Patent Rules

Marginal note:Documents and information — divisional application

• 202 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 38.2(3.1)(b) of the Act, the prescribed documents and information in respect of a category 3 application that has a presentation date before October 30, 2019 are

  • (a) in the case of such an application that has a presentation date before June 2, 2007, the documents and information referred to in clauses 78.2(a)(iii)(A) to (D) of the Act; and

  • (b) in the case of such an application that has a presentation date on or after June 2, 2007 but before October 30, 2019, the documents and information referred to in clauses 78.2(a)(iv)(A) to (D) of the Act.

• Marginal note:Presentation date

  (2) The presentation date of a category 3 application is

  • (a) if all of the elements referred to in clauses 78.2(a)(iii)(A) to (E) of the Act were received by the Commissioner before June 2, 2007, the day on which they were received or, if they were received on different days, the latest of those days;

  • (b) if paragraph (a) does not apply and if at least one of the elements referred to in clauses 78.2(a)(iv)(A) to (E) of the Act was received by the Commissioner on or after June 2, 2007 and all of those elements were received by the Commissioner before October 30, 2019, the day on which they were received, or if they were received on different days, the latest of those days; and

  • (c) if paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply and if all of the documents and information referred to in subsection 103(1) of these Rules were received by the Commissioner and at least one of those elements was received by the Commissioner on or after October 30, 2019, the day on which they were received or, if they were received on different days, the latest of those days.