WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE 
ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights IP/N/lICYP/P/3 
19 June 2000 
(00-2456) 
Original: Englishl 
anglais/ 
inglés 
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
LA WS AND REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER 
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
CYPRUS 
The present document reproduces the texe of the Patent Regulations of 1998, as notified by 
Cyprus under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/N/lICYP/1/Rev.1). 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À LA 
PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
CHYPRE 
Le présent document contient le textel de la Réglementation relative aux brevets de 1998, 
notifiée par Chypre au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IP/N/1/CYP/lIRev.1). 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
PRINCIPALES LEYES y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD 
INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL pARRAFO 2 
DEL ARTICULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
CHIPRE 
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 deI Reglamento relativo a las patentes 
de 1998, notificado por Chipre en virtud deI parrafo 2 deI articulo 63 deI Acuerdo (véase el 
documento IP/N/l/CYP/1/Rev.1). 
1 In English only. The text in the original language is available for consultation by interested 
Delegations at the WTO Secretariat./En anglais seulement. Les délégations intéressées peuvent consulter le 
texte, dans sa langue d'origine, au Secrétariat de l'OMC.lEn inglés solamente. Las delegaciones interesadas 
podran consultar en la Secretaria de la OMC el texto en su idioma original. IPINIIICYP/P/3 
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UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION 
REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS 
THE PATENT LAW 1999 
REGULATIONS UNDER SECTION 78 
K.8..n. 46/99 
(fees & forms are not included 
see the original text in Greek) 
Nicosia, September 1998 REGULATIONS UNDER SECTION 78 IP/NIl ICYP/P/3 
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The Council of Ministers, exercising the powers vested in it under 
Section 78 of the Patent, Law issues the following Regulations. 
The present Regulations shall be referred to as the Patent Regulations of 
1998. 
Definitions CHAPTER 1 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
1. In these Regulations, unless the context 
otherwise requires: 
(1) "certified translation" means the 
translation made by a lawyer or by an authority 
competent in certifying translations; 
(ii) "EPO" means the European Patent 
Office as defined in the European Paten 
Convention; 
(iii) "European application" means the 
application for the grant of a European patent; 
(iv) "European Patent Convention" means 
the Convention for the grant of European 
patents ratifiéd by Cyprus, by Law No. 26(111)/97. 
(v) "Gazette" means the Cyprus official 
Gazette; 
(vi) "international application" means an 
application filed under the Patent Cooperation 
Treaty; 
(vii) "Law" means the Paten Law 1998; 
(viii) "patent application" means the 
application for the grant of a patent; 
(ix) "Patent Cooperation Treaty" means the IP/NIl/CYP/P/3 
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Register Patent Cooperation Treaty ratified by Cyprus by 
Law No. 27(111)/97. 
(x) "priority date" means the filing date of an 
earlier application that serves as a basis for the 
right of priority as provided for in Section 20; 
(xi) "Registrar" means the Registrar of 
Companies and Official Receiver and includes 
any other person appointed to exercise ail or any 
of the powers ancj perform ail or any of the 
duties of the Re'gistrar; 
(xii) "representative lawyer" means a lawyer 
acting on behalf of an applicant for registration of 
a patent; 
(xiii) "Rule" refers to the specified rule of these 
Regulations; 
(xiv) "Section" refers to the specified section 
of the Law; 
(xv) Words and phrases defined in the Law 
shall have the sa me meaning wherever used in 
these Regulations, 
2, (1) The Registrar shall cause to be entered 
in the register in respect of every patent and, 
where applicable, of every application, upon 
publication, in addition to the information 
indicated in Rules 39(5) and (6) and 40(1): 
(a) the address for service; 
(b) the date on which the patent expired or 
was surrendered or invalidated; 
(c) any assignment of the patent or 
application therefor; and 
(e) the grant, cancellation and variation of 
the terms of any compulsory license granted with 
respect to the patent. 
(2) The Registrar may at any time enter in the 
register such other particulars as he may think 
fit. 
(3) Entries in the register shall be available for Alteration of 
name, etc. 
Change of ownership 
Correction of errors. IPINIl/CYP/P/3 
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inspection by the public between the hours of 9 
a.m .. and 1 p.m. on week days and not on 
Saturdays and public holidays. 
(4) Requests for certified copies of or extracts 
from the register or for copies of documents 
shall be made to the Registrar on Form P.1. 
3. (1) A request by the owner of a patent or 
by an applicant for a patent for the alteration of a 
name, nationality, address or address.for service 
on record in respect of his patent or application 
shall be made on Form P.2. 
(2) Before acting on a request to alter a name 
or nationality, the Registrar may require such 
justification of the alteration as he thinks fit. 
(3) If the Registrar is satisfied that the request 
should be allowed, he shall cause the patent or 
the application therefor and, where the name, 
nationality or address has been recorded in the 
register, to be altered accordingly. 
4. (1) A request for recordai of the change of 
ownership of an application or a patent shall be 
made on Form P.3. 
(2) ln order to be accepted for recordai, an 
agreement assigning the ownership of the 
application or the patent must contain at least 
the seriai number and date of the patent 
application or of the patent, the title of the 
invention and the names, addresses, 
nationalities, and signatures of the assignor and 
assignee. 
(3) If the Registrar is satisfied that the request 
should be allowed, he shall cause the patent or 
application therefor and, where the ownership 
has been recorded in the register, the register to 
be altered accordingly. 
5. (1) A request for correction of an error in 
the register or in any document filed with the 
Registrar in connection with registration shall be 
made on Form PA. IP/N/1/CYPIP/3 
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Order or direction 
by court (2) (a) A request for correction of an error or 
translation or transcription, a clerical error or 
mistake in the c1aims, description or drawings of 
a patent or application for a patent or any 
document filed in connection with a patent or 
such an application shall be made on Form. P.5. 
(b) Where su ch a request relates ta the 
daims, description or drawings, no correction 
shall be made therein unless the correction is 
obvious in the sense that it is immediately 
evident that hothing else would have been 
intended than what is offered as the correction. 
(c) Where the correction of a patent is 
requested, the Registrar may require notice of 
the proposed correction to be advertised. The 
advertisement shall be made by publication of 
the request and the nature of the requested 
correction. 
(d) Any person may, at any time within three 
months after the date of the publication, give, to 
the Registrar, on Form. P.6, in duplicate, notice 
of opposition to the request. The notice of 
opposition shall be supported by a statement in 
duplicate setting out fully the facts on which the 
opponent relies and the relief which he seeks. 
(e) The Registrar shall send a copy of the 
notice and the statement to the person making 
the request who, if he desires to proceed with 
his request, shall within three months of the 
receipt of the copies file a counter-statement in 
duplicate setting out fully the grounds on which 
he contests the opposition and the Registrar 
shall send a copy of the counter-statement to the 
opposer. 
(f) The Registrar may give such directions 
as he may think fit with regard ta the subsequent 
proceedings. 
6. Where any order or direction has been 
made or given by the court: 
(a) transferring a patent or application or 
any right in or under it ta any persan; Representation 
by an agent. 
1 ndication of 
name, etc. IP/N/1/CYP/P/3 
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(b) that an application should proceed in the 
name of any persan; 
(c) allowing the owner of a patent to amend 
the application or patent; or 
(d) invalidating a patent; 
the person in whose favor the order is made or 
the direction is given shall file Form P.7. 
accompanied by an office copy of such order or 
direction, and thereupon the application or the 
patent shall be amended and the register shall, 
where applicable, be rectified or altered 
accordingly. 
