Patent Rules

Marginal note:Definitions

• 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Rules.

  Act

  Act means the Patent Act. (Loi)

  Administrative Instructions

  Administrative Instructions[Repealed, SOR/2022-120, s. 1]

  Administrative Instructions under the PCT

  Administrative Instructions under the PCT means the Administrative Instructions under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, including any modifications made from time to time. (Instructions administratives du PCT)

  associate patent agent

  associate patent agent means a patent agent appointed by another patent agent under section 28. (coagent)

  Budapest Treaty

  Budapest Treaty means the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, done at Budapest on April 28, 1977, including any amendments and revisions made from time to time to which Canada is a party. (Traité de Budapest)

  common representative

  common representative means an applicant or patentee appointed under section 26, 218, 219 or 220. (représentant commun)

  description

  description means, except in Form 1 of Schedule 1, the part of a specification other than the claims. (description)

  foreign practitioner

  foreign practitioner means an individual whose name is included in the Register of Patent Agents under section 19 of the College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents Regulations. (professionnel étranger)

  international application

  international application means an application for a patent filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. (demande internationale)

  international depositary authority

  international depositary authority has the same meaning as in Article 2(viii) of the Budapest Treaty. (autorité de dépôt internationale)

  national phase entry date

  national phase entry date means the date determined under subsection 155(2) or section 210, as applicable. (date d’entrée en phase nationale)

  patent agent

  patent agent[Repealed, SOR/2021-131, s. 2]

  Patent Cooperation Treaty

  Patent Cooperation Treaty means the Patent Cooperation Treaty, done at Washington on June 19, 1970, including any amendments, modifications and revisions made from time to time to which Canada is a party. (Traité de coopération en matière de brevets)

  PCT national phase application

  PCT national phase application means an international application in respect of which the applicant

  • (a) has complied with the requirements of subsection 154(1) and, if applicable, subsection 154(2); or

  • (b) has, before October 30, 2019, complied with the requirements of subsection 58(1) and, if applicable, subsection 58(2) of the Patent Rules, as they read immediately before that date. (demande PCT à la phase nationale)

  PCT sequence listing standard

  PCT sequence listing standard means Standard ST.26 of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Recommended Standard for the Presentation of Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequence Listings using XML (eXtensible Markup Language), as amended from time to time. (norme PCT de listages des séquences)

  presentation date

  presentation date means the date determined under subsection 103(2) or 202(2), as applicable. (date de soumission)

  Regulations under the Budapest Treaty

  Regulations under the Budapest Treaty means the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, including any amendments made from time to time. (Règlement d’exécution du Traité de Budapest)

  Regulations under the PCT

  Regulations under the PCT means the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, including any amendments made from time to time. (Règlement d’exécution du PCT)

  sequence listing

  sequence listing has the same meaning as in the PCT sequence listing standard. (listage des séquences)

• Marginal note:Definition of drawing

  (2) For the purposes of the Act and these Rules, drawing includes a photograph.

• Marginal note:Reference to period

  (3) A reference to a period of time in these Rules is, if the period is extended under section 3 or subsection 160(2) of these Rules or subsection 78(1) of the Act, to be read as a reference to the period as extended.