Patent Rules

Marginal note:Communication sent — suspension, revocation or surrender

11 Despite sections 34 and 35, if a patent agent’s licence is suspended, revoked or surrendered, any communication respecting a patent or an application for a patent that is sent by the Commissioner or the Patent Office to that patent agent is considered not to have been sent to the patentee or applicant if

• (a) it is sent within four months before the date of the suspension, revocation or surrender and no reply is provided before that date; or

• (b) it is sent on the date of the suspension, revocation or surrender.