WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE 
ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights IPIN/111SRlP/2 
14 March 2000 
(00-1041) 
Original: English! 
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MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
LAWS AND REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER 
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
ISRAEL 
The present document reproduces the text' of the Patents Regulations (Office Practice, Rules 
of Procedure, Documents and Fees), 5728-1968, as notified by Israel under Article 63.2 of the 
Agreement (see document IP/N/lIISRI1 ). 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriete 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET REGLEMENTATIONS CONSACREES A LA 
PROPruETE INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIEES AU TITRE 
DE L' ARTICLE 63.2 DE L' ACCORD 
ISRAEL 
Le present document contient le texte' de la Reglementation des brevets (pratiques 
administratives, regles de procedure, documents et droits), 5728-1968, notifiee par Israel au titre de 
l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IP/NIlIISRlI). 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechm de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
PRINCIP ALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD 
INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL pARRAFO 2 
DEL ARTicULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
ISRAEL 
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto' del Reglamento sobre patentes (pnictica 
administrativa, normas de procedimiento, documentos y tasas), 5728-1968, notificado par Israel en 
virtud del parrafo 2 del articulo 63 del Acuerdo (vease el documento IP/N/l 11 SRI 1 ). 
1 In English only.lEn anglais seulement.lEn ingIes solamente. IP/N/1/ISRlP/2 
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P.)\oIers of Deputy 
Regisccar and 
ex:! m 1(1<: rs. 
Reception of 
callers and 
inspection of 
documents. 
Forms. 
Times. PATENTS LAW, 5727 -1967 
Regulations Concerning Office Practice, Procedure, 
Documents and Fees 
In exercise of the powers vested in me by section 
194 of the Patents Law, 5727 -19671, I hereby make the 
following Regulations: 
Part One: GENERAL 
Chapter One: GENERAL OFFICE PROCEDURE 
I. Wherever these Regulations empower the Registrar 
to do anythi.ng, the Deputy Registrar and the examiners 
shall be deemed to be likewise so empowered unless the 
Law empowers only the Registrar in that behalf. 
2. The Office shall be open to the public from 08.30 to 
13.30 on weekdays, other than Fridays and eves of 
holydays, and duri.ng those hours, all the documents 
permitted to be inspected under the Law or these 
Regulations, except a document required at the time for 
the work of the Office, shall be available for inspection. 
3. (a) Where the Law or these Regulations prescribes 
or prescribe that any application or notice shall be filed 
on a form, such application or notice shall be filed only 
on the form prescribed therefor in the First Schedule. 
(b) Where a form as referred to in subregulation 
(a) has not been prescribed, the application or notice shall 
be filed in writing in the form prescribed for the filing of 
documents with the Office, indicating the name and 
address for service in Israel of the person filing it. 
4. The time for doing any thing which the Law or these 
Regulations requires or require, or permits or permit, 
to be done after or in consequence of an act of the 
Registrar shall be reckoned from the day on which a 
notice of the act oC the Registrar is delivered to the Post 
Office in a letter addressed to the address for service of 
the person ::-equired or permitted tn do such thing. 
1) Sefer H~-Chukkim No 510 of 5727, p. 1~8. Extension of 
times. 
DUty to pay fees. 
Who pays the fee 
and .... hen? IP/N/lIISR/P/2 
Page 3 
5. (a) An application for an extension of time under 
section 164 of the Law shall be filed with the Registrar in 
writing, stating reasons, accompanied by the prescribed 
fee. 
(b) Where an application for an extension of the time 
for doing any thing is filed after such time has elapsed, 
such fact shall be indicated in the application in red. 
(c) The Registrar shall consider the application, and 
he may demand evidence of the facts alleged therein. He 
shall not ify his decision to the applicant in writing, 
stating reasons if the application is dismissed. 
(d) Where the Registrar has dismissed the 
application, the applicant may, within ten days from the 
day on which the decision of the Registrar is notified to 
him, apply to him for a hearing of his arguments. 
(e) Where application for extension of time is made 
in a contentious proceeding and the applicant's opponent 
wishes to oppose the application, he shall notify the 
Registrar to that. effect within ten days fro~ the date of 
the application. 
([) Where the opponent has made notificat ion to the 
Registrar under subregulation (e), the Registrar shall 
appoint a time for a hearing of the arguments of the 
parties and shall decide after hearing such arguments. 
The Registrar may, if he deems it right so to do, 
request the part ies to submit evidence and arguments in 
writing before he appoints a time for a hearing of their 
arguments. 
Chapter Two: FEES 
6. The Registrar shall not entertain any application or 
proceeding specified in the Second Schedule and shall not 
p~rform any act specified in such Schedule unless the fee 
prescribed therefor in the said Schedule has been paid. 
How!'!ver, unless otherwise expressly prescribed, nf)n­
payment of the fee or part thereof shall not invalidate the 
application, proceeding or act ex post facto. 
7. {a} Save as otherwise provided, a person who files 
an application with the Registrar or takes a proceeding 
before him or requests him to do an act for which a fee 
is due shall pay the fee immediately upon filing the 
application, taking the proceeding or requesting the act. 
(b) Where the Law or these Regulations prescribes 
or prescribe that a fee is payable Cor the publication of 
any matter, and the Registrar has notified that the matter 
is to be published, the fee shall be paid within one month 
Crom the date of the Registrar's notification. IP/N/lIISR/P/2 
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Form of payment. 
Un;::.ud fee: to ':ft:! 
treatc:d as .1Jj:.:,:;;d 
cl.:':Jl 
Rdund of 
erroneously Fal= 
fee 
Form of 
documc:nts. 8. (a) Every fee shall be paid with an indicat ion of its 
destination and of the matter to which it relates. 
(b) Where a person pays a fee in respect of more than 
one matte'r by one draft or cheque, he shall add to the 
payment, besides an indication under subregulation (al, a 
notice in accordance with Form 1'."0.1 set out in the First 
Schedule. 
9. A fee, or a fee differential, which has not been paid 
shall be treated as a debt adjudged against the pe rson 
liable to pay it and shall be collected by the Execution 
Office under an order made by a judge or court registrar 
on the basis of a notice of the debt by the Registrar. An 
order as aforesaid shall not be made until the person 
liable to pay, or any other person whom the judge or 
court registrar sees fit to summon, has been given an 
opportunity to be heard. 
10. A fee paid for the doing of any act by the Registrar Or­
for the validation of any matter shall be refunded to the 
person who paid it if an application not to do the act Or 
not to validate the matter is submitted within one month 
from the date of payment and if it is proved to the 
satisfaction of the Registrar or Deputy Registrar that th~ 
payment was made owing to a factual error, and at the 
time of receipt of the application at the Office the 
Registrar had not yet done the act for which the fee was 
paid or not yet entered the validation in the Register. 
Part Two: REGISTRA TION 
PROCEDURE 
Chapter One: DOCUMENTS 
11. (a) Every document, and every copy of a document, 
filed with the Office shall -
(1) be written in dark indelible ink or colour; 
(2) be written on sheets of strong white paper, 
29 to 34 cm. by 20 to 22 cm. ; 
(3) have a margin of at least 5 cm. at the top of 
every sheet, of 3 to 4 cm. on the right-hand side 
of a sheet written in Hebrew or Arabic and on the 
left-hand side of a sheet written in English, and 
of at least 3 cm, at the end of every line; 
(4) be written in lines with sufficient space between 
them to permit the interlineation of corrections, 
(5) be written on one side of the sheet only, 
(b) Where the document comprises more than one 
sheet, all the sheets shall be numbered and shall be 
properly connected together in such a way that they can 
be separated and re -written without difficulty and without 
cau~ing damage to them. nand",,' ri tt~ n 
doc~mt!nts. 
Affidavits, 
S.:nd Ing of 
docum<!nts. 
filing of docum<:nu 
in contentious 
proceed ings. IPIN/1IISRlP/2 
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(c) Every document, other than a specification and 
accompanying documents when first submitted to the 
Office, shall indicate at the top of each sheet the number 
of the patent or patent application to which the document 
relates, and the subj ect of the document shall be indicated 
in the centre of the upper part of the first sheet. 
(d) Every document filed with the Office shall deal 
wi.th one subj ect only. 
(e) Where the document filed amends or replaces a 
document filed previously. such fact shall be indicated at 
the top of each sheet. 
(0 Every document filed with the Office shall be 
signed at the end 'by the person who files or made it. 
(g) Items (2) to (4) of subregulation (a) shall not 
apply to covering letters and other routine letters. 