7. (1) The appointment of an agent shall be 
by a power of attorney which shall be signed by 
the applicant, or, if there is more than one 
applicant, by each applicant. The address of the 
agent shall, for ail purposes be connected with 
the Law and these Regulations, be treated as 
the address ta which communications to the 
persan or persans who appointed the agent shEdl 
be transmitted. 
(2) The power of attorney shall be made on 
Form P.8 and filed together with the application 
or within one month from its filing date. If the 
appointment is not thus made, and is not in 
accordance with Section 79(2) of the Law and 
paragraph (1) of this Rule, any procedural steps 
taken by the agent other than the filing of the 
application shall be deemed not to have been 
taken. 
8. (1) Names of natural persons shall be 
indicated by the person's family name, the family 
name being indicated before the given name; 
the names of legal entities shall be indicated by 
their full, official designations. 
(2) Addresses shall be indicated in such a way 
as to satisfy the customary requirements for 
prompt postal delivery at the indicated address 
and, in any case, shall consist of ail the relevant IP/N/1/CYP/P/3 
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Signatures by 
partnerships, companies 
and associations 
Recordai of 
patent applications 
Administrative 
instructions administrative units, including the house 
number, if any; addresses shall also indicate 
telegraphic and telex, fax, e-mail, addresses, if 
any, and telephone numbers. 
(3) Nationality shall be indicated by the name 
of the State of which a person is a national,; 
legal entities .shall indicate the name of the State 
under whose laws they are constituted. 
(4) Residence shall be indicated b.y the name 
of the State of which a person is a resident. 
9. (1) A document purporting to be signed for 
or on behalf of a partnership shall contain the 
names of ail the partners in full and shall be 
signed by ail the partners or by any partner 
qualified to sign, stating that he signs on behalf 
of the partnership, or by any other person who 
satisfies the Registrar that he is authorized to 
sign the document. 
(2) A document purporting to be signed for or 
on behalf of a body corporate shall be signed by 
a Director or by the Secretary or other principal 
officer of the body corporate, or by any other 
person who satisfies the Registrar that he is 
authorized to sign the document, and shall bear 
the seal of the body corporate. 
(3) A document purporting to be signed for or 
on behalf of an association of persons may be 
signed by any person who satisfies the Registrar 
that he is duly authorized. 
(4) The Registrar may, whenever he deems it 
necessary, request proof of authorization to sign. 
10. Patent applications shall be recorded in 
the record book on "Pending National 
Applications". 
11. Administrative Instructions on keeping the 
record books on other formai procedures for the 
processing of patent applications may be issued 
by the Registrar. Fees and Forms 
Time limits 
Dut Y or preserve 
secrecy 
Directions as to 
furnishing of IP/N/1/CYP/P/3 
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12. (1) The fees to be paid in respect of any 
of the matters arising under the Law and these 
Regulations shall be those specified in Schedule 
1 to these Regulations, and, where a form 
specified in that Schedule as the corresponding 
form in relation to any matter is required to be 
used, that form shall be accompanied by the fee 
specified in respect of that matter. 
(2) The forms mentioned in these Regulations 
are those set out in Schedule 2 to these 
Regulations. Copies of the forms shall be 
obtainable from the Registrar. 
13 (1) When the last day for doing any act or 
taking any proceeding falls on a day when the 
Office of the Registrar is not open to the public 
for business, it shall be lawful to do the act or to 
take the proceeding on the day when the Office 
of the Registrar is next open for business. 
(2) The time or periods prescribed by (the Law 
or) these Regulations for doing any act or taking 
any proceeding thereunder may be extended by 
the Registrar if he thinks fit, upon such notice to 
the parties and upon such terms, as he may 
direct, and such extensions may be granted 
although the time or period for doing such act or 
taking such proceeding has already expired. 
(3) Any notice, application or other document 
sent to the Registrar by posting it in Cyprus shall 
be deemed to have been given, made or filed at 
the time when the letter containing it would be 
delivered in the ordinary course of post. 
14. Employees of the Office of the Registrar 
shall have the obligation, even after the 
termination of their employment, neither to 
communicate confidential information obtained 
in their capacities as employees of the Office of 
the Registrar to persons not entitled to receive it, 
nor to disclose it to the public or make other use 
of it. 
15. At any stage of any proceedings before . 
the Registrar, the Registrar may direct that any IP/N/l/CYPIPl3 
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documents 
Correction of 
irregularities 
Dispensation by the 
Registrar 
Hours of business 
Evidence documents, things, information or evidence he 
may require concerning matters arising under 
the Law or these Regulations be furnished within 
such period of time as he may fix. 
16. Any document filed in any proceedings 
before the Registrar may, if he thinks fit, be 
amended and any irregularity in procedure 
before the Registrar may be rectified, on such 
terms as he may direct. 
17. Where, unde'r these Regulations, any 
person is to do any act or thing, or any 
document or evidence is required to be 
produced or filed, and it is shown to the 
satisfaction of the Registrar that, for any 
reasonable cause, that person is unable to do 
that act or thing, or' that that document or 
evidence cannot be produced or filed, the 
Registrar may upon the production of such 
evidence and subject to such terms as he thinks 
fit, dispense with the doing of any such act or 
thing, or the production or filing of such 
document or evidence. 
18. The Office of the Registrar shall be open 
to the public from Monday to Friday inclusive, 
each week, according to the working hours of 
the civil service. 
19, (1) Where under these Regulations 
evidence may be filed, it shall be by statutory 
declaration or affidavit. 
(2) The Registrar may, if he thinks fit, in any 
particular case, take oral evidence in lieu of or in 
addition to such evidence and shall allow any 
witness to be cross-examined on his affidavit or 
declaration. 
(3) A statutory declaration or affidavit filed under 
the Law or these Regulations shall be made 
before an officer authorized by law in any part of 
the Republic of Cyprus to administer an oath for 
the purpose of legal proceedings, 
(4) Statutory declarations or affidavits made 
outside the Republic of Cyprus shall be made Hearing 
Gazette 
Applications for the 
grant of patents before a Consul or Notary Public. IP/N/1/CYP/P/3 
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20. (1) (a) The Registrar shall, before 
exercising adversely to any person at a 
proceeding before him any discretionary power 
given to him 'by the Law or these Rules, notify 
such person, in writing, of the opportunity to be 
heard thereon, and indicating a time limit, which 
shall not be less than one month, for filing a 
request for a hearing. 
(b) The request for a hearing shall be in 
writing and shall be subject to payment of the 
prescribed fee. 
(c) Upon receiving such request, the 
Registrar shall give the person applying, and any 
other interested persons, at least two weeks 
notice, in writing of the date and time of the 
hearing. 
(2) After hearing the party or parties, the 
Registrar shall decide upon the matter and, in 
writing, notify his decision to the parties, giving 
reasons for his decision. 
21. (1) The Registrar shall publish in the 
Official Gazette particulars of patents and other 
proceedings required to be published under the 
Law and these Regulations and any other 
information required to be published under the 
Law or these Regulations as he may deem to be 
generally useful or important. 
(2) Unless the Registrar otherwise directs, the 
Gazette shall be published monthly 
CHAPTER 2 
FILING OF A PATENT APPLICATION 
22. (1) The request shall be made, in 
duplicate, together with the payment of the 
prescribed fee, on Form. P.9 and shall meet the 
prerequisites of Section 13 of the Patent Law 
1998. 
