Patent Rules

Marginal note:Date of receipt

83.1 If an amount paid for the examination of an application for a patent is less than the prescribed fee referred to in subsection 80(1) and an amendment is made to the application to reduce the number of claims, on or after the day on which the request for examination is made and on or before the date the fee is considered to have been paid, such that the amount paid is greater than or equal to the amount of that prescribed fee, the amount paid is considered to have been received on the day on which the amendment is made.