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Patent Rules — (b)
(b) fee for each page of specification and drawings in excess of 100 pages
Patent Rules — (c)
(c) fee for each claim in excess of 20 included in the application in respect of which the fee set out in paragraph 10(b) was not paid
Patent Rules — (a)
(a) for the dates of each of the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the filing date of the application on the basis of which the patent was granted,
Patent Rules — (b)
(b) for the dates of each of the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth anniversaries of the filing date of that application,
Patent Rules — (c)
(c) for the dates of each of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th anniversaries of the filing date of that application,
Patent Rules — (d)
(d) for the dates of each of the 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th anniversaries of the filing date of that application,
Patent Rules — (a)
(a) for the first patent or certificate of supplementary protection to which the application relates
Patent Rules — (b)
(b) for each additional patent or certificate to which the application relates
Patent Rules — (b)
(b) for each patent or application for a patent to which the request relates
Patent Rules — (a)
(a) if the person requesting makes the copy using Patent Office equipment
Patent Rules — (c)
(c) if the copy is requested on more than one physical medium, for each additional physical medium requested
Patent Rules — (a)
(a) small entity fee for the dates of the 20th and each subsequent anniversary of the filing date of the application on the basis of which the patent was granted
Patent Rules — (b)
(b) standard fee for the dates of the 20th and each subsequent anniversary of the filing date of the application on the basis of which the patent was granted
Patent Rules — (a)
(a) for the dates of each of the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the day on which the patent was issued,
Patent Rules — (b)
(b) for the dates of each of the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth anniversaries of the day on which the patent was issued,
Patent Rules — (c)
(c) for the dates of each of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th anniversaries of the day on which the patent was issued,
Patent Rules — (d)
(d) for the dates of each of the 15th and 16th anniversaries of the day on which the patent was issued,
Patent Rules — 27
27 (1) The following definitions apply in this section. former Rules means the Patent Rules as they read immediately before the day on which these Rules come into force. ( anciennes règles ) new Rules means the Patent Rules as they read on the day on which these Rules come into force. ( nouvelles règles ) (2) On the day on which these Rules come into force, (a) the appointment of any patent agent who is not resident in Canada is revoked; (b) an associate patent agent who was appointed by a patent agent who is not resident in Canada is deemed to have been appointed as a patent agent under section 27 of the former Rules; (c) all the patent agents who are members of a firm that was appointed as a patent agent under section 27 of the former Rules are deemed to be appointed under section 27 of the new Rules; and (d) all the patent agents who are members of a firm that was appointed as an associate patent agent under section 28 of the former Rules are deemed to be appointed under section 28 of the new Rules.
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former Rules means the Patent Rules as they read immediately before the day on which these Rules come into force. ( anciennes règles )
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new Rules means the Patent Rules as they read on the day on which these Rules come into force. ( nouvelles règles )
Patent Rules — 60
60 In respect of an application for a patent that has a filing date before the day on which this section comes into force, a sequence listing may, for the purposes of subsection 58(1) of the Patent Rules , comply with the PCT sequence listing standard as defined in subsection 1(1) of the Patent Rules as they read immediately before the day on which this section comes into force.
Patent Rules — 61
61 Subsections 80(1) and 85.1(1) and subparagraphs 87(1)(a)(iii) and (b)(iii) of the Patent Rules do not apply in respect of the examination of an application for a patent if all of the following actions are taken before October 3, 2022: (a) the request for the examination of the application is made; (b) the prescribed fee for the examination of an application referred to in subsection 80(1) of the Patent Rules , as it read immediately before October 3, 2022, is paid; and (c) if applicable, the prescribed late fee referred to in section 82 of the Patent Rules is paid.