(2) The data concerning the applicant, the 
inventor and any agent shall include their full IP/N/l/CYP/P/3 
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International Patent 
Classification 
Marking of 
application 
Description of 
the Invention. names, addresses and nationalities. 
(3) The title of the invention shall be short and 
precise and indicate the matter to which the 
invention relates. 
(4) Where the applicant is the inventor, the 
request shall contain a statement to that effect 
and, where he is not, it shall indicate the 
inventor's name and address and be 
accompanied by a statement justifying the 
applicant's right to the patent. 
(5) The patent application can be filed by 
registered mail. In this case, the date of receipt 
is the date on which the application is received 
by the Registrar; Rule 13(3) shall not apply. 
23. .The Registrar shall apply the International 
Patent Classification, as adopted under the 
Strasbourg Agreement of March 24, 1971, and 
updated in subsequent editions, for ail purposes 
relating to the grant and publication of patents, 
as weil as for the maintenance of classified 
search files. 
24. (1) Upon receipt, the Registrar shall mark, 
on each document making up the application, 
the actual date of receipt and the application 
seriai number consisting of the last two numbers 
of the year in which the initial papers were 
received, followed by a five-digit number allotted 
in the sequential order in which applications are 
received. 
(2) Where any corrections or other later filed 
documents are received on different dates, the 
Registrar shall also mark thereon their actual 
date of receipt and the application seriai number 
established in accordance with paragraph (1). 
(3) The application seriai number allotted under 
paragraph (1) shall be quoted by the Registrar 
and the applicant in ail subsequent 
communications concerning the application. 
25. (1) The description of the invention shall 
first state the title of the invention mentioned in Microorganisms the patent application. 
(2) The description shaH: IPINIlICYP/P/3 
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(1) determine the technical field to which the 
invention relates; 
(ii) indicate the state of the background art 
which, as far as known to the applicant, can be 
regarded as useful for understanding the 
inventi<;m, and, preferably, cite the documents 
reflecting such background art; 
(iii) determine the invention, as defined in the 
claims by appropriate technical terms so that the 
problem and its solution can be understood; 
(iv) present the advantage of the invention, if 
any, in relation to the background art; 
(v) briefly describe the figures in the 
drawings, if any; 
(vi) define in detail one way at least of 
carrying out the invention claimed using 
examples; 
(vii) indicate explicitly, when it is not obvious 
from the description or nature of the invention, 
the way in which the invention is capable of 
exploitation in industry 
26. (1) T 0 the extent that the contents of an 
application for a patent or of a patent disclose an 
invention which requires for its performance the 
use of a microorganism which is not available to 
the public at its date of filing, the application 
shall be treated as disclosing the invention in a 
manner which is clear and complete enough for 
the invention·to be performed by a person skilléd 
in the art if the following conditions are satisfied: 
(1) a culture of the microorganism has been 
deposited in a culture collection not later than 
the date of filing the application; 
(ii) the application as filed fives such relevant 
information ÇlS is available to the applicant on the 
characteristics of the microorganisms; and IPIN11/CYP/P/3 
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Claims (iii) the na me of the culture collection the date 
when the culture was deposited, and the 
accession number of the deposit are given in the 
description portion of the applic.ation. 
(2) The giving of the information specified in 
paragraph (1 )(iii), above, shall be considered as 
constituting the unreserved and irrevocable 
consent of the applicant to the culture deposited 
being made available to any persan who, on or 
after the date of publication of the application, 
makes a valid request therefor ta the culture 
collection with which the microorganism is 
deposited. A request shall be valid if it is 
accompanied by the Registrar's certificate 
authorizing the release of the sample ta that 
person. An application for such a certificate 
shall be submitted to the Registrar, 
accompanied by the prescribed fee, on Form 
P.1 0, together with: 
(a) an undertaking not to make the culture 
available to any other person until the application 
for the patent is refused or withdrawn or deemed 
to be withdrawn or, if a patent is granted, until it 
ceases to have effect without the possibility of 
renewal or restoration; and 
(b) an undertaking to use the culture for 
experimental purposes only until the application 
is refused or withdrawn or deemed to be 
withdrawn or until the date of publication in the 
Official Gazette that the patent has been 
granted. 
(3) The Registrar shall send a copy of the 
prescribed form to the applicant for, or owner of, 
the patent. 
27. (1) Where an application contains several 
daims, they shall be numbered consecutively in 
arabic numerals. 
(2) The definition of the subject matter for which 
protection is sought shall be in terms of the 
technical features of the invention. 
(3) Claims shall be written either: IPIN/lICYPIP/3 
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(1) in two parts, the tirst part consisting of a 
statement indicating those technical features of 
the invention which are necessary in connection 
with the definition of the claimed subject matter 
and which, in. combination, appear to be part of 
the prior art, the second part ("the characterizing 
portion"), introduced by the words "characterized 
in that," characterized by", "wherein the 
improvement comprises", or other words to the 
same effect, consisting. of a statement concise!y 
indicating those technical features which, in 
combination with the features stated in the first 
part, define the subject matter for which 
protection is sought; or 
(ii) in a single statement containing a 
recitation of a combination of several elements 
or steps, or a single element or step, which 
defines the matter for which protection is sought. 
(4) (a) No daim shall contain, in respect of the 
technical features of the invention, references to 
the description or any drawings, for example, 
such referençes as: "as described in part ... of. 
the description", or "as illustrated in figure ... of 
the drawings", unless such a reference is 
necessary for the understanding of the daim or 
enhances the clarity or the conciseness of the 
daim. 
(b) No claim shall contain any drawing or 
graph. Any claim may contain tables and 
chemical or tnathematical formulas. 
(c) Where the application contains any 
drawing, any technical feature mentioned in any 
claim may, if the intelligibility of that claim can 
thereby be enhanced, include a reference sign 
to that drawing or to the applicable part of that 
drawing; such a reference sign shall be placecl 
between square brackets or parentheses and 
shall not be construed as limiting the daim. 
(5) (a) Any claim which includes ail the features 
of one or more other daims of the same 
category (hereinafter referred to as Hdependent 
claim" or "multiple dependent claim", 
respectively) shall preferably first refer to the IPINIlICYP/P/3 
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Drawings other claim or claims by indicating the seriai 
number of the other daim or the seriai numbers 
of the other claims and then state those features 
claimed that are additional to the features 
claimed in the other claim or claims. 
(b) Dependent claims or multiple dependent 
claims may depend on dependent claims or 
multiple dependent claims. Multiple dependent 
daims may refer in the alternative or in the 
cumulative to the claims on which they depend. 
(c) Ali dependent claims referring to the 
same other claim, and ail multiple dependent 
claims referring to the same other claims, shall 
be grouped together in the most practical way 
possible. 