(h) This regulation shall not apply to a document 
which is a drawing. affidavit or official document issuea 
by an authority of the State or of a foreign state. 
12. Where a document, other than a covering letter or 
routine letter, is filed written wholly or partly by hand, 
it shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed for typing 
it at the Office. 
13. (a) An affidavit filed with the Office shall be drawn 
up under the provisions of the Evidence Ordinance!. 
(b) An affidavit or declaration on oath drawn up in 
a foreign state shall be drawn up and signed before an 
Israeli diplomatic or consular representative competent 
therefor or before a person empowered to receive it 
according to the laws of that state. 
(c) An affidavit shall be drawn up in the first person 
and divided into paragraphs, and it shall contain only 
fact~ which the declarant can attest from personal 
knowledge or, provided he states the reasons, to the best 
of his belief. 
(d) Every affidavit shall be filed with a copy thereof. 
14. Everything which according to the Law or these 
Regulations must or may be filed, served or delivered 
may be sent by post. 
15. (a) Sa.ve as otherwise provided, where one of the 
parties to a contentious proceeding mayor must file with 
the Registrar any notice, application, reply, statement of 
arguments or evidence Or any other document for the 
purposes of that proceeding, the party filing the document 
shall, at the time of filing it with the Registrar, deliver 
two copies thereof to every other person who is a party 
to the proceeding. 
1) LJld of Pll.:stint: Vol.l. cap.:>4, p. 670 (En5lish Edition): St!fer Ha-Chukkim ofS716.p.lO. IP/N/l/ISRlP/2 
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Address {or service 
Authorisation. (b) The Registrar may at any time request any party 
bound under subregulation (a) to deliver a document to 
another party to the proceeding, to file with the Registrar 
a conIirmation of delivery or other evidence, to his 
satisfaction, that the document has been delivered as 
aforesaid. 
(c) Where a person has delivered a document to the 
Office but has not delivered to his opponent copies thereof 
which he is bound to deliver to him under subregulation 
(al, the document delivered to the Office shall be deemed 
not to ha'le been delivered so long as copies .thereof have 
not been deLve red to the opponent. For the present 
purpose, delivery to the opponent includes delivery to the 
Post Oifice in a properly addr-essed letter and postage 
paid. 
(d) Where a person has filed with the Office a 
document to which subregulation (a) applies, and such 
document is not in order on the face of it or is not 
accompanied by the prescribed fee, the Registrar shall 
give the litigants notice to such effect as soon as possible 
after the document was delivered to the Offi.ce, and the 
document shall be deemed not to have been delivered so 
long as the defect has not been remedi.ed or the fee has 
not been paid. 
16. (a) Every person who files with the Offi.ce a patent 
application, notice of oppositicn. revocation application 
or any other application under the Law or these 
Regulations and who has not yet filed a document with the 
Registrar in the same matter shall notify the Registrar 
of an address for service in Israel. 
(b) An address as referred to in sub regulation (a) 
given by an applicant for a patent, a patentee or a 
licensee under a patent shall be regarded as his address 
for the purpose of any duty or permiss ion of service upon 
him under the Law or these Regulations. 
(c) Where a person has given an authorisation under 
regulation 17, the address of the authorisee shall be 
regarded as the address for service upon the authoriser 
so long as the authorisation is in force and the authoriser 
or authorisee does not otherwise notify. 
17. (a) Where a person is required or permitted to do 
any act under the Law Or these Regulations, he may, by 
written power of attorney delivered to the Office, 
authorise a patent attorney or advocate licensed to 
practise his profession to do it. 
(b) Not more than one authorisee shall be authorised 
in respect of the same matter, unless several authorisees 
who are partners or who work together in the same office 
are authorised together; however, a person may 
authorise more than one authorisee to appear and plead in 
his name. Reph.cement of 
aur.'lorisc!e. 
Application. IP/N/lIISRlP/2 
Page 7 
(c) Where several authorisees have been authorised 
under the provisions of subregulation (b). and the 
partnership is subsequently dissolved or the authorisees 
cease to work together, then, unless otherwise notified 
by the authoriser or the authorisees, the authorisee 
whose address was given as the address of the 
authorisees before they ceased to work together shall be 
deemed to be authorised. 
18. (a) A person represented by an authorisee in a 
proceeding before the Registrar may replace or remove 
the authorisee, provided that he gives notice to the 
Registrar; so long as such has not been done, the' 
previous authorisee shall be regarded as the authorisee 
of that person until the final termination of the hearing of 
the application or until the completion of the proceeding 
in respect of which the authorisee has been authorised. 
Unless replaced in the manner aforesaid, the authorisee 
shall not withdraw from the handling of the matter or of 
any part thereof, save with the permission of the 
Registrar. 
(b) The Registrar may, if he sees reasonable cause 
for doing so, refuse to recognise the power of attorney 
given to an authorisee if ten years have elapsed since the 
day it was given. 
(c) The provisions of this regulation shall also apply 
to proceedings before any other person under the Law or 
these Regulations, and the powers conferred on the 
Registrar shall vest in that person or, in proceedings 
before several persons, in the chairman. 
Chapter Two: APPLICATION AND SPECIFICATION 
19.' (a) An application for a patent, including an 
applicat ion for a patent of addition, shall be filed with the 
Office on Form No. 2 set out in the First Schedule (such 
form hereinafter referred to as "the application form"), 
in three copies, and shall be accompanied by the 
specification, including drawings as may be necessary, 
in two copies, as well as by the filing fee and the 
publicat ion fee prescribed for the purposes of sectlon 16 
of the Law. 
(b) Any applicant may, in lieu of the filing fee and 
publication fee referred to in subregu1ation (a). pay the 
fee under item 1 (b) of the Second Schedule, and if he has 
paid such fee, he shall not be liable to pay any fee until 
the application is accepted, except a' fee to which he may 
have become liable under item 3 of the said Schedule. IP/N/lIISRJP/2 
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Dra',oling up of 
specification. 
Drawings. 20. (a) The specification shalt include the foLlowing 
subjects, in the order in which they are here enumerated: 
(1) an introduction, explaining the purpose of 
the invention, and a concise desr.ription of the 
state of prior art -as far as known to the 
applicant in view of the invent ion -in the 
technical field in which the invention was made; 
(2) a description of the invention, with reference 
to drawings or examples as far as necessary in 
order to understand the invention; 
(3) a claim defining the invention concisely and 
clearly. 
(b) The first sheet shall be a title-page whi.ch shall 
not be numbered, showing in its centre the title of the 
invention in Hebrew with an English translation. The 
other sheets of the specification shall have the form 
prescribed by regulation 11 for documents. 
21. (a) Drawings shall be on smooth, white, strong. 
non-shiny paper, but it is permitted to submit one of the 
copies of the drawings on a sheet or sheets of transparent. 
flexible, strong, non-shiny material. 
(b) A drawing sheet shall be 29 to 34 cm. long and 
21 cm. or 42 cm. wide. The surface us ed for writing 
shall not, in the case of a sheet 21 cm. wide, exceed 
25.7 cm. in length 'and 17 cm. in width. and in the sase of 
a sheet 42 cm. wide, 25.7 in length and 34 cm. in width. 
(c) The sheets shall be numbered, and each sheet 
shall indicate in the margin the name of the applicant. the 
total number of sheets and the number of the sheet. 
(d) The drawings shall be filed in such a way as to 
be free from creases or cracks unfavourable to 
photographic reproduction. 
(e) The following rules shall apply to the execut ion 
of the drawings: 
(1) all the parts shall be executed in du rable. 
dark (if possible, black) markings with no figures 
in colour washes or colours, and shall lend 
themselves to photographic or other reproduction 
without any intermediate steps on a stereotype; 
(2) sections shall be indicated by means of 
oblique hatching, which shall not impede the 
clear reading of reference signs and leading 
lines; 
(3) the scale shall be such that, depending on the 
degree of complexity of the figure, a photographic 
reproduction with a linear reduction in 'size to 
two thirds, allows all the detail to be seen 
without difficulty; 
(4) the figures shall be clearly separated from 
one another, arranged on as few sheets as Amendments to 
speCl fka (lull. 
ApplicHion Cor 
priority right. 
