Patent Rules

Marginal note:Maintaining name on register

• 23 (1) During the period beginning on January 1 and ending on March 31 of each year

  • (a) a resident of Canada whose name is entered on the register of patent agents must, in order to maintain their name on the register, pay the fee set out in item 4 of Schedule 2;

  • (b) a resident of a country other than Canada whose name is entered on the register of patent agents must, in order to maintain their name on the register, file a statement signed by them setting out their country of residence and declaring that they are authorized to act as a patent agent under the law of that country; and

  • (c) a firm whose name is entered on the register of patent agents must, in order to maintain its name on the register, file a statement, signed by one of its members whose name is on the register, that indicates all of the members of the firm whose names are on the register.

• Marginal note:Removal from register

  (2) The Commissioner must remove from the register of patent agents the name of any patent agent who

  • (a) fails to comply with subsection (1); or

  • (b) is not a person referred to in paragraph 22(a) or (b) or a firm referred to in paragraph 22(c).

• Marginal note:Notice of removal

  (3) If the Commissioner removes the name of a patent agent from the register of patent agents under subsection (2), the Commissioner must notify them of the decision and publish the decision on the website of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.