28. (1) Drawings forming part of an 
application for a patent shall be on sheets the 
usable surface are of which shall not exceed 
26.2 cm by 17 cm. The sheets shall not contain 
frames round the usable or used surface. The 
minimum margins shall be as follows: 
top 2.5 cm 
left side 2.5 cm 
right side 1.5 cm 
bottom 1.0 cm 
(2) Drawings shall be executed as follows: 
(a) Without coloring in durable, black 
sufficiently dense and dark, uniformly thick and 
well-defined lines and strokes to permit 
satisfactory reproduction; 
(b) Cross-sections shall be indicated by 
hatching which does not impede the clear 
reading of the reference signs and leading lines; 
(c) The scale of the drawings and the 
distinctness of their graphical execution shall be 
such that a photographie reproduction with a 
linear reduction in size to two-thirds would 
enable ail details to be distinguished without 
difficulty. If, as an exception, the scale is given 
on a drawing it shall be represented graphically; IPINIl/CYP/P/3 
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(d) Ali numbers, letters and reference signs 
appearing in the drawing shall be simple and 
clear and brackets, circles and inverted commas 
shall not be used in association with numbers 
and letters; 
(e) Elements of the same figure shall be in 
proportion to each other, unless a difference in 
proportion is indispensable for the c1arity of the 
figure; 
(f) The height of the numbers and letters 
shall not be less than 0.32 cm and for the 
lettering of drawings, the Latin and, where 
customary, the Greek alphabets shall be used; 
(g) The same sheet of drawings may 
contain several figures. Where figures drawn on 
two or more sheets are intended to form one 
whole figure, the figures on the several sheets 
shall be so arranged that the whole figure can be 
assembled without concealing any part of the 
partial figures. The different figures shall be 
arranged, without wasting space, clearly 
separated from one another. The different 
figures shall be numbered consecutively. in 
arabic numerals, independently of the 
numbering of the sheets; 
(h) Reference signs not mentioned in the 
description or daims shall not appear in the 
drawings, and vice versa. The sa me features, 
when denoted by reference signs, shall, 
throughout the application, be denoted by the 
same signs; 
(1) The drawings shall not contain textual 
matter, except, when required for the 
understanding of the drawings, a single word or 
words such as "water", "steam"; "open", "dosed", 
"section on AA" and in the case of electric 
circuits and block schematic or flow sheet 
diagrams, a few short catchwords; 
U) The sheets of the drawings shall be 
numbered in accordance with Rule 31 (9) below. 
(3) Flow she,ets and diagrams shall be 
considered to be drawings for the purposes of IPINIl/CYP/P/3 
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Abstract 
Size and 
Presentation of 
Documents these Regulations. 
29. (1) The abstract shall commence with the 
title of the invention. 
(2) The abstract shall contain a concise 
summary of the matter contained in the 
description of the invention. The summary shall 
indicate the technical field to which the invention 
belongs and be drafted in a way which allows a 
clear understanding of the technical problem to 
which the invention relates, the gist of the 
solution to that problem through the invention 
and the principal use or uses of the invention. 
Where appropriate, the abstract shall also 
contain the chemical formula which, among 
those contained in the specification, best 
characterizes the invention. It shall not contain 
statements on the alleged merits or value of the 
invention or on its speculative application. 
(3) The abstract shall normally not contain more 
than 150 words. 
(4) If the description of the invention con.tains 
any drawings, the applicant shall indicate on 
Form P.9 the figure or, exceptionally, the figures 
of the drawings which he suggests should 
accompany the abstract when published. The 
Registrar may decide to publish one or more 
other figures if he considers that they best 
characterize the invention. 
(5) The abstract shall be so drafted that it 
constitutes an efficient instrument for the 
purposes of searching in a particular technical 
field, in particular by making it possible to assess 
whether there is a need to consult the 
description of the invention itself. 
30. (1) The description, claim(s), drawings(s), 
abstract and any replacement sheet thereof shall 
be filed in duplicate. 
(2) Ali documents shall be so presented as to 
permit direct reproduction by photography, 
electrostatic processes, photo offset and micro­
filming, in the unlimited number of copies. Ail IP/N/1/CYP/P/3 
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sheets shall be free from cracks, creases and 
folds. Only one side of the sheet shall be used, 
except in the case of the request for the grant of 
a patent. 
(3) Ail such documents and drawings shall be 
on A4 paper (29.7 cm x 21 cm) which shall be 
pliable, strong, white, smooth, matt and durable. 
Each sheet (other than the drawing) shall be 
used with its short sides at the top and bottom 
(upright position). 
(4) The request for the grant of a patent and the 
description, claims, drawings and abstract shall 
each commence on a new sheet. The sheets 
shall be connected in such a way that they can 
easily be turned over, separated and joined 
together again. 
(5) Subject to Rule 28(1), the minimum margins 
shall be as follows: 
top 2 cm 
left side 2.5 cm 
right side 2 cm 
bottom 2 cm 
(6) The margins of the documents making up 
the application and of any replacement 
documents must be completely blank. 
(7) ln effecting the sequential numbering of the 
sheets, the elements of the application shall be 
placed in the following order, 
(1) the request; 
(ii) the description; 
(iii) the claims; 
(iv) the abstract; and 
(v) the drawings. 
(8) ln the application, every fifth line of each 
sheet of the description and the claims shall be IP/N/I/CYP/P/3 
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numbered in arabic numerals placed to the left 
of the relevant lines but to the right of the 
margin. 
(9) Ail sheets of drawings contained in the 
application shall be numbered consecutively as 
a separate series. Such numbering shall be in 
arabic numerals placed at the top of the sheet, in 
the middle, but not in the top margin. 
(10) Every document (other than drawings) 
referred to in paragraph (1) above shall be typed 
or printed in a dark, indelible coior, in at least 1 
1/2 line spacing and in characters of which the 
capital letters are not less than 0.21 cm high. 
Graphie symbols and characters and chemical 
and mathematical formulae may, when 
necessary, be written by hand or drawn, in a 
dark indeliblè colar. 
(11) The request for the grant of a patent, the 
description, the claims and the abstract shall not 
contain drawings. The description, the claims 
and the abstract may contain chemical or 
mathematical formulae. The description and 
the abstract may contain tables. The claims may 
contain tables only if their subject-matter makes 
the use of tables desirable. 
(12) ln ail documents, including drawings, units 
of weight and measures sha!l be expressed in 
terms of the metric system. If a different system 
is used they shall also be expressed in terms of 
the metric system. Temperatures shall be 
expressed in degrees Celsius. 
For the other physical values, the units 
recognized in international practice shall be 
lIsed, for mathematical formulae the symbols in 
general use, and for chemical formulae the 
symbols, atomic weights and molecular 
formulae in general use sha!l be employed. In 
general, use should be made of technical terms, 
signs and symbols generally accepted in the 
field in question. 
(13) If a formula or symbol is used in the 
specification a copy thereof, prepared in the 
same manner as drawings, shall be furnished if 
the Registrar so directs. Accordai of filing 
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(14) The terminology and the signs shall be 
consistent throughout the application. 
(15) The application shall not contain: 
(1) expressions or drawings contrary to 
public order or morality; 
(ii) statéments disparaging the products or 
processes of any particular person other than 
the .applicant, or the merits or validity of 
applications or patents of any such person (mere 
comparisons with the prior art shall not be 
considered disparaging per se); 
(iii) any statement or other matter obviously 
irrelevant or unnecessary under the 
circumstances. 
31. (1) The Registrar shall examine whether 
the application fulfills the requirements of 
Section 14(1). 
(2) The invitation to file any correction under 
Section 14(2) shall be in writing; it shall specify 
the correction required and request that"it be 
filed within two months trom the date of the 
invitation, together with the payment of the 
prescribed fee. 
(3) Once the Registrar accords a filing date, he 
shall notify the applicant in writing; if the 
application is treated as if it had not been filed 
under Section 14(2), the Registrar shall notify 
the applicant in writing, specifying the reasons. 