Environmental Response Regulations — a
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, pursuant to paragraphs 35(1)(d), (e) a and (f) a , subsection 182(1) b and paragraphs 244(f) c and (h) d of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 e , makes the annexed Environmental Response Regulations . a S.C. 2005, c. 29, s. 16(1) b S.C. 2014, c. 29, s. 69 c S.C. 2014, c. 29, s. 75(1) d S.C. 2018, c. 27, s. 709 e S.C. 2001, c. 26
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Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations. Act means the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 . ( Loi ) area of environmental sensitivities means an area containing threatened, vulnerable or endangered species or locations of cultural or high socio-economic significance. ( milieux sensibles )
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Act means the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 . ( Loi )
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area of environmental sensitivities means an area containing threatened, vulnerable or endangered species or locations of cultural or high socio-economic significance. ( milieux sensibles )
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Classes 2 (1) The following classes of vessels are prescribed for the purposes of subsection 167(1) of the Act: (a) oil tankers of 150 gross tonnage or more; (b) vessels, other than oil tankers, of 400 gross tonnage or more that carry oil as cargo or as fuel; and (c) vessels that carry oil as cargo or as fuel and that are engaged in towing or pushing at least one other vessel that carries oil as cargo or as fuel, if the combined gross tonnage of the vessels is 150 gross tonnage or more. Exclusions (2) The classes of vessels that are prescribed by subsection (1) do not include (a) foreign vessels that are only transiting in the territorial sea of Canada or the exclusive economic zone of Canada and are not engaged in the loading or unloading of oil during transit; (b) pleasure craft; or (c) government vessels, naval auxiliary vessels or vessels owned or operated by a foreign state and used only on government non-commercial service. Definition of oil tanker (3) In this section, oil tanker means a vessel constructed or adapted primarily to carry oil in bulk in its cargo spaces and includes the following vessels that are carrying a cargo or part cargo of oil in bulk: (a) a combination carrier, which is a vessel designed to carry oil or solid cargoes in bulk; (b) an NLS tanker, which is a vessel constructed or adapted to carry a cargo of noxious liquid substances in bulk and includes an oil tanker that is certified to carry a cargo or part cargo of noxious liquid substances in bulk; and (c) a gas carrier, which is a cargo vessel constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of any liquefied gas or other products listed in Chapter 19 of the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk , published by the International Maritime Organization.
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Exception 3 Paragraph 167(1)(a) and subparagraphs 167(1)(b)(ii) and (iii) of the Act do not apply in respect of vessels that are in waters north of latitude 60° N.
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Maximum quantity 4 For the purposes of paragraph 167(1)(a) of the Act, the prescribed maximum quantity of oil is 10,000 tonnes.
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Classes 5 For the purposes of sections 167.1 to 167.4 and subsections 168(1) and 168.01(1) of the Act, classes of oil handling facilities at which operations are carried out in relation to the loading or unloading of oil to or from a vessel referred to in section 2 are established according to their oil transfer rate as set out in the following table: TABLE Column 1 Column 2 Item Class of Oil Handling Facility Oil Transfer Rate (m 3 /h) 1 1 150 or less 2 2 More than 150 but not more than 750 3 3 More than 750 but not more than 2,000 4 4 More than 2,000
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Exception 6 Paragraph 168(1)(a) and subparagraph 168(1)(b)(ii) of the Act and the requirement set out in subparagraph 168(1)(b)(iii) of the Act to identify every person who is authorized to implement the arrangement referred to in paragraph 168(1)(a) do not apply in respect of oil handling facilities that are located north of latitude 60° N. SOR/2025-233, s. 2
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Maximum quantity 7 For the purposes of paragraph 168(1)(a) of the Act, the prescribed maximum quantity of oil is 10,000 tonnes.
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Timing — section 167.1 of the Act 8 For the purposes of section 167.1 of the Act, the prescribed time to notify the Minister of the proposed operations relating to the loading or unloading of oil to or from vessels is at least 180 days before the commencement of those operations.