Filing or 
specification rued 
abroad. IP/N/lIISR/P/2 
Page 9 
possible, and numbered consecutively and 
independently of the number of she~ts; 
(5) each detail of a figure shall be marked 
throughout -as far as necessary in order to 
understand the specification -with reference 
signs corresponding to those used in the 
specification; 
(6) all the numerals, letters and reference 
rna!"ks appearing in a drawing shall be simple and 
clear, and the letters and numerals shall be at 
least 0.32 cm. high; 
(7) the drawing shall contain no explanatory 
matter, with the exception of such terms as 
"water", "steam", "section on AB", I·open" or 
"shut" and, in the case of electric block sheet 
diagrams or flow sheet diagrams, explanatory 
matter sufficient to enable them to be 
understood; such terms and explanatory matter 
shall be in the same language as the 
specification. 
2 2. (a) Where the applicant wishes to amend the 
specification, whether of his own motion or following 
notification of defects therein, he shall submit the new 
pages of the specification, which contain the amendments, 
in such a manner that they can be substituted for the pages 
previously submitted. 
(b) Where the amendment is made in answer to a 
notification of defects in the application or specification, 
the applicant shall attach to the amendment a statement 
specifying ~he defects notified to him as aforesaid and 
which the amendment is intended to remove, and he shall 
also attach the pages of the specification which have been 
delivered to him with the notification of the defects. 
(c) Where the Registrar, under section 23 of the 
Law,. has prescribed a date for the amendment submitted, 
such date shall be' indicated in the specification in the 
margin of the passage containing the amendment. 
Chapter Three: CLAIM FOR PRIORITY RIGHT 
23. (a) A claim for a priority right, under section 10 of 
the Law, shall be made on the application form. 
(b) A claim for a priority right, or a claim for an 
additional. priority right, relating to an application 
already submitted to the Office shall be made by way of 
an application to amend the application form. 
24. (Cl) A person claiming a priority right shall file a 
certified copy of the specification, as referred to in IP/N/1/ISRlP/2 
Page 10 
TranslaClon of foreign 
spec i fica Clan. 
Subst.1ntiOll idenu"l 
of invention. 
Division of patent 
application in ..... hlch 
priority right is 
claimed. 
Claim foe priority 
right after publication 
of app licacion. section 1 UtaH3) of the Law, which was filed with the 
foreign application on which the claim for a priority right 
is based, and of the drawings accompanying such 
specification, within twelve months after the filing of the 
application. 
(b) Where application for an advancement of the 
examination, under regulation 35, is made before the 
expiration of the period referred to in subregulation (a). 
a copy of the spe'cification as aforesaid shall be filed 
together with the said application. 
25. A person claiming a priority right on the basis of a 
specification drawn up in a language other than an official 
language shall file a translation thereof into an official 
language, to the satisfaction of the Registrar, within 
three months from the date on which the Registrar 
requests him to do so. 
26. (a) The applicant shall show, within three months 
from the date on which the Registrar requests him to do 
so, that the invention described in the foreign application 
and the invention for which a patent is applied for in 
Israel are substantially identical. 
(b) When a claim for a priority right is based on 
more than one foreign application, ·as envisaged in 
section 10(b) of the Law, and the Registrar exercises 
his power under subregulation (a), the applicant shall 
indicate in the margin of the respectives passages of the 
specification the dates of the foreign applications on 
which those passages are based. 
27. Where an applicant wishes to divide an application 
for which a priority right is claimed, regulations 24 and 
26 shall apply to every application result ing from the 
division; however, it shall not be necessary to file with 
such application a copy of the specification referred to in 
section 10(a)(3) of the Law; rather, it shall be sufficient 
to indicate in such application the number of the divided 
application wit.h which a copy of that specificat ion was 
filed under regulation 24 and to indicate in that copy the 
passages describing the part of the invention for which a 
patent is sought by the applicat ion result ing from the 
division. 
28. \Vhere a priority right is claimed after the 
publication of the application under section 16 of the Law, 
the claim shall be accompanied by the publication fee 
prescribed for the re-publication of the fact of the application. Appllca.1l0n nN to 
orde:. 
Wlnt of f0rm to 
J.?piicJ.li0n. Chapter Four: DEALING WITH FILED 
APPLICATION AND 
PUBLICATION OF FACT 
OF FILING IP/N/1/ISRlP/2 
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29. (a) The filing of an application shall be certified on 
one of the copies of the application form which have been 
filed with the Office, and that copy shall be served upon 
the applicant. The cert ificat ion shall indicate the number 
and date of the application. 
(b) Where the application form has been filed in only 
one or two copies, the missing documents shall be 
prepared at the Office at the expense of the applicant. 
3 O. (a) Where an application has been filed which ls 
found defective under section 15 of the Law, the Office 
shall notify the applicant of the defects and not give him a 
certificate of filing under regulation 29. 
(b) The applicant may rectify the defects notified to 
him by the Office under subregulation (a) within three 
months from the date on which the notification was 
delivered to him. If he does not do so, the application 
form and accompanying documents shall he returned to 
him; if they cannot be returned because he gave no address 
or an incorrect address, the application shall be kept at 
the Office for one year and then destroyed. 
(c) Where the applicant has rectified the defects 
notified to him under subregulation (a), the Registrar 
shall certify the filing in the manner prescribed in 
regula~ion 29 and shall determil'le the application date as 
provided in section 15 of the Law. 
31. (a) Where an application has been filed and found to 
be'defective in one of the following ways: 
(1) It has not been submitted on an application 
form or the form has not been completely filled 
in as required; 
(2) the drawings mentioned in the specification 
have not been filed; 
(3) only one copy of the specification or the 
drawings has been filed; 
(4) the specification and drawings filed do not 
comply with the provisions enacted by these 
Regulations concerning the form of documents 
and drawings; 
(5) the invent ion described in the specification 
has not been defined in the claim; 
(6) the application has been filed by a person who 
alleges that he is authorised, but his 
authorisat ion has not been delivered to the Office 
as provided in regulation 17(a); 
(7) the fee for publication under section 16 of 
the Law has not been enclosed, IP/N/lIISR/P/2 
Page 12 
pubhcat10n oi f.le: ci 
ftlin~. 
Classification of 
application. 
Order of 
examination of 
app Iica tions. the Registrar shall notify the applicant, on serving the 
cert ificate of filing under regulation 29, of the defects 
which have been discovered. 
(b) The applicant may, within three months from the 
date of the Registrar's notification under subregulation 
(a), ask to rectify the defects not ified thereby and shall 
enclose the prescribed fee with the rect ification. 
(c) If the applicant do~s not re et ify the defects 
notified to him as aforesaid, he shall be deemed to b~ a 
person who has not rectified defects notified to him und~r 
section 20 of the Law. 
32. (a) The Registrar shall publish in Reshumot, under 
section 16 of the Law, the fact of the filing of the 
application if -
(1) the publication fee has been paid; 
(2) all the particulars necessary for publication 
under the said section 16 hav~ been supplieu; 
(3) he is satisfied that the title given the 
invention by the applicant makes it possible to 
ident ify the invent ion; 
(4) a translation of the title into the English 
language has been supplied to his satisfaction. 
(b) Where the application and specification do not 
contain any of the particulars necessary for publication 
under section 16, the Registrar shall notify the applicant 
to such effect, and the applicant. shall supply such 
part icular within three months from the date of the 
notification; the notification shal~ have the effect of a 
notification of defects under section 20 of the Law. 
33. (a) As soon as possible after its filing with the 
Office, the application shall be classified according to 
the classification adopted by the Office. 
(b) Where the Registrar is of the opinion that the 
specification is not sufficiently clear for classifying the 
invention, he may request the applicant to supply him 
with further particulars for the identification thereof and 
the applicant sball supply such further particulars within 
three months from the date of the request. 
(c) A request as referred to in sub regulation (b) 
shall have the effect of a notification that the application 
does not, as to the matter in which the further particulars 
are requested, describe the invention in such a way that a 
man of the art can perforITl it. 
Part Three: ACCEPTANCE OF 
APPLICATION 
Chapter One: EXAMINATION OF APPLICATION 
34. (a) Applications shall be examined, having regard to 
the classification adopted by the Office, in the order in 
which they have been filed. R.....: -1;J c.: S ~ t·.~ r 
I::.l:~::.ll :dlc.! IP/N/1/ISR/P/2 
Page 13 
(b) Notwithstanding the provision of subregulation 
(a), an application resulting from a division shall be 
examined together with the divided application. 
35. (a) An applicant who has reasonable cause [or doing 
so may submit to the R egist rar a reasoned request, 
accompanied by the prescribed fee, for the immediate 
examination of the application. 
(b) Where it appears to the Registrar that a request 
under subregulation (a) is well-founded, the examination 
shall be carried out as soon as possible after the date of 
the request, but having regard to the work procedures of 
the Office. 