(4) If the description, the claims, the abstract, 
and any text matter in drawings is not filed in 
one of the official languages of the Republic of 
Cyprus, a translation thereof shall be filed within 
4 months of the filing date. If such a translation 
is filed, the filing date of the application shall be 
the date of receipt by the Registrar of the 
elements referred to in Section 14(1). 
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Unit y of invention; 
claims in different 
categories EXAMINATION, GRANT OR REFUSAL, 
PUBLICATION 
32. (1) Where a group of inventions is 
claimed, the requirement of unit y of invention 
referred to in Section 18 shall be considered 
fulfilled only if there is a technical 
interrelationship between those inventions 
involving one or more of the same or 
corresponding special technical features. The 
expre.ssion "special technical features" shall 
mean those technical featùres which define the 
contribution which each of the inventions as 
claimed, considered as a whole, makes over the 
prior art. 
(2) The determination of whether a group of 
inventions is so linked as ta form a single 
general inventive concept shall be made without 
regard ta whether- the inventions are claimed in 
separate claims or as alternatives within a single 
claim. 
(3) Section 18(1) shall be construed as 
permitting, in particular, one of the following 
three possibilities: 
(a) in addition to an inde pendent claim for a 
given product, the inclusion in the same 
application of an independent daim for a 
process specially adapted for the manufacture of 
the said product and the inclusion in the sa me 
application of an independent daim for a use of 
the sa id product; 
(b) in addition ta an independent claim for a 
given process, the inclusion in the same 
application of an independent daim for an 
apparatus or means specifically designed for 
carrying out the sa id process; or 
(c) in addition ta an independent daim for a 
given product, the inclusion in the same 
application of an independent claim for a 
process specially adapted for the manufacture of 
the product, and the inclusion in the 8ame 
application of an independent claim for an 
apparatus or means specifically designed for 
carrying out the process. Amendments or 
corrections on 
applicant 's 
initiative 
Division 
of application. IP/N/lICYP/P/3 
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(4) Subject to Section 19(1), it shall be 
permitted to indude in the sa me application tWo 
or more independent daims of the same 
category which cannot readily be covered by a 
single generic daim. 
(5) Subject to Section 18(1), it shall be 
permitted to indude in the same application a 
reasonable number or dependent daims, 
daiming specifie forms of the invention daimed 
in an independent daim. 
33. (1) The right of the applicant to amend or 
correct, on his own initiative, the application or to 
comply with a requirement applicable to the 
application may be exercised up to the time 
when the application is in order for grant. 
(2) Any daim submitted after the filing date of 
the application and which is not identical with the 
daims previously appearing in the application 
shall, at the choice of the applicant, be submitted 
either as an amended daim or as a new daim. 
(3) The deletion of any daim previously_ 
appearing in the application shall be made by 
indicating the number of the previous daim 
followed by the word "cancelled". 
34. (1) Where the Registrar finds that the 
requirement of unit y of invention is not complied 
with, the applicant shall have the right to file one 
or more divisional applications during a period of 
(two) months following the communication ta him 
of that finding. 
(2) The right of the applicant referred ta in 
Section 19(2) to file, on hi sown initiative, one or 
more divisianal applications may be exercised at 
any time up to the time when the applications 
fram which a divisional application is derived is 
in order for grant. 
(3) Priority documents and any required 
translations there of that have been submitted to 
the Registrar in respect of the application from 
which one or more divisional applications are 
derived shall be considered as having been IP/N/1/CYP/P/3 
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Declaration of 
priority; furnishing 
translation of earlier 
applications submitted also in respect of ail the divisional 
applications. 
(4) A division al application shall contain a 
reference to the initial application. 
(5) If the applicant wishes a divisional 
application to benefit from any priority claimed 
for the initial application, the divisional 
application shall contain a request to that effect. 
(6) Where the priorities of two or more earlier 
applications were c1aimed for the initial 
application, a divisional application may benefit 
only from the priority or priorities that are 
applicable to iL 
35. (1) The declaration referred to in Section 
20(1) shall indicate the following: 
(a) the date(s) of the earliest application(s); 
(b) the number(s) of the earlier 
application(s) subject to paragraph (2); 
(c) the symbol of the International patent 
Classification which has been allocated to the 
earlier application(s), subject to paragraph (3); 
(d) the State(s) in which the earlier 
appllcation(s) was (were) filed or, where the 
earlier application(s) is (are) a regional or an 
international application, the State or States for 
which the application(s) was (were) filed. 
(e) where the earlier application is a 
regional or an international application, the office 
with which it was filed. 
(2) Where, at the time of filing the declaration 
referred to in paragraph (1), the number of the 
earlier application is not known, that number 
shall be furnished within 16 months from the 
earliest priority date claimed. 
(3) Where the symbol of the International Patert 
Classification has not been allocated ta the 
earlier application, or had not yet been allocated 
at the time of filing the declaration referred to in Examination as to 
formalities IPINIlICYP/P/3 
Page 25 
paragraph (1), the applicant shall state this tact 
in the said declaration and shall communicate 
such symbol as soon as it has been allocated. 
(4) The applicant may, at any time before the 
grant of the patent, amend the contents of the 
declaration referred to in paragraph (1). 
(5) The period for furnishing the certified copy of 
the earlier application, referred to in Section 
20(2), shall b.e three months from the date of the 
request by the Registrar. 
(6) Where a copy has already been furnished 
for another application, the applicant may 
respond by making a reference to that other 
application. 
(7) Where the earlier application is in a 
language other than in one of the official 
languages of Cyprus, the applicant shall, within 
six months from the date of the request made 
under Section 20(2), furnish a translation of the 
earlier application into such an official language. 
(8) Unless the Registrar requests otherwise, 
one copy of the earlier application and any 
translation thereof shall be filed. 
(9) Where the application could have claimed 
the priority of an earlier application but, when 
filed, did not contain such priority claim, the 
applicant shall have the right to claim such 
priority in a separate declaration submitted to the 
Registrar within a period which begins on the 
filing date of the subsequent application and 
ends 16 months from the filing date of the earlier 
application, the priority of which is claimed. 
36. (1) For the purpose of Section 21 (1), the 
followillg shall be considered formai 
requirements: 
Section 13(1) and (2), and the rules pertaining 
thereto, and Rules 22 and 25 to 30, to the extent 
applicable. 
(2) Where the Registrar finds that the conditions 
referred to in· Section 21 (1) are notfulfilled, he . IPINIlICYP/P/3 
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Search Report 
Withdrawal of shaH invite the applicant in writing to file the 
required correction within two months from the 
date of the invitation, together with the payment 
of the prescribed fee. Where no abstract is 
provided, the Registrar shall invite the applicant 
ta correct the deficiency either by providing an 
abstract or by paying the prescribed fee for the 
preparation of the abstract by the Registrar 
himself. 
(3) If the applicant does not comply with the 
invitation to correct a deficiency, or where, 
despite the corrections submitted by the 
applicant, the Registrar is of the opinion that the 
conditions referred to in Section 21 (1) are not 
fulfilled, he shall reject the application and notify 
the applicant in writing, stating the reasons 
therefor. 
37. (1) (a) For the purposes of Section 22, the 
prescribed authority for drawing up a search 
report includes any of the International 
Searching Authorities appointed under Article 
16(3) of the Patent Cooperation Treaty. 
(b) ln addition to the prescribed authorities 
specified in subparagraph (1), the Registrar may 
establish a list of authorities from which search 
reports may be accepted for the purposes of 
Section 22. 