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Time limit — section 168.01 of the Act 9 For the purposes of section 168.01 of the Act, if the proposed change is to decrease the oil handling facility’s transfer rate, the time to notify the Minister of the proposed change may be of any period of less than 180 days that the Minister may specify. SOR/2025-233, s. 3
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Content 10 The oil pollution prevention plan must contain the following: (a) the position of the person who is responsible for supervising in person the loading or unloading of oil to or from a vessel; (b) the types and quantity of equipment for use in the loading or unloading of oil to or from a vessel and the measures to be taken in order to meet the manufacturer’s specifications in respect of the maintenance and certification of that equipment; (c) the procedures to be followed by the oil handling facility’s personnel before and during the loading or unloading of oil to or from a vessel; (d) the procedures to be followed in order to meet the requirements of subsection 38(2) of the Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations and in order to reduce the rate of flow or pressure in a safe and efficient manner when the supervisor on board a vessel gives notice of the stopping of the loading or unloading of oil to or from the vessel to the person referred to in paragraph (a); (e) the measures to be taken in order to meet the requirements of section 33 of the Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations and, in the event of failure of the means of communication referred to in that section, in order to ensure that effective two-way communication between the person referred to in paragraph (a) and the supervisor on board the vessel is continuously maintained before and during the loading or unloading of oil to or from the vessel; (f) a description of the lighting to be provided in order to meet the requirements of section 34 of the Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations ; (g) documentation that demonstrates that the transfer conduit at the oil handling facility meets the requirements of subsection 35(1) of the Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations ; (h) the measures to be taken in order to meet the requirements of subsection 35(3) of the Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations ; (i) the procedures to be followed by the person referred to in paragraph (a) in order to meet the requirements of subsection 35(4) of the Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations ; (j) the procedures to be followed by the operator of the oil handling facility in order to prevent a discharge of oil; (k) a description, by position, of the training that has been or will be provided to the oil handling facility’s personnel who are engaged in the loading or unloading of oil, and to other persons who are so engaged, respecting the procedures to be followed in order to prevent an oil pollution incident, including the frequency of the training; and (l) the procedures to be followed for the review and updating of the plan in order to meet the requirements of section 12 . SOR/2025-233, s. 4
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ter and, if possible, with the persons, entities and vessels that may be involved in an oil pollution incident or that may be requested to respond to such an incident; (i.1) a schedule for implementing the exercise program; (j) the measures to be taken by the operator, in accordance with applicable federal and provincial regulations relating to health and safety, to protect the health and safety of personnel and of other individuals who are involved in responding to an oil pollution incident at the operator’s request; (k) the procedures to be followed for the review and updating of the plan in order to meet the requirements of section 12 ; (l) the procedures to be followed by the operator in order to meet the requirements of section 39 of the Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations ; and (m) the procedures to be followed by the operator to investigate any oil pollution incident in order to determine the causes and contributing factors and the actions that are needed to reduce the risk of reoccurrence. Other plans (2) The operator must ensure that the oil pollution emergency plan takes into account any contingency plan for its geographical area that may affect the facility’s plan, including contingency plans that are issued by the Canadian Coast Guard or provincial or municipal governments. Notification — exercise (3) The operator must submit a written description of any exercise referred to in paragraph (1)(i), other than a notification exercise, to the Minister at least 30 days before the day on which it conducts the exercise. SOR/2025-233, s. 5
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Annual review 12 (1) The operator of an oil handling facility must, each year, (a) review and, if necessary, update its oil pollution prevention plan and oil pollution emergency plan; and (b) submit the up-to-date plans to the Minister or, if there is no update to one or both of the plans, notify the Minister in writing to that effect. Review — events (2) The operator must also review its oil pollution prevention plan and oil pollution emergency plan each time either of the following events occur and, if necessary, update the affected portions of the plans: (a) the identification of a deficiency in either of the plans after an oil pollution incident or an oil pollution incident simulation exercise; (b) any change in the facility’s business practices, policies or operational procedures that could affect the loading or unloading of oil to or from a vessel. Submission of updates — events (3) If the operator updates its oil pollution prevention plan or oil pollution emergency plan under subsection (2), the operator must submit the up-to-date plan to the Minister no later than 90 days after the day on which the event occurs. Record (4) The operator of an oil handling facility must keep a record of the date and the results of each review of the oil pollution prevention plan and the oil pollution emergency plan conducted under subsections (1) and (2), including any updates, and must maintain the record for three years after the day on which it is created. SOR/2025-233, s. 6