(c) Where an application examined as aforesaid has 
been accepted, the fact of its examination shall be 
indicated in the publication under section 26 of the Law 
and in the Register, and the date of the examination, and 
the date ar.a number of the application of the same 
class -according to the classification adopted by the 
Office -which was examined immediately before the 
examination advanced by virtue of this regulation, shall 
likewise be indicated. 
(d) Tbe provisions of this regulation shall not 
derogate from the power of the Registrar or an examiner 
under sect~on 19 of the Law. 
36. T he following rules shall apply to a request under 
section 18(a)(2) of the Law: 
(1) Approximately four m~mths before the date on 
which the app lioation is to be examined, the 
Registrar shall send the applicant a notification 
requesting of him the following particulars: 
(a) The countries in which the applicant or his 
predecessor in the ownership of the invention has 
applied for protection of the invention which is 
the subject-matter of the application; 
(b) the material relied upon by the authority in 
the state in which an application as aforesaid 
was examined; 
(2) the applicant shall reply to the request within 
four months from the date thereof and he may attach 
to his reply documents which he or his predecessor 
in ownership submitted to the abovementioned 
authority in reply to objections concerning the 
application filed with it; where the said documents 
are in a language other than an official language, the 
applicant shall attach to them a translation into an 
official language; 
(3) where the applicant's reply under paragraph (2) 
mentions material being patent specifications, 
designs, utility designs, or other documents, not 
issued for sale to the public, the Registrar may IPINIllISRlPl2 
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Postponement of 
ex~minHion by 
re~son of def.:cu. 
Postponem.:nt of 
eXimin~tion by 
R.:glmar by 
reBon of existence 
of .:~rlit:r 
applic~tion. 
Postpon.:ment of 
examin~tion at 
rt!4uc!H or 
applicant. 
Noti(jc~tion of 
public~tion of 
earlier 
application. 
Notification of 
defecu. request a copy thereof if they are not in the 
possession of the Office. 
37. The Registrar may postpone the carrying out oC 
part of the stages of the examination to a date on which an 
amended or rewritten or redrafted .specification is filed if 
he is satisfied that defects in the specification do not 
permit him to complete the examination. 
38. (a) Where the Registrar has directed that the 
examination of a later application shall be postponed until 
after the publication of an earlier application under 
section 19 of the Law, he shall notify the later applicant 
to such effect, indicating the number of the earlier 
application. 
(b) The later applicant may, within one month from 
the date of the notification under subregulation (a). 
request that the examination of his application be 
continued notwithstanding the existence of the earlier 
application, and the Registrar shall accede to the request 
if he thinks it fit so to do. 
(c) Where the Registrar accedes to a request under 
subregulation (b). the later applicant shall. immediately 
upon acceptance of his application, notify such acceptance 
to the earlier applicant and shall send a copy of the 
notification to the Registrar. 
39. (a) Where the Registrar does not see fit to direct 
that the examination of the later application be postponed. 
under section 19 of the Law. until after the publication 
of the earlier application, he shall notify the applicant of 
the earlier application and of the number thereof and that 
his application is to be examined before the publication of 
the earlier application. 
(b) The later applicant may, within one month of the 
date of the notification under sub regulation (a), request 
that his application be examined only after the publication 
of the earlier application. 
40. Where the examination of a later application has been 
postponed under regulation 38 or 39, the Registrar shall 
notify the later applicant of the publication of the earlier 
application as soon as possible after such publication. 
Chapter Two: DEFECTS IN APPLICATION 
AND SPECIFICATION, 
AND RECTIFICATION 
THEREOF 
41. A notification oC defects under sed ion 20 of the Law 
shall be in writing and shall set out the following: Applicant'S reply 
to notific~tion. 
EX.1min~tion of 
amendments. IP /N/lIISRlP /2 
Page 15 
(1) If it is found that the invention is unpatentable 
under section 3 of the Law -the reasons oC such 
unpatentability: 
(2) if it is found that section 7 of the Law applies -
a reference to something which permits the 
conclusion that a patent for the invention should not 
be granted; 
(3) if it is found that the invention is not new within 
the meaning of section 4 of the Law - a reference to 
something which disproves the novelty oC the 
invention; 
(4) if it is found that the invention involves no 
inventive step. within the meaning of section 5 of the 
Law - a reference to something which permits this 
conclusion, and the manner in which this conclusion 
is arrived at; 
(5) if it is found that a patent or earlier application 
for the same invention exists, as envisaged by 
sect ion 9 of the Law -a reference to such patent or 
earlier invention. 
(6) if it is found that the specification contains more 
than one invention, as envisaged by section 8 of the 
Law, or if the Registrar sees fit to exercise his 
power under section 24(b) of the Law - a reference 
to the parts of the specification respectively dealing 
with the several inventions; 
(7) if amendments have been made in the application 
which in the opinion of the Registrar are of a 
substant ive nature - a notification of the date which 
the Registrar sees fit to prescribe for the application, 
or for part thereof, under section 23 of the Law; 
(8) if it is found that the provisions of Article One of 
Chapter Three of the Law or the provisions of these 
, Regulations have not been complied with -the defects 
fn the form or contents of the application or 
specification; all or any of these defects may be 
indicated in pencil in the body of the specification or 
in the margin of the pages thereof. 
42. The applicant may, within four months from the date 
of the notification under regulation 41, in reply thereto, 
rectify the defects of which he has been notified or give 
reasons why he need not rectify all Or part of them or 
request to h~l.Ve his arguments heard by the Registrar. 
43. (a) Where the applicant has rectified defects under 
regulation 42, the Registrar shall examine the application 
and specification, as amended, as if they had been so 
filed from the outset, and he shall examine each 
amendment as to the following matters: IP/N/lIISRlP/2 
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eLlnS lJ'::J "v;1 of 
ro::asor.s. 
Rc: fusal by reason of 
non-reply or 
rejc:ction of repl,·. 
Request for hearing 
of arguments. 
Demand for ... ritt~n 
.lUmmuyof 
arguments before 
fixing time. (1) whether it removes the defects notified to 
the applicant under regulation 41; 
(2) whether it complies with the provisions of 
the Law and these Regulations as regards both 
contents and form; 
(3) whether it is of a subs:tantive nature. 
(b) The Registrar shall notify the applicant of any 
defects he nay have found in the amended specification. 
Such a notification shall be treated like a notifieat ion 
under regulation 41, and the applicant may reply to it as 
provided in regulation 42. 
(c) This regulation shall also apply to the 
examination of amendments made by the applicant either 
before the date of the examination of the application under 
regulation 34 or after completion of the examination of 
the application but before its acceptance: Provided that 
an amendment in an application shall not be examined 
before the date for the examinat ion of the applicat ion as a 
whole. 
44. Where the applicant, under regulation 42, gives 
reasons why he need not rectify any defects, the 
Registrar shall consider such reasons and, if he se~s 
fit to reject them, shall notify the applicant to such 
effect; a notification as aforesaid shall be treated' li~e a 
notification under regulation 41. 
45. Where the applicant does not reply to a notification 
under regu~ation 41, or the Registrar finds that the reply 
does not remove the defects, or he rejects the reasons 
of the applicant under regulation 44, the Registrar shall 
refuse the application and shall notify the applicant 
accordingly. 
46. (a) Where the Registrar refuses an application under 
regulation 45, the applicant may, within one month from 
the date of the notification, request to have his arguments 
heard by the Registrar. 
(b) The provisions of subregulation (a) and regulations 
44 and 45 shall not derogate from the right of an applicant 
to contest the decision of an examiner before the 
Registrar, under section 161 of the Law, after every 
notification made to him under this chapter. 
47. (a) The Registrar may demand that a person who 
requests to have his arguments heard by him under 
regulation 42 or 46(a) submit a written summary of his 
arguments within one month from the date of the demand 
if the applicant has not previously submitted arguments 
in writing in the same matter or if it appears to the 
Registrar that a summary as aforesaid will be useful at 
the hearing of the arguments before him. fixing tim~ for 
h~aring of 
argurr.c::ntS. 
Proposal of 
amendmentS. 
AmenJment after 
hearing of arguments. 
Application resulting. 
from d iv ision. 
NotificHion of 
acceptance. IP /N/lIISRlP /2 
Page 17 
(b) If the applicant does not submit a summary of his 
arguments within the stated time, he shall be deemed to 
have waived his request for the hearing of arguments, and 
the Registrar shall decide upon the applicat ion 
accordingly. 