(2) The search report shall be submitted ta the' 
Office of the Registrar within sixteen months of 
the filing date or priority date of the application. 
(3) If the applicant fails to provide the search 
report within the period prescribed in paragraph 
(2), the application shall be rejected and the 
applicant shall be notified in writing, including the 
reasons therefor. 
(4) If the applicant fails to provide the search 
report in response to the notification under 
paragraph (3) within a period established by the 
Registrar, the application shall be considered 
withdrawn. 
38. (1) An application may be withdrawn by application 
Grant of patent; 
Publication thereof; 
certificate IPIN/I1CYP/P/3 
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the applicant by a written declaration submitted 
to the Registrar and signed by the applicant. 
(2) The application fee shall not be refunded if 
the application is withdrawn. 
39. (1) Subject to the payment of the 
prescribed grant and publication fee within three 
months from the date of the notification of the 
decision to grant the patent, the Registrar shall 
grant the patent in accordance with Section 
24(1) of the Law and this Rule. 
(2) The Registrar shall allot to each patent a 
publication number of the patent, in the 
sequential order of grant. 
(3) The patent shall be granted on Form P.11 
and shall contain, in addition of the information 
indicated in paragraph (5), the date of 
publication of the patent, the cited documents or 
references of the prior art, the description, the 
claims and the drawings (if any). 
(4) The patent shall be deemed to be granted 
on the date on which the Registrar publishes the 
notification of the fact that he has granted the 
patent in accordance with Section 24(2). 
(5) The publication of a notification of the grant 
of the patent under Section 24(2) shall include 
the following: 
(a) the number of the patent: 
(b) the name and address of the owner of 
the patent, 
(c) the name and address of the inventor, 
except where he has asked not to be named in 
the patent; 
(d) the name and address of the agent, if 
any; 
(e) the filing dale and seriai number of the 
application; IP/N/1 leYP/P/3 
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(f) if priority has been claimed and the daim 
has been accepted, a statement of the priority, 
the priority date and the name of the country or 
countries in which or for which the earlier 
application was filed; 
(g) the effective date of grant of the patent; 
(h) the title of the invention; 
(1) the abstract; 
U) the most illustrative of the drawings, if 
any; and 
(k) the symbol of the international Patent 
Classification. 
(6) The publication of a patent under Section 
24(2) shall include, in addition to the information 
indicated in paragraph (5), the following: 
(a) the title of the invention; 
(b) the description; 
(c) the claims; 
(d) the drawings, if any-
(e) the abstract, and 
(f) the search report submitted in 
accordance with Section 22. 
(7) The certificate of grant shall be issued on 
Form P .12, s.hall be signed by the Registrar and 
shall contain the information indicated in Rule 
39(5) and (6). 
(8) (a) The publication of the notification of the 
grant of a patent required under paragraph (5) 
shail be accomplished by the inclusion of the 
required material in the Gazette. 
(b) The publication of a patent required 
under paragraph (6) shall be accomplished by 
the laying open of the file of the granted patent 
to public inspection. Publication of 
application 
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40. (1) The publication of an application under 
Section 25 shall include the following: the 
description, the claims and any drawings as filed 
and, as an annex to the publication, the search 
report submitted under Section 22 and the 
abstract, provided that the search report and 
abstract are available before the termination of 
the technical preparations for publication. 
(2) The publication required under paragraph (1) 
shall be accomplished by a publication in the 
Gazette of references to the required material 
and the laying open of the file of the application 
ta public inspection. 
(3) The Registrar shall determine when the 
technical preparations for publication have been 
completed. 
(4) If the search report and the abstract are not 
published at the same time as the application 
they shall be published as soon as possible 
thereafter. 
(5) If a patent is granted before the time at 
which an application should be published under 
Section 25(2), the application need not be 
published provided the patent is published in 
accordance with Rule 39. 
(6) Any interested person shall be allowed to 
inspect an application at the Office of the 
Registrar following the publication of that 
application. 
CHAPTER 4 
MAINTENANCE OF APPLICATIONS AND 
PATENTS 
41. (1)(a) Ifitisdesiredtokeepan 
application or a patent in force for a further year 
after the expiration of the first or any succeeding 
year from the filing date of the application, Form 
P.13, in respect of the next succeeding year, 
accompanied by the prescribed annual fee for 
that year, shall be filed within three months IPIN/lICYPIP/3 
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Restoration of lapsed 
patents and 
applications which 
are deemed to have 
been withdrawn before the expiration of the first or succeeding 
year, as the case may be. 
(b) A period 'of grace of six months shall be 
allowed for the late payment of the annual fee on 
payment of the prescribed surcharge. 
(2) If an annual fee is not pa id in accordance 
with the provisions of paragraph (1), the 
application shall be deemed ta have been 
withdrawn. 
(3) Upon payment of an annual fee in 
accordance with paragraph (1). the Registrar 
shall, within two weeks from the date the 
payment is received, furnish or send to the 
applicant or to the owner of the patent a receipt 
of payment. 
(4) The Registrar shall record and publish a 
notification of the lapse of a patent. 
(5) Annual fees shall not be refundable. 
(6) Sections 62(5) and 71 (2) shall not apply to 
the payment of annual fees. 
42. (1 )(a) Within twelve months from the 
expiration of the period of grace referred to in 
Rule 41 (1 )(b), any interested persan may 
request the Registrar to restare an application 
that is deemed to have been withdrawn or a 
patent that has lapsed, by virtue of Rule 
42(1 )(c). 
(b) If the Registrar is satisfied that the 
failure to pay the an nuai fee concerned was 
unintentional and ail annual fees due have been 
paid, he shall make an order restoring the 
application or the patent, as the case may be. 
(c) Any interested person may appeal to the 
court against the decision of the Registrar 
granting or refusing to grant a request for 
restoration. 
(2) Where a patent is restored under paragraph 
(1), no proceedings may be brought by virtue of 
the said patent: Non-voluntary . 
licenses IP/N/l/CYP/P/3 
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(1) with respect to any acts performed after 
the lapse of the patent and before the date of 
the order for restoration; 
(ii) with respect to any acts performed after 
the date of the order for restora'tion in relation to 
articles imported into the Republic of Cyprus, or 
manufactured therein, after the lapse of the 
patent and before the date of the order for 
restoration. 
(3) An application under paragraph (1 )(a) shall 
be made on Form P.14 and shall be supported 
by evidence in support of the statements made 
in that application. 
(4) If, upon consideration of the evidence, the 
Registrar is not satisfied that a case for an order 
under paragraph (1 )(b) has been made out, he 
shall notify the person requesting restoration 
accordingly and, unless within one month such 
person requests to be heard in the matter, the 
Registrar shall refuse the application. 
(5) If the Registrar decides to allow the 
application, he shall notify the person requesting 
restoration accordingly and require him to file 
Form P.15, together with Form P.13. Upon 
payment of the unpaid annual fee and the 
restoration fee, the Registrar shall arder the 
restoration of the patent and publish this fact in 
the Gazette. 
