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LAWS OF MALAYSIA

PATENTS ACT 1986 [ACT 291]

P.U.(A) 327/86

PATENTS REGULATIONS 1986
Incorporating latest amendment - P.U.(A) 222/2003

Publication :	25th. September 1986
Date of coming into operation :	1st.October 1986

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ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
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Regulation 1. Citation and commencement.
Regulation 2. Fees.
Regulation 3. Forms.

PART II - APPLICATION AND PROCEDURE FOR GRANT AND DURATION OF PATENT.

Regulation 4. Interpretation.
Regulation 5. Application for Grant of Patent.
Regulation 6. Name and declaration of inventor.
Regulation 7. Request for the grant of a patent.
Regulation 8. Names and addresses.
Regulation 9. Nationality and residence.
Regulation 10. Applicant's right to patent.
Regulation 11. Common representative.
Regulation 12. Description.
Regulation 13. Claims.
Regulation 14. Dependent claim.
Regulation 15. Drawings.
Regulation 16. Abstract.
Regulation 17. Measures terminology and signs.
Regulation 18. Physical requirements.
Regulation 19. Unity of invention.
Regulation 19A. Division of application.
Regulation 20. Disclosures to be disregarded for prior art purposes.
Regulation 21. Declaration claiming priority.
Regulation 22. Copy of earlier application.
Regulation 23. Corrections in declaration claiming priority.
Regulation 24. Withdrawal of application.
Regulation 25. Filing date.
Regulation 26. Preliminary examination.
Regulation 27. Request for substantive examination.
Regulation 27A. Request for modified substantive examination.
Regulation 27B. Deferment of filing of request for substantive examination and modified substantive examination.
Regulation 27C. Substantive examination.
Regulation 27D. Modified substantive exaggeration.
Regulation 28. Notification of refusal of application.
Regulation 29. Certificate of grant of patent.
Regulation 30. Contents of patent.
Regulation 31. Register.
Regulation 31A. Request for certified copies of or extracts from Register, etc.
Regulation 31B. Amendment of Register.
Regulation 32. Contents of reference to grant of patent published in Gazette.
Regulation 33. Annual fees.
Regulation 33A. Reinstatement of lapsed patent.
Regulation 33B. Protection of persons who exploit lapsed patents.
Regulation 33C. Conversion of applications.

PART III - RIGHTS OF OWNER OF PATENT.

Regulation 34. Application to record or transmission.
Regulation 35. Entry in Register that any person may obtain a licence.
Regulation 36. Request to record particulars of licence contracts.
Regulation 37. Request to record expiry or termination of recorded licence contracts

PART IV- COMPULSORY LICENCES

Regulation 38. Application for compulsory licence.
Regulation 39. Procedure for Grant of Compulsory Licence
Regulation 40. Notification of the Board's decision.
Regulation 41. Amendment and cancellation of compulsory licence.
Regulation 42. Surrender of compulsory licence.

PART V- SURRENDER AND INVALIDATION

Regulation 43. Surrender of Patent.
Regulation 44. Invalidation of patent.

PART VI- UTILITY INNOVATIONS

Regulation 45. Certificate for a utility innovation.

PART VI A- PATENTS AGENTS

Regulation 45A. Interpretation.
Regulation 45B. Representation in proceedings.
Regulation 45C. Registration of patent agents.
Regulation 45D. Examination for patent agents.
Regulation 45E. Renewal of registration of patent agents.
Regulation 45F. Cancellation of registration of patent agents.
Regulation 45G. Board of Examination of Patent Agents.
Regulation 45H. Setting, assessing and marking of examinations questions and answers.

PART VII- MISCELLANEOUS

Regulation 46. Amendment of application.
Regulation 46A. Amendment of Patent.
Regulation 47. Hearing.
Regulation 48. (Deleted).
Regulation 49. (Deleted).
Regulation 50. Signatures by partnerships, companies and associations.
Regulation 51. Address for service.
Regulation 52. Service by post.
Regulation 53. Request for extension of time.

SCHEDULE I
SCHEDULE II [Form No.1- 5]
SCHEDULE II [Form No.5A- 5G]
SCHEDULE II [Form No.6 -12]
SCHEDULE II [Form No.13- 21]

LIST OF AMENDMENTS