48. Where a request for the hearing of arguments has 
been made under regulation 42 or 46(a). and the applicant 
has submitted a summary of his arguments under 
regulation 47 or the Registrar has not seen fit to demand 
a summary as aforesaid, the Registrar shall fix a time 
for the hearing of the applicant's arguments and shall 
notify the applicant accordingly not later than ten days 
before the time fixed. 
49. If the applicant wishes to amend the specification at 
the time fixed for the hearing of his arguments, he shall 
submit the proposed amendments to the Office not later 
than five days before the said time. 
50. (a) Where the Registrar, after hearing the 
arguments, permits the applicant to make amendments in 
the application and specification, the applicant' may amend 
the .same within two months from being permitted to do 
so. 
(b) Amendments under subregulation (a) shall be 
treated like amendments made in reply to a notification 
made under regulation 41. 
Chapter Three: DIVISION OF APPLICATION 
51. (a) A patent application resulting from the division 
of an application filed previously shall be filed in the 
manner. prescribed for a patent application, but not later 
than four months from the date on which the applicant 
notified the division of the application or from the day on 
which the Registrar directed that it should be divided. 
(b) A direction of the Registrar as referred to in 
subregulation (a) shall be treated like a notification under 
regulation 41 and the relative regulations shall apply. 
Chapter Four: ACCEPTANCE AND 
PUBLICATION OF 
APPLICATION 
52. Where the application has been acc~'pted, under 
section 17 of the Law, the Registrar shall notify the 
applicant to such effect and shall demand in the 
notification that the publication fee for the purposes of 
section 26 of the Law shall be paid. IPINIlIISRlP/2 
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Payment of 
publication fe~. 
Ex<!r.:;:tioll i:,)~ 
?'J~jlcatl'"1 r~<! 
Retum of 
documents. 
Notice of 
opposi tion. 
Sutement of 
arguments and 
evidence 00 behalf 
of opponent. 53. If the publication fee is not paid at the time 
prescribed in regulation 7(b). the Registrar shall send 
the applicant a further notification. and if the publication 
fee, v:ith the addition of a fee [or the period from ~he 
time fixed for its payment until the time when it is 
actually paid, is not paid 'Nithin one month from the date 
on which th~ further notification is sent. the applicant 
shall be considered to have abandoned the application. 
5-1. Where an applicant. at the tim~ of filing th'.:' 
application, pa::s a fe~ under item l(bj of the Second 
Schedule, he shall not ha'.·e to pay for the publication o~' 
the application, and the application shall be published 
immediately upon its acceptance. 
Chapter Flve: RETliRN OF DOCU!\lEl'iTS 
55. An applicant may request of the Registrar that 
documents submitted by him for the purpose of claiming a 
priority right be left with him on condition that he places 
them at the disposal of the Office or of any othe r person 
immediately upon receipt of a demand therefor, and the 
Registrar shall accede to the request if it is proved to 
his satisfaction that the applicant is z.ble to keep the 
documents properly. 
56. Where the Registrar refuses the application or where 
the applicat ion is abandoned by the applicant before its 
publication under section 26 of the Law, the Registrar 
may, if six months have passed from the date of the final 
refusal or the abandonment, return to the applicant the 
copies of the speciflcation, as well as the documents 
submitted for the purpose of claiming a priority right. 
Part Four: OPPOSITION TO GRANT 
OF PATENT 
Chapter One: FILING OF ST ATEMENTS 
OF ARGUMENTS AND 
EVIDENCE 
57. Notice of opposition to the grant of a patent shall be 
given to the Registrar under section 30 of the Law, 
accompanied by the prescribed fee. 
58. (a) Within one month from the date of notice under 
regulation 57, the opponent shall submit to the Registrar 
his statement of arguments, setting out the grounds of 
opposition, the facts on which he bases his different 
arguments and the requested relief. .: .:: .,; I,:'~ t· ..... "~I 
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Page 19 
(b) The opponent may attach his evidence to his 
statement of arguments. 
(c) If the opponent does not intend to submit evidence, 
he shall so notify in his statement of arguments. 
59. (a) Within three months from the date on which the 
statement of arguments on behalf of the opponent is filed 
under regulation 58, the applicant shall file '.vith the 
Registrar a statement of counter-arguments. 
(b) Where evidence was attached to the statement of 
arguments on behalf of the opponent, under regulat ion 
58(b), or where the opponent has notified that he will not 
submit evidecce, the applicant shall submit his evidence 
to the Registrar together with his statement of arguments. 
(c) \Vhere the applicant does not file a statement of 
arguments under subregulation (a). or does not submit 
his evidence with his stQ,tement of arguments although he 
is required to do so under subregulation (b), .he shall be 
deemed to have admitted the facts alleged by the opponent 
and consented to the grant of the reLef requested by 
him. 
60. Where the opponent does not submit evidence under 
regulation 58(b) and does not notify as specified in 
regulation 58(c). he may submit his evidence to the 
Registrar within three months from the date on which a 
statement of arguments on behalf of the applicant is 
submitted to the Registrar under regulation 59(a); if he 
does not do so, he shall be deemed to have admitted the 
facts alleged by the applicant: and the Registrar shall 
decide accordingly. 
01. Where evidence on behalf of the opponent is submitterl 
under regulation 60, the applicant may, within three 
months iron the date of submission thereof, submit his 
evidence to the Registrar. 
62. The opponent may, within three months from the date 
on which evidence on behalf of the applicant is submitt ed 
under regulation 59(b) or 61, submit rebutting evidence 
to the Registrar, relating to facts explicitly denied by 
the applicant in his evidence or first arising in such 
evidence. 
63. No further evidence shall be submitted by either 
opponent or the applicant, save with the permission of the 
Registrar. 
64. Unless the Registrar otherwise directs, where a 
document submitted in evidence is in a language other IP/N/1/ISRlP/2 
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E'ixin'5 tlmc! for 
ht!arin'5 .H3Ur:1c!:1U 
of partlc! i. 
Matt!cial not 
previously mt!ntioned. 
Non-appearance 
for hearing of 
argument3. 
Order of hea.ring 
argument:s of 
parties. than an official language, a translation into an official 
language, certified to the satisfaction of the Registrar, 
shall be attached to it. 
Chapter Two: HEARING OF OPPOSITION 
BEFORE REGISTRAR 
65. (a) Where the statements of arguments and the 
evidence have been submitted or where the period allowed 
for the submission of evidence has elapsed without 
evidence having been submitted, the Registl'ar shall appoint 
a time for the hearing of the arguments of the parties, 
and shall notify the parties of the time appointed by him 
at least one month in advance, unless the parties have 
agreed upon an earlier time. 
(b) A party who wishes to appear shall notify the 
Registrar to such effect, in writing, not later than ten 
days before the appointed time; the Registrar may refuse 
to hear the arguments of a party who has not so notified. 
66. (a) At the hearing, either party may rely on 
material not previously mentioned in the statements of 
arguments or the evidence, provided that he has notified 
the Registrar to such effect at least ten days in advance, 
adding particulars of the material in question. 
(b) Where material as referred to in subregut"ation 
(a) is not available at the library of the Office, the 
material or a book containing it shall be furnished to the 
Registrar: Provided that if the material, though included 
in a book, forms a self-contained portion thereof, it 
shall be sufficient to furnish a copy of the material. 
67. The following procedure shall be adopted on the day 
fixed for the hearing of the arguments of the parties: 
(1) Vlhere neither party has notified that he will 
appear, and the parties have in (act not appeared, 
the Registrar shall decide in reliance on the 
material before him; 
(2) where one of the parties has not appeared, the 
Registrar shall hear the other party: Provided that 
if it appears to the Registrar that the party who has 
not appeared has abandoned his case, he shall 
dismiss his application; 
(3) where the Registrar has reasonable grounds for 
believing that one of the parties has not been notified, 
or is unable to appear before him owing to special 
circumstances, he shall adjourn the hearing to 
another date. 
68. (a) Where the appticant does not admit the facts 
alleged by the opponent, the opponent shall state his case 
first, and thereafter the applicant shall state his 
case. Examination of 
deponent!. IP/N/1/ISR/P/2 
Page 21 
(b) Where the applicant admits the facts alleged by 
the opponent, but prefers counter-arguments, he shall 
state his case first, and thereaIter the opponent shall 
state his case. 
(c) The Registrar shall permit the party who stated 
his case first to reply briefly to the arguments of the 
other party, but such first -mentioned party shall not at 
this stage prefer new arguments, save with the 
permission of the Registrar; if he prefers new arguments 
as aforesaid, the Registrar shall permit the other party 
to reply thereto. 