CHAPTER 5 
NON-VOLUNTARY LlCENSES AND 
GOVERNMENT EXPLOITATION 
43. (1) The request for the grant of a non-
voluntary license under Section 49 shall be 
made to the Registrar on Form P.16, together 
with the payrilent of the prescribed fee, and shall 
be accompanied by the following: 
(a) evidence that the owner of the patent 
has received a request, from the person 
requesting the non-voluntary Iicense, for a IPINIl/CYP/P/3 
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license contract but that the latter has been 
unable ta obtain such a license on reasonable 
terms and within a reasonable time; and 
(b) an indication of the plan according ta 
which the person requesting the non-voluntary 
license intends ta work the patented invention, 
including evidence that he has the ability ta do 
sa in Cyprus. 
(2) The Registrar shall, within three months 
from the date of the request for the grant of a 
non-voluntary license, examine whether the 
requirements of Section 49(1) and (2) and 
paragraph (1) are prima facie satisfied; if he 
finds that the requirements are not satisfied, the 
Registrar shall reject the request and notify, in 
writing, the person requesting the non-voluntary 
license, stating the grounds for the rejedion; if 
he finds that the requirements are satisfied, the 
Registrar shall forthwith send a copy of the 
request to the patent owner, to beneficiaries of 
non-voluntary licenses and to persons exploiting 
the patented invention under Section 50, and 
invite them in writing to submit observations 
thereon to the Registrar, within three months of 
the date of the invitation. 
(3) The patent owner shall forthwith notify, in 
writing, ail licensees of the request and the 
licensees shall have the right to submit, in 
writing, observations thereon to the Registrar 
within three months of the date of the invitation 
issued under paragraph (2). 
(4) The Registrar shall forthwith notify the 
person requesting the non-voluntary license of 
any observations submitted under paragraphs 
(2) and (3). 
(5) The Registrar shall then convene a hearing 
ta which he shall invite the person requesting the 
non-voluntary license, the patent owner and the 
persons who submitted observations un der 
paragraphs (2) and (3) giving them at least one 
month's written notice of the date of the hearing. 
(6) After the hearing, if the Registrar finds that 
the conditions for the grant of a non-voluntary Exploitation by 
Government or by third 
parties authorized by 
Government IP/N/1/CYP/P/3 
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license are fulfi/led, he shall grant the license, 
otherwise he sha/l refuse to grant iL 
(7) The decision to grant or to refuse to grant a 
non-voluntary Iicense shall be in writing, shall 
state the grounds upon which it is based and, in 
the case of a decision to grant the non-voluntary 
license, shall specify, in particular, the following: 
(a) the period for which the license is 
granted; 
(b) to which of the acts referred to in 
Section 27(1) and (2) the license extends (other 
than importation): 
(c) the time limit within which the 
beneficiary of the non-voluntary license must 
commence working the patented invention; 
(d) the terms regarding payment of 
remuneration. 
(8) The Registrar shall record and publish the 
decision to grant or to refuse to grant the non­
voluntary license and transmit a copy thereof to 
the person requesting the non-voluntary license, 
the owner of the patent and the persons who 
submitted observations under paragraphs (2) 
and (3). 
44. (1) The Registrar shall, decide under 
Section 50, consult the Registrar and give the 
owner of the patent, beneficiaries of non­
voluntary licenses, and any other persons whose 
pariicipation he considers useful, at least 21 
days' written notice of the date on which they 
may be heard. The owner of the patent shall 
give ail licensees written notice of the hearing 
and they shall have the right to participate 
therein. 
(2) The Registrar shal/ make his decision after 
the hearing, in writing, stating the grounds upon 
which it is based, and, if he has decided that the 
invention shall be exploited under Section 50, ~e 
shall state the terms of exploitation. IPlNllICYP/P/3 
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Invalidation 
Filing of a European 
Patent application (3) The Registrar shall record in a special 
register and publish his decision and notify, in 
writing, the owner of the patent and the other 
participants in the hearing. 
(4) If the decision of the Registrar with regard to 
remuneration is the subject of an appeal, the 
Court shall notify the Registrar of the Court's 
decision once it becomes final, and the Registrar 
shall record the decision in a special register and 
publish it. 
CHAPTER 6 
INVALIDATION 
45. (1) Where the provisions of Section 33(1) 
apply only to some of the claims of the patent or 
some parts of a claim, such claims or parts of a 
claim shall be invalidated. 
(2) The patent owner shall notify any licensee, 
in writing, of any court proceedings instituted for 
the invalidation of the patent. The person 
requesting invalidation shall so notify any 
beneficiaries of non-voluntary licenses granted 
under section 49 and, where the ground of 
invalidity invoked is that the patent owner is not 
the inventor or his successor in title, he shall 
also notify the person alleged to have the right to 
the patent. 
CHAPTER 7 
"Implementing regulations of the Convention 
on the grant of European patents as ratified 
by Law No. 26(111)/97 
46. (1) European patent applications may be 
filed with the Registrar's office; except for 
European divisional applications shall be filed 
directly with the European Patent Office. 
(2) When the applicant is a Cypriot national a 
European application must be filed in Cyprus at Languages of the 
application 
Documents of the 
applications IPINIlICYP/P/3 
Page 35 
the office of the Registrar if there are no priority 
daims of an earlier application in Cyprus. 
47. (1) A European application shall be 
drafted either in one of the official languages of 
the Republic of Cyprus or in one of the 
languages referred to in Article 14 (1) of the 
Convention that is German, English and French. 
(2) Where the application is not in one of the 
official languages of the Republic of Cyprus,. a 
translation must be filed within two months. 
48. The European application shall indude at 
least the documents referred to in Article 80 of 
the Convention that is: 
a. A request for the grant of a European patent 
with the full name, family name, business name 
and address of the residence or place of 
business of the applicant. 
b. The designation of at least one Contracting 
State 
c. Description of the invention 
d. One or more daims 
Receipt of the application 49. (1) Upon receipt of the application the 
Registrar shall mark the European Patent 
application and each document making up the 
application with the date of their receipt, allots a 
seriai number from the Record Book for 
European applications and issues immediately a 
receipt to the applicant. 
(2) The receipt shall indicate the number 
assigned to the application and the nature and 
number of the accompanying documents and 
the date of their receipt. 
Recordai of the application 50. (1) A European application should be 
recorded in the Record Book kept by the 
Registrar according to the national law and the 
rules of confidentiality for national patents. 
(2) The Record Book shall be marked Record IPINIlICYP/P!3 
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Forwarding of European 
patent application.s to the 
EPO 
Filing of the translation Book Volume B, "European applications" Volume 
A and is kept separately from the corresponding 
Book for national applications. The page 
numbering of the Book commences at the 
beginning of every calendar year and the 
numbering of applications received by the 
Registrar according to Rule 49 follows the 
practice of the EPO. 
51. Upon the expiration of the prescribed time 
limits the Registrar shall for forthwith forward the 
European applications to the EPO. 
52. (1) The translation of the claims of the 
European application must be filed in two copies 
with the Registrar's office and shall be 
accompanied by the receipt of the relevant filing 
fee. Where no fee has been paid the Registrar 
shall not publish in the Official Gazette the 
notification for the filing of the translation of the 
claims. 
(2) The filing number of the European 
application, the name and address of the 
applicant, the number of publication of the 
European application effected by the EPO and 
the translated in one of the official languages of 
the Republic of Cyprus title of the invention shall 
accompany the translation of the claims of the 
European application and must be filed, in two 
copies with the Registrar. In case were priority 
is claimed the relevant particulars shall be 
stated. 
(3) The translation and the accornpanying 
documents attached thereto are accepted by the 
Registrar provided the formai requirements of 
Rule 35 paragraphs 3 to 14 of the Irnplementing 
Regulations ta the Covention are sattisfied. 
