Marginal note:Period
128 For the purposes of subsections 55.11(2), (3), (7) and (9) of the Act, the prescribed periods are
(a) in the case of a patent that was granted on the basis of an application referred to in subparagraph 55.11(1)(a)(i) of the Act, any period beginning six months after a day on which a prescribed fee referred to in subsection 27.1(1) of the Act was due under that subsection but was not paid, without taking into account subsection 27.1(3) of the Act, and ending
(i) if the Commissioner, under paragraph 27.1(2)(b) of the Act, sent a notice to the applicant because of that omission, and if the application is deemed to be abandoned under paragraph 73(1)(c) of the Act because the prescribed fee and the late fee referred to in that notice were not paid within the time referred to in that paragraph, on the earlier of
(A) the day on which the conditions for reinstatement set out in subsection 73(3) of the Act are met in respect of that abandonment, and
(B) the day on which the patent was granted, or
(ii) if the application was not deemed to be abandoned under paragraph 73(1)(c) of the Act for the reason referred to in subparagraph (i), on the earlier of
(A) the day on which that prescribed fee and the late fee referred to in subsection 27.1(2) of the Act were paid — or, if they were paid on different days, the later of those days — without taking into account subsection 27.1(3) of the Act, and
(B) the day on which the patent was granted;
(b) in the case of a patent that was granted on the basis of an application referred to in subparagraph 55.11(1)(a)(ii) of the Act, the period beginning six months after the end of the prescribed time referred to in subsection 35(2) of the Act and ending
(i) if the application was deemed to be abandoned under paragraph 73(1)(d) of the Act, on the earlier of
(A) the day on which the conditions for reinstatement set out in subsection 73(3) of the Act are met in respect of that abandonment, and
(B) the day on which the patent was granted, or
(ii) if the application was not deemed to be abandoned under paragraph 73(1)(d) of the Act, on the earlier of
(A) the day on which the request referred to in subsection 35(3) of the Act was made and the prescribed fee and late fee referred to in that subsection were paid — or, if the request was made on a different day than the day on which those fees were paid, or those fees were paid on different days, the latest of those days — without taking into account subsection 35(4) of the Act, and
(B) the day on which the patent was granted;
(c) in the case of a patent that was granted on the basis of a divisional application referred to in paragraph 55.11(1)(b) of the Act, any period that applies under this section in respect of a patent granted on the basis of the original application, or that would apply to that patent if it were granted, but excluding any part of that period that is after the presentation date of the divisional application; and
(d) in the case of a patent referred to in paragraph 55.11(1)(c) of the Act, any period beginning six months after a day on which a prescribed fee referred to in subsection 46(1) of the Act was due under that subsection but was not paid, without taking into account subsection 46(3) of the Act, and ending
(i) if the Commissioner, under paragraph 46(2)(b) of the Act, sent a notice to the patentee because of that omission and if, without taking into account subsection 46(5) of the Act, the patent was deemed to have expired under subsection 46(4) of the Act because the prescribed fee and the late fee referred to in subsection 46(2) of the Act were not paid within the time referred to in subsection 46(4) of the Act, on the day on which subsection 46(4) of the Act is deemed never to have produced its effects under subsection 46(5) of the Act, or
(ii) if, without taking into account subsection 46(5) of the Act, the term limited for the duration of the patent is not deemed to have expired under subsection 46(4) of the Act for the reason referred to in subparagraph (i), on the day on which that prescribed fee and the late fee referred to in subsection 46(2) of the Act were paid — or, if they were paid on different days, the later of those days — without taking into account subsection 46(3) of the Act.
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