Marginal note:Interview with officer or employee
39 Only the following persons may have an interview with an officer or employee of the Patent Office regarding an application for a patent:
(a) if, in respect of that application, a patent agent residing in Canada is appointed or there is a requirement under subsection 27(2) to appoint a patent agent,
(i) a patent agent appointed in respect of that application who resides in Canada,
(ii) with the permission of the associate patent agent appointed in respect of that application, a patent agent appointed in respect of that application who does not reside in Canada, and
(iii) with the permission of the patent agent appointed in respect of that application who resides in Canada,
(A) the applicant, if there is a single applicant, or
(B) the common representative, if there are joint applicants; and
(b) in any other case,
(i) the applicant, if there is a single applicant, and
(ii) the common representative, if there are joint applicants.
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