(4) The translation of the claims of the 
European application shall be recorded in the 
Record Book marked Volume B Part B 
"Translations of European applications". The 
page numbering of the Book commences at the 
beginning of each calendar year. 
(5) As from the date of publication third parties 
may request and obtain from the Registrar Filing of the translation of 
the European patent 
Publication of the 
translaiton of the 
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information or copies of the translation and the 
documents attached thereto. 
53. (1) The translation of the text of the 
European patent must be filed with the 
Registrar's Office in two copies within three 
months after the date on which the mention of 
the grant, or the decision to maintain the patent 
as amended is published in the European Patent 
Bulletin and shall be accompanied by the receipt 
of the relevant filing fee. Where no fee has 
been paid the Registrar shall not publish the 
notification for the filing of the translation of the 
European patent. 
(2) The translation and the documents attached 
thereto are accepted by the Registrar provided 
the formai requirements of Rules 32 and 35 
paragraphs 3 to 14 of the Implementing 
Regulations to the Convention are satisfied. 
(3) The translation is accompanied by the filing 
number of the European application. the name 
and address of the applicant, the publication 
number of the notification for the grant of the 
European patent. Where the EPO maintains the 
European patent as amended after the decision 
on the relevant opposition the translated 
amended text shall be attached to the original 
translation. 
(4) There must also be attached to the 
translation two copies of the drawings as they 
appear in the specification sheet of the 
European patent notwithstanding that no words 
are contained therein for translation as weil as 
two copies of the abstract of the invention 
translated in one of the two official languages of 
the Republic of Cyprus. 
54. (1) The Registrar publishes in the Official 
Gazette notification of the filing of the translation 
of the European patent. 
(2) As from the date of the publication third 
parties may request and obtain from the 
Registrar information and copies of the 
translation and the documents attached thereto. IP/N/I/CYP/P/3 
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Fees 
Setting of Fees 
Representation 
Conversion Procedure (3) The Registrar may proceed to a periodical or 
special publication of the Gazette to publish the 
translations of European patents and/or 
European applications. 
(4) Clerical and liquistic errors in the translated 
texts may be corrected by the proprietor at any 
stage. The person appling for the correction 
shall specify the number and the date of the 
notification in the Official Gazette for the filing of 
the translation provided it has already been 
published. 
55. (1) Annual fees sha" be paid at the 
Registrar for the maintenance of a European 
Patent in Cyprus. Article 26(3) of the Law which 
refers to the annual fees for National Patents 
will have analogous application. 
(2) The first instalment of the annual fees for the 
protection of a European Patent valid in Cyprus 
will be due to the Registrar for the year following 
the publication in the Bulletin of European 
Patents of the notice of grant of the European 
Patent. Calculation of the years will start from 
the date of filing of the European Application. 
56. The fees to be paid for filing with the 
Registrar of the translation of the European 
Application or the European Patent are 
determined under Article 78 of the Law by the 
Cabinet of Ministers. 
57. (1) Under to the present Regulations 
any person deriving rights from a European 
application or European Patent or his duly 
appointed advocate may appear before or file 
documents with the Registrar. 
(2) The right to appear for the filing of an 
application for a European Patent before the 
Registrar is recognised to professional 
r'epresentatives under Art. 133 and 134 of the 
Convention. 
(3) Any person who derives any rights under a 
European application or European Patent has no 
residence or office in Cyprus must appoint an 
agent. Registration 
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58. An application for conversion according to 
section 70 of the Law must be filed with the 
Registrar in two copies, withing a period of 3 
months from the date of notification of the owner 
of the European application of the notice by the 
Registrar of withdrawal of his application Articles 
135 and 136 of the Convention will be applied 
accordingly. 
(2) The application for conversion will be 
deemed not to have been filed if within four 
months from the filing with the Registrar of the 
application for conversion the applicant has not 
filed, in two copies, translation in one of the 
official language of the Republic of Cyprus of 
the European application. 
(3) The application for conversion is recorded 
in Record Book Volume "A" National 
Applications". 
59. (1) The Registrar shall enter in the 
Register of Patents Volume "B" entitled 
"European" the details of the European Patents 
and refer to the European Registry of Patents 
according to Rule 93 of the Implementing 
Regulations to the Convention. 
(2) There shall be entered in the Register only 
those of the European patents that have been 
published in the European Bulletin, are valid for 
Cyprus and for which the procedure under rule 
54 and 55 was followed. 
(3) Ali European Patents that have been 
entered in the Register will be published in the 
Official Gazette. 
CHAPTER 8 
Implementing Regulations of the Patent 
Cooperation Treaty as ratified by Law 
No. 27(111)/97 
60. An international application may be filed IP/N/1/CYP/P/3 
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international application 
Manner of filing 
Language 
translation 
Receipt 
Transmittal fee with the Registrar's Office. 
61. (1) The filing of an international 
application may be effected by registered mail Ç)r 
by fax and the date of receipt is the date on 
which the application is received by the 
Registrar; Rule 13(3) shall not apply. 
(2) The filing may be effected by the applicant in 
person or by representative lawyer. 
62. (1) The international application shaH 
be drafted in German, English or French. 
(2) ln case the international application does not 
daim the priority of an earlier national 
application, the international application shall be 
accompanied by a translation of the description 
and the daim into one of the official languages 
of the Republic of Cyprus. Where no such 
translation accompanies the international 
application at the time of filing, the Registrar 
shall invite the applicant to furnish a translation. 
within one month from the date of the invitation. 
(3) The international application shall be filed in 
three copies, as shall each of the documents 
mentioned on the check list referred to in Rule 
3.3(a)(ii) of the Regulations under the Patent 
Cooperation Treaty, provided that the request 
referred to in Rule 3.1 and the documents 
proving payment of the prescribed fees shall be 
filed in one copy. 
(4) If the provisions of the foregoing paragraph 
are not complied with, the missing copies shall 
be made ex officio by the Registrar. 
63. A receipt shall be issued to the applicant 
indicating at least the number assigned to the 
international application, the nature and number 
of the documents in the application file and the 
date of their receipt. 
64. The filing of an international application 
shall give rise to payment of the transmittal fee 
provided for in Rule 14 of the Regulations under 
the Patent Cooperation Treaty. This fee shall be International and 
search fee 
Charge 
Repayment of 
transmittal fee 
Collection of fees 
and charges 
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pa id prior to the expiration of a period of one 
month from the date of receipt of the 
international application. 
65. (1) The international fee and the search 
fee provided .for in Rules 15 and 16 of the 
Regulations under the Patent Cooperation 
Treaty, shall be paid within the time limits 
provided for in those Rules. 
66. Where the international application and 
the other documents referred ta in Rule 62 
are filed in a number of copies smaller than that 
specified in the said Rule, a charge shall be 
made for the making of the required number of 
copies. Payment of this charge must have been 
made by the expiration of a period of one month 
from the date of the notification given to this end. 
67. The transmittal fee referred ta in Rule 64 
shall be repaid to the applicant where the 
international application is not transmitted to the 
International Bureau within the period specified 
by Rule 22.3 of the Regulations under the Patent 
Cooperation Treaty. 
68. (1) The means of collection of the fees 
and charges provided for in these Regulations 
shall be fixed by the Registrar. 
(2) Payment of the fees and charges referred to 
in the foregoing paragraph shall be considered 
full payment if it is effected at the rate in force on 
the date of payment.