(d) Where the parties have concluded their 
arguments, the Registrar may direct them, by order, to 
summarise their arguments in writing as regards the 
whole case or as regards a particular question 
designated by him. An order as aforesaid shall 
prescribe the arrangement of the arguments and all 
other things which in the opinion of the Registrar require 
regulation in consequence of the making of the order. 
(e) A party who has not submitted a summary of his 
arguments in accordance with an order under 
subregulation (d) shall, unless the Registrar otherwise 
directs, be treated like a party who has not appeared at 
the time fixed for the hea ring of the arguments of the parties. 
69. (a) Where a party wishes to cross-examine a 
deponent, he shall notify the Registrar to such effect not 
later than fifteen days before the time fixed for the 
hearing of t:,e arguments of the parties, demanding the 
appearance of the deponent at the said time. If the 
deponent is a non-resident, the notification shall be made 
not later than one month before the said time. 
(b) A party who alleges that no reasonable ground 
exi~s for permitting the examination of a particular 
deponent whose appearance is demanded under 
suhregulation (a) shall notify the Registrar to such effect 
not later than seven days from the day on which a copy of 
the demand of the other party was delivered to him, ~d 
the Registrar shall hear his arguments at the time fixed 
for the hearing of the arguments of the parties, unless the 
Registrar fixes an earlier time in view of the urgency of 
the matter. 
(c) If the Registrar dismisses the arguments preferred 
by the party under subregulation (b), and the deponent does 
not appe.ar at the tirn e of the hearing, the Registrar shall 
adjourn the hearing of the arguments of the parties unless 
there is a reasonable ground for not doing BO. 
(d) If the deponents have appeared, the witnesses for 
the party who has stated his case fi;st sr,all be examined 
first, and thereafter the witnesses of the opposite party, 
unless the Registrar sees a reasonable ground for 
proceeding otherwise. IP/N/lIISRlP/2 
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Ta:<ing minutes. 
Correction of 
minutes. 
Decision by 
Re3isttar. 
Delivery of decision 
to parties. 
Refwal to grant 
patent by reason of 
materi.ll discovered 
as a result of 
opposition (e) I! notification under subregulation (b) has not 
been made. and the deponent does not appear in 
accordance with the notification under subregulation (a). 
his affidavit shall not be used as evidence unless the 
Registrar is satisfied that its admission as evidence is 
necessary in the interests of justice. 
(0 The Registrar may at any time. of his Own 
motion. demand the appearance of a particular deponent 
for examination. 
70. (a) In every contentious proceeding before the 
Registrar. minutes shall be taken by the Registrar, by a 
recorder designated by the Registrar or by recording 
devices or other mechanical means. 
(b) The statements of arguments and every document 
relating to the proceeding shall be attached to the minutes 
and shall form a part thereof. 
71. The Registrar may. on the application of a party and 
after giving the other parties an opportunity to be heard, 
correct any entry in the minutes either before or after 
the decision. 
72. (a) At the end of the hearing. or as soon afterwards 
as the circumstances permit. the Registrar shall give his 
decision; however -
(1) the Registrar may. at any stage of the 
hearing. give a decision on one of the 
applications for relief if it appears to him that 
the further course of the hearing will not alter 
the findings as to the facts relevant to that 
application or as to the questions to be 
determined in connection therewith; 
(2) the Registrar may. if he sees fit to do so. 
give an interim decision determining questions 
at issue or enabling the application and specific­
ation to be amended Or otherwise dealt with. 
(b) The Registrar's decision shall contain a concise 
statement of the case. his findings as to the relevant 
facts. the questions to be determined and the decision and 
the reasons thereof. 
(c) The Registrar's decision shall be in writing and 
shall be signed by him. 
73. The Registrar shall deliver the decision to the 
parties, and the date on which it is so delivered shall be 
the date thereof. 
74. (a) Where the Registrar sees reason to exercise his 
powers under section 34 of the Law in respect of a 
particular application. he shall notify the applicant to such 
effect in writing. assigning reasons. su~se"u<!ntly 
;.; Ithcr.lwn. 
:-;vtlfl'':.ltlUll U:' 
J.p?<!ai. 
C0PY oi C~rtlil':.l[<!. 
Demand for 
inJk;ltion of name:! 
of inventor. 
Wher<! name:! of 
inventor shall be 
indic.lt<!d. 
N0Cificlti0n by 
R<!gisuar. IPIN/1/ISR/P/2 
Page 23 
(b) The applicant may reply to a notification as 
aforesaid, in writing, within thirty days from the day on 
which it is made to him, showing cause why the 
Registrar should not exercise his powers; if the 
applicant does not reply, the patent shall not be granted. 
(c) If the applicant replies to the Registrar's 
notification, the Registrar shall give him an opportunity 
to state his case before him. 
75. Where appeal is filed against a d~cision of the 
Registrar in a proceeding under this chapter, the 
appellant shall notify the Registrar to such effect at the 
time of filing notice of appeal with the Court. 
Part Five: GRANT OF PATENT 
Chapter One: PATENT CERTIFICATE 
76. A patent certificate shall be made out on Form No. 3 
set out in the First Schedule, shall bear the signature or 
seal of the Registrar and, after registration of the grant 
of the patent in the Register, shall be delivered to the 
person registered therein at the time as the owner of the 
invention. 
77. The owner of a patent may apply, in wrlttng, for a 
copy of the patent certificate, and such a copy shall be 
delivered to him after payment of the prescribed fee; the 
copy shall be marked as such. 
Chapter Two: DEMAND FOR INDICATION 
OF NAME OF INVENTOR 
78. A demand for the indication of the name of the 
inventor, under section 39 of the Law, shall be submitted 
to the Office in writing, signed by the applicant, and 
accompanied by the prescribed fee. 
79. The name of the inventor shall be indicated in the 
Register and the specification, and it shall also be 
indicated in the patent certificate if the demand is 
submitted not later than the expiration of one month from 
the date of publication of acceptance. 
80. Where the indication of the name of the inventor is 
demanded, and the Registrar is bound to notify the owner 
of the invent ion or the owner of the patent or any other 
person under section 40 of the Law, the Registrar shall 
notify as aforesaid as soon as possible after the demand 
is submitted to him. IP/N/lIISRlP/2 
Page 24 
Opposition to 
indic.tion of n.m~ 
of inventor. 
Procedure on 
opposition to 
indication of name 
of inventor. 
Notification of 
non -entertainment 
of application. 
Substitu tion of 
proceed ing •. 
Renewal fee. 81. A person wishing to oppose a demand notified to him 
under regulation 80 shall notify the Registrar to such 
effect within one month from the date on which 
notification was made to him. 
82. Notification under regulation 81 shall be treated like 
the filing of opposition, and the procedure prescribed in 
Part Four of these Regulations in respect of opposition to 
the grant of a patent shall apply to it and to the further 
proceedings under this chapter. For this purpose, every 
person who has made notification under regulation 81 
shall be regarded as an opponent, and the person who 
demands the indication of the name shall be regarded as 
the applicant, and a pe rson who has been not Hied under 
regulation 80 and who has not filed opposition shall be 
joined to the proceedings as a respondent unless he asks 
not to be so joined. 
83. Where, at any time after statements of arguments 
have been submitted to him under regulation 82, it 
appears to the Registrar that the demand for the indication 
of the name of the inventor should be dealt with as an 
applicat ion made on the grounds ment ioned in section 
31 (3) or 73 of the Law, he shall notify the parties to. such 
effect, assigning reasons. 
84, Where the Registrar has made notification under 
regulation 83, the person who demands the indication of 
the name of the inventor may, within one month from the 
date of the notificat ion, request that his application be 
regarded as a notice of opposition to the grant of a 
patent or as an application for revocation, as the case 
may be, and the procedure prescribed for such shall 
thereupon apply; the request shall be accompanied by the 
prescribed fee, 
Part Six: PAYMENT OF RENEWAL 
FEES 
Chapter One: RENEWAL FEE 
85. (a) The renewal fees payable under section 56 of the 
Law in orde:-to maintain a patent shall be of the amounts 
prescribed in the Second Schedule with the approval of the 
Finance Committee of the Knesset and shall be paid at 
the prescribed times. 
(b) A person who, at the time when he is liable to 
pay the first renewal fee, pays a fee under item 9(i) of 
the Second Schedule sh'al! not have to pay any further 
renewal fee and shall be deemed to have paid in due time 
and manner all the renewal fees to which he is liable, :<..em indet to pay. 
Pay ment of fee. 
Lapse of patent. 
Application for 
restora tion. 
