Patent rules amend transfer, filing formats, PCT processing, ISA/IPEA designation, timelines and fee/protest mechanisms. The amendment empowers the Controller to transfer applications and requires further applications under section 16 to be filed at the appropriate office of the first application; it prescribes standardized filing formats, mandates computer readable sequence listings, designates the Patent Office Delhi as the appropriate office for international processing and as the Indian International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority, and establishes procedures, timelines and fee structures (including protest and review mechanisms) for international search and preliminary examination with fees set out in the Fifth Schedule.
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The amendment empowers the Controller to transfer applications and requires further applications under section 16 to be filed at the appropriate office of the first application; it prescribes standardized filing formats, mandates computer readable sequence listings, designates the Patent Office Delhi as the appropriate office for international processing and as the Indian International Searching and Preliminary Examining Authority, and establishes procedures, timelines and fee structures (including protest and review mechanisms) for international search and preliminary examination with fees set out in the Fifth Schedule.
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