Patent Rules

Marginal note:Representation — patent reissued on or after October 30, 2019

222 In respect of a patent that is reissued — on the basis of an application for a patent for which the filing date is before October 30, 2019 — on or after October 30, 2019 for which there are joint patentees and in respect of which no common representative is appointed under paragraph 26(3)(a), if, immediately before the patent was reissued, no common representative was appointed in respect of the original patent,

• (a) subsection 26(8) and paragraph 27(7)(a) do not apply;

• (b) any appointment of a patent agent on or after October 30, 2019 may, despite subsection 27(3), be made by the patentees only by a notice to that effect signed by all of the patentees and submitted to the Commissioner; and

• (c) an appointment of a patent agent may be revoked by submitting to the Commissioner a notice to that effect signed by all of the patentees or by that patent agent.