Refuulof 
application. 
Accepunce of 
application for 
restoration. .JI1 IISRlP/2 
Page 25 
8B. The Registrar shall give the patentee notice oC every 
date at which he must pay a renewal fee not later than 
three months before that date. 
B 7. (a) A renewal fee shall be paid not earlier than one 
month before the time prescribed for its payment. 
(b) The payment of every renewal fee shall be 
entered in the Register, and the patentee shall be given a 
confirmation of the entry. 
(c) A person who pays a renewal fee under section 56 
of the Law after the time at which he was liable to pay it 
in accordance with regulation 85 and the Second Schedule 
shall, in addition to the renewal fee, in respect of every 
month or fraction of a month of delay, pay the fee 
prescribed in the said Schedule in respect of an 
application for a month's extension. 
B8. Where a renewal fee is not paid by the end of the 
period of extension referred to in section 57 of the Law, 
an entry shall be made in the Register that the patent has 
lapsed. 
Chapter Two: RESfORATION OF 
PATENT 
B9. An application to the Registrar for the restoration of 
a patent shall be in writing, specifying the facts on which 
it is based; it shall be supported by an affidavit and 
accompanied by the prescribed fee. 
90. (a) If the Registrar is not satisfied that the 
application for restoration of the patent should be granted, 
he shall notify the applicant to such effect, and the 
applicant may, within one month from the date of the 
notification, request to have his arguments heard before 
the Registrar. 
(b) If the applicant does not request to have his 
arguments heard, he shall be deemed to have abandoned' 
his application. 
91. (a:) Where the Registrar accepts the application for 
restoration of the patent -whether after considering the 
application only or after hearing the arguments of the 
applicant -he shall notify the applicant to such effect, 
and the applicant shall, within one month from the date of 
the notification, pay all the unpaid renewal fees and the 
prescribed publication fee. 
(b) If the applicant does not pay as specified in 
subregulation (a), he shall be deemed to have abandoned 
his application. IP/N/1/ISRJP/2 
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Notice of oppOSition 
to restoration. 
Procedure on 
opposition to 
restoration. 
Entry In R~5Iste: 
and Issue of 
certlflcat.:. 
Application for 
p.:rmission to 
amend. 
Hearing of 
arguments of 
applicant for 
amendment. 92. Where a person wishes to oppose the application for 
restorat ion, he shall give written notice to such effect, 
specifying the grounds of opposition and enclosing the 
prescribed fee. 
93. Notice under regulation 92 shall be treated like the 
filing of opposition, and the flrocedure presc ribed in Part 
Four of these Regulations for opposition to the grant of a 
patent shall apply to it and to the further proceedings 
under these Regulations; for this purpose, everyone who 
has given notice under regulation 92 shall be cons idered 
an opponent, and the patentee and an exclusive licensee 
of the patent shall be considered applicants. 
94. Where the Registrar has ordered the restoration of a 
patent, an entry to such effect shall be made in the 
Register and the patentee shall be given a certificate of 
the entry. 
Part Seven: AMENDi'v[ENT OF 
PATENT 
Chapter One: APPLICATION FOR 
PERMISSION TO AMEND 
PATENT 
95. (a) An application for permission to amend a patent 
specification shall be filed with' the Registrar 
accompanied by the prescribed fee, specifying the 
requested amendment and the purpose thereof. 
(b) The application shall be accompanied by two 
copies of the pages of the specification or drawings in 
which an amendment is requested, and the requested 
amendment shall be clearly indicated therein, distinct 
from the earlier version. The form of the copies shall 
be as required in Part Two of these Regulations in respect 
of the specification and the form thereof. 
(c) The patentee shall attach to the amendment 
application an affidavit that no proceeding is pending at 
the time for infringement or revocation of the pate.nt or, 
if such a proceeding is pending, an authorisation by the 
Court for the Registrar to hear the application. 
96. (a) The Registrar shall examine the proposed 
amendment and, if he is not satisfied that it should be 
permitted or it appears to him that permission should be 
made subject to conditions, he shall notify the applicant 
to such effect. 
(b) Within two months from the day on which 
notification under subregulation (a) is made to him, the ?'Jbllcation of 
am<!ndm<!nt. 
!'-Iotice of 
cpposition. 
Procedure on 
cpposition to 
?ermiSlion for 
amendment of 
specification. 
Filing of new 
lpecific~tion. IP/N/1/ISRJP/2 
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applicant may again amend the specification or demand 
to have his arguments heard before the Registrar; if he 
neither amends nor demands as aforesaid, he shall be 
deemed to have abandoned his application or consented to 
the conditions prescribed by the Registrar, as the case 
may be. 
(c) If the applicant for the amendment wishes to have 
his arguments heard, he shall submit to the Registrar, 
together with his notification. a written summary of such 
arguments, and the Registrar shall fix a time for the 
hearing of the arguments and shall notify the applicant. 
accordingly. 
97. (a) If the Registrar permits the amendment of the 
specification -whether after merely considering the 
application or after hearing the argurrtents of the 
applicant -he shall notify the applicant to such effect. 
Where notification as aforesaid has been made, the 
applicant shall pay the prescribed publication fee within 
one month from the date of the notification and, if the 
amendment has been permitted in a different form than 
applied for, shall deliver to the Registrar two copies of 
the pages of the specification or drawings in which the 
amendment has been permitted; the permitted amendment 
shall be clearly indicated in those copies, distinct from 
the earlier version. 
(b) Where the fee under subregulation (a) has not 
been paid, or where no copies have been delivered or the 
copies delivered are not in order according to the 
requirements of Part Two of these Regulations, the 
applicant shall be deemed to have abandoned the 
application. 
98. Where a person wishes to oppose the amendment, he 
shall give written notice to tht:: Registrar, enclosing the 
prescribed fee and specifying the grounds of opposition. 
99. Notice under regulation 98 shall be treated like the 
filing of opposition. and the procedure prescribed in Part 
Four of these Regulations for opposition to the grant of a 
patent shall apply to it and to the further proceedings 
under this chapter; for this purpose, everyone who has 
given notice of opposition under regulation 98 shall be 
considered as an opponent, and the patentee and an 
exclusive licensee under the patent shall be considered 
as applicants. 
100. (a) Tr.e Registrar may require a person permitted to 
make an amendment under the provisions of this chapter 
to file the patent specification in two copies, with the IP/NIlIISRlP/2 
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Amendment of 
specification after 
accepC.1nce. 
Amendment of 
specification ..... here 
opposi cion proceedings 
are taken. permitted amendment clearly indicated therein, distinct 
from the earlier version. A specification filed as 
aforesaid shall comply with the requirements of Part 
Two of these Regulations relating to the specification and 
the form thereof. 
(b) Where the patentee has been required to file a 
new specification under subregulation (a). the Registrar 
shall not enter the amendment in the Register so long as 
the specification has not been filed. 
101. The provisions of this chapter shall also apply to an 
application to amend a specification of a patent after 
acceptance of the patent application but before the patent 
is granted, and where an application to amend as 
aforesaid is filed, the patent shall be granted for the 
invention as described and claimed in the amended 
specification, but not before the completion of the 
proceedings in connection with the amendment. 
102. (a) Where an application for permission to amend is 
filed after acceptance of the patent application but before 
the patent is granted, and opposition to the grant of the 
patent is subsequently filed, or an application for 
permission as aforesaid is filed while opposition 
proceedings are pending, the applicant shall deliver a 
copy of the amendment application to the opponent within 
seven days from the date on which the notice of opposition 
is delivered to him. 
(b) If the opponent agrees to the requested 
amendment, the Registrar shall suspend the opposition 
proceedings against the gran~ of the patent until the 
specification is amended in the manner prescribed in this 
chapter. 
(c) The opponent may, within two months from the 
date on which a copy of the amendment application is 
delivered to him under subregulation (a) or within the 
time during which he must submit evidence under 
regulation 60 if he has not yet submitted it, whichever 
period ends last, give notice of opposition to the 
amendment of the specification, attaching his statement 
of arguments and evidence in the matter. The Registrar 
shall hear be opposition to the amendment in the presence 
of the parties to the opposition proceedings against the 
grant of the patent. 
(d) If the Registrar grants the application for the 
amendment, he shall suspend the opposition proceedings 
against the grant of the patent until completion of the 
amendment proceedings under regulations 95 to 97, and 
the opposition shall be deemed to have been filed in 
respect of the speci.!ication as amended. Applicacion tor 
revocation. 