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Procedures 13 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 168(1)(e) of the Act, the operator of an oil handling facility must establish and implement procedures that include (a) the immediate shut down of loading or unloading operations and their restart in a manner that would not interfere with the immediate, effective and sustained response to the discharge; (b) the reporting of the discharge in accordance with section 133 of the Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations ; (c) the coordination of the oil handling facility’s response operation with the activities of the Canadian Coast Guard and federal, provincial and other bodies responsible for, or involved in, the protection of the marine environment; (d) the taking into account by the operator of the oil handling facility of the priorities set out in paragraph 11 (1)(c) during the entire response to the discharge; (e) the making available of at least one of the persons referred to in paragraph 11 (1)(f) to the Department of Transport and the Canadian Coast Guard during the entire response to the discharge; (f) the measures necessary to ensure that the operator of the oil handling facility is prepared to respond in the event of a discharge of oil of at least the applicable quantity set out in clauses 11 (1)(b)(i)(A) to (D); (g) the deployment of the equipment and resources referred to in subsection (2) at the location of the discharge within the time frames set out in that subsection; and (h) the undertaking of an investigation of the discharge in order to determine the causes and contributing factors, and the actions that are needed to reduce the risk of reoccurrence. Equipment and resources (2) The equipment and resources that the operator of the oil handling facility must have available for immediate use in accordance with paragraph 168(1)(e) of the Act are those (a) that are required to contain, control, recover and clean up a discharge of oil of at least the applicable quantity set out in clauses 11 (1)(b)(i)(A) to (D); and (b) that can be deployed, if it is possible to do so in a safe, effective and practicable manner, at the location of the discharge, (i) for the purposes of containing and controlling the oil, within one hour after the discovery of the discharge, and (ii) for the purposes of recovering the oil and cleaning up, within six hours after the discovery of the discharge. SOR/2025-233, s. 7
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Training record 14 (1) The operator of an oil handling facility must keep a training record for each person who received the training referred to in paragraph 10(k) or 11(1)(h), including the name and position of the person, title of the training and date on which the training was received. Retention and Ministerial access (2) The operator must keep the training record for at least five years after the date of the training or, if the training is valid for more than five years, until the date on which the validity period ends and must make the record available to the Minister upon request. SOR/2025-233, s. 8
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Exercise report 15 The operator of an oil handling facility must submit a report to the Minister within 90 days after the day on which it conducts an exercise that is part of the program referred to in paragraph 11(1)(i) and must include in the report (a) the date on which the exercise was conducted; (b) a description of any simulation that was conducted; (c) a description of the objectives of the exercise, the means used to meet the objectives and an indication of whether the objectives were met; and (d) any deficiencies that were identified, a description of the actions that are planned to address those deficiencies and any possible improvements that could be made to the oil pollution emergency plan or to future exercises. SOR/2025-233, s. 8
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Oil pollution incident report 16 (1) The operator of an oil handling facility must make a report setting out the causes and contributing factors of every oil pollution incident and the actions that are needed to reduce the risk of reoccurrence. Submission of report (2) The operator must submit the report to the Minister within 90 days after the day on which the oil pollution incident occurs. SOR/2025-233, s. 8
Environmental Response Regulations — 1
1 Section 1 of the Environmental Response Regulations 1 is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order: 1 SOR/2019-252 designated port means a port described in Part 1 of Schedule 1. ( port désigné ) enhanced response area means a marine region described in Part 3 of Schedule 1. ( secteur d’intervention intensive ) geographic area means the area in respect of which a response organization is certified under subsection 169(1) of the Act. ( zone géographique ) operating environment means sheltered waters, unsheltered waters or a shoreline. ( milieu d’utilisation ) primary area of response means a marine region described in Part 2 of Schedule 1. ( secteur primaire d’intervention ) recovered materials means oil waste and oily water waste in either liquid or solid form recovered during a response. ( matières récupérées ) sheltered waters means waters where on-water recovery operations for discharged oil can be carried out effectively without significant disruption by environmental conditions. ( eaux abritées ) treat means to take measures, in a manner that has the least detrimental impact possible on the environment, for the purpose of restoring, to the extent possible, an operating environment in which an oil pollution incident has occurred to its condition before the incident. ( traiter ) unsheltered waters means waters where on-water recovery operations for discharged oil may be significantly disrupted by environmental conditions. ( eaux ouvertes )
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designated port means a port described in Part 1 of Schedule 1. ( port désigné )
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enhanced response area means a marine region described in Part 3 of Schedule 1. ( secteur d’intervention intensive )
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geographic area means the area in respect of which a response organization is certified under subsection 169(1) of the Act. ( zone géographique )
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operating environment means sheltered waters, unsheltered waters or a shoreline. ( milieu d’utilisation )
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primary area of response means a marine region described in Part 2 of Schedule 1. ( secteur primaire d’intervention )
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recovered materials means oil waste and oily water waste in either liquid or solid form recovered during a response. ( matières récupérées )
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sheltered waters means waters where on-water recovery operations for discharged oil can be carried out effectively without significant disruption by environmental conditions. ( eaux abritées )
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treat means to take measures, in a manner that has the least detrimental impact possible on the environment, for the purpose of restoring, to the extent possible, an operating environment in which an oil pollution incident has occurred to its condition before the incident. ( traiter )
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unsheltered waters means waters where on-water recovery operations for discharged oil may be significantly disrupted by environmental conditions. ( eaux ouvertes )