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Patent Rules

Version of section 39 from 2021-06-28 to 2024-03-06:


Marginal note:Interview with examiner

 Only the following persons may have an interview with an examiner regarding an application for a patent:

  • (a) if, in respect of that application, a patent agent is appointed or there is a requirement under subsection 27(2) to appoint a patent agent,

    • (i) the patent agent who is appointed, and

    • (ii) with the permission of the patent agent who is appointed,

      • (A) if there is a single applicant, the applicant,

      • (B) if there is a single applicant and a document authorizing a foreign practitioner to have an interview with an examiner is signed by the applicant, that foreign practitioner,

      • (C) if there are joint applicants, the common representative, or

      • (D) if there are joint applicants and a document authorizing a foreign practitioner to have an interview with an examiner is signed by the common representative, that foreign practitioner; 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.

  • SOR/2021-131, s. 14

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