes règles)

  • Marginal note:Interpretation

    (2) If the filing date of an application for a patent, other than a PCT national phase application, as determined in accordance with section 78.2 of the Act, precedes the coming-into-force date, the filing date of that application is, for the purposes of these Rules, the filing date determined in accordance with that section.


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