Notification of 
proceed ings. IP/N/1/ISRlP/2 
Page 29 
(e) Where opposition to the grant of permission to 
amend is filed while opposition proceedings against the 
grant of the patent are pending, the Registrar shall deal 
with the oppositions simultaneously unless the parties 
have requested that he proceed otherwise and the 
Registrar is satisfied that it is reasonable so to do. 
(f) This regulation shall not apply if the parties have 
agreed that the amendment application shall be heard after 
the decision upon the opposition and it appears to the 
Registrar that the amendment should prima facie be 
permitted; and if it has been so agreed -
(1) the Registrar shall deal with the opposition 
as if the amendment had been accepted; 
(2) the Regist rar shall publish the fact of the 
amendment application in Reshumot after the 
decision upon the opposition. 
Part Eight: REVOCATION OF 
PATENT 
Chapter One: REVOCATION PROCEEDINGS 
103. (a) An application for revocation of a patent shall be 
submitted to the Registrar in writing, specifying the 
grounds and facts on which the applicant bases his 
application, and accompanied by his evidence. 
(b) Upon submitting the application, the applicant 
shall pay a fee of an amount twice the amount of the fee; 
payable upon filing a contentious proceeding. 
104. (a) Wllere an application for revocation of a patent 
is filed, and at the same time a proceeding for 
infringement or revocation of the patent is pending before 
the Court, and the applicant for revocation is a party to 
that proceeding, such applicant shall make notification 
thereof in his application to the Registrar for revocation 
of the patent, and he may add his evidence within two . 
months from the date of the notification. If the applicant 
for revocation is not a party to the proceeding, he shall 
notify the patentee to such effect, and he shall submit his 
arguments -in writing -only after the Court has 
authorised the Registrar to deal with the application. 
(b) In the notification of a proceeding as aforesaid, 
the person making the notification shall indicate the 
parties to such proceeding. 
(c) Every person who is a party to the proceeding 
before the Court and who has not join~'d the applicant ~or 
revocation of the patent shall be regarded as a respondent 
in the proceedings on the revocation application. 
(d) Where notification of a proceeding as aforesaid is 
made by the applicant for revocation, the patentee shall IP/NIlIISRlP/2 
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A nswer by the 
pa tentee. 
Rebutting evidence. 
Procedure upon 
application for 
revocation. 
Application for 
amendment where 
revocation 
proceedings .ue 
taken. 
Application for 
Inde~ndent 
validation of patdnt 
of addition. not deliver his statements of arguments until two months 
from the date on which the applicant delivers to the 
Registrar an authorisation by the Court to deal with the 
matter. 
105. (a) The patentee shall, within three months from the 
date of the application for revocation of the patent, submit 
his statement of arguments to the Registrar, accompanied 
by his evidence~ 
(b) If the patentee does not file a statement of 
arguments within the time stated in subregulation (a). he 
shall be dee:ned to have admitted the contentions of the 
applicant for revocation, unless a proceeding for 
iniringement or revocation of the patent is pending before 
the Court at the time and the patentee has notified the 
Registrar thereof, and the Court has not authorised the 
Registrar to deal with the application. 
106. Where evidence has been submitted by the patentee 
under regulation 105, the applicant for revocation of the 
patent may, within two months from the date on which the 
evidence was delivered to the Registrar, submit rebutting 
evidence relating to facts expressly denied by the patentee 
in his evidence or facts first arising in that evidence. 
107. The submission of statements of arguments and 
evidence under regulations 103 to 106 shall be treated like 
the submission of statements. of arguments and evidence 
in opposition proceedings, and the procedure prescribed 
in Part Four of these Regulations for opposition to the 
grant of a patent shall apply to such first -mentioned 
submission and to the further proceedings under this 
chapter; for the purposes of these proceedings, the 
applicant for revocation shall be regarded as an 
opponent and the patentee shall be regarded as an 
applicant. 
108. Where an application to amend a patent specification 
is pending when an application for revocation of the 
patent is filed or where an application to amend a patent 
specification is filed, while an application for 
revocation of the patent is pending, the procedure 
prescribed in regulation 102 shall apply mutatis mutandis. 
Chapter Two: VALIDATION OF PATENT 
OF ADDITION 
109. Where the owner ol a patent revoked under the 
provision of Article Four of Chapter Four of the Law Or 
Article Two of Chapter Seven of the Law sees fit to 
exercise his right under section 48 of the Law, he shall )eiay in payment of 
~newal fee. 
'atents of addition 
~r which none 
:on5tltutes an 
.mprovement on or 
:nodification of 
lnother. 
"equest to 
jemand 
notification. 
Demand for 
notification. 
Notific.1tion by 
p.1tenlee. IP /Nil IISRIP 12 
Page 31 
make application accordingly to the Registrar not later 
than two months from the date when the main patent was 
finally revoked. 
11 D. If the patentee, during the period in which he may 
make application under regulation 109, has not paid the 
renewal fees in respect of the main patent, he may pay 
them not later than the expiration of the said period. 
111. If it appears to the Registrar that the provision of 
section 48(b)(2) of the Law should be applied to two or 
more patents of addition where the main patent has been 
revoked, he shall notify the owner of the patents to such 
effect, and the latter may, within one month of the date of 
the notification, apply to have his arguments heard before 
the Registrar, and the duty to pay a fee on each patent 9f 
addition separately shall not apply until the matter has 
been finally decided. 
Part Nine: COMPULSORY LICENSES 
Chapter One: NOTIFICATION AS TO 
EXPLOITATION OF 
INVENTION 
112. (a) A request to demand a notification as to the 
exploitation of a patent, under section 118 of the Law, 
shall be submitted to the Registrar in two copies, on 
Form No. 3 set out in the Second Schedule, accompanied 
by the prescribed fee. 
(b) The request shall specify the interest therein of 
the person making it and facts suggesting that he is prima 
facie entitled to receive a compulsory licence. 
113. In the Registrar's demand for a notification as to the 
exploitation of the invention, the patentee shall be called 
upon to state -
(1) whether the invention is being exploited in Israel, 
by way of manufacture or otherwise; 
(2) whether, in the opinion of the patentee, the extent 
of .manufacture answers the requirements of the 
public in Israel; 
(3) the place of manufacture. 
A copy of the request to demand a notification, under 
regulation 112, shall be attached to the demand. 
114. A patentee making a notification in answer to a 
demand under regulation 113 may attach thereto 
documents and evidence in support thereof. IP/N/1/ISRlPI2 
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Notification to 
pel'lOn .... ho made 
the request. 
Restriction as to 
evidence. 
Application (or 
compulsory licence. 
Publication of 
application. 
Notice of joinder. 115. Where the patentee's notificat ion has been received, 
the Registrar shall notify such fact to the person who 
made the request, and he shall also notify him of the 
particulars of its contents in so far as they relate to the 
question whether an abuse of monopoly exists, but he shall 
not notify him of particulars which, in the opinion of the 
Registrar, come within the definition of trade secrets. 
116. In dealing with an application for a compulsory 
licence, the Registrar shall not use as evidence any 
material submitted to him under this chapter, except a 
not ificat ion under regulat ion 115. 
Chapter Two: APPLICATION FOR 
COMPULSORY LICENCE 
117. (a) An application for a compUlsory licence shall be 
submitted to the Registrar in writing, accompanied by the 
prescribed fee and the publication fee, and shall set out 
the grounds why the licence should be issued, factors 
justifying its grant and facts showing that the applicant is 
entitled to receive it. The application shall be 
accompanied by evidence substantiat ing it and ind icat ing 
the ability of the applicant to exploit the invent ion and 
the poss ible extent of manufacture. 
(b) For the purposes of the delivery of copies of the 
application under regulation 15, the patentee and every 
licensee registered in the Register shall be regarded as 
parties. 
118. When the fact of the application has been published 
in Reshumot under section 124(a) of the Law, the 
application and all the material attached thereto shall be 
open for inspection, provided that the fee prescrib~d 
therefor is paid. 
119. (a) If any person wishes to join the proceeding as an 
applicant or respondent (such a person hereinafter 
referred to as "the person joining"), he shall, within two 
months from the date of publication under regulation 118, 
submit to the Registrar a notice, accompanied by the 
prescribed fee, stating his interest and the relief for which 
he applies or the application for which he supports. 
(b) The proviSions of regulation 15 shall apply to the 
delivery of a notice under subregulation (a). 
(c) The parties shall deliver to every person joining, 
within one month from the date on which a copy of the 
notice under subregulation (a) is delivered to them, 
copies of all the documents submitted by them to the :'urt.'1<!r proceedings. 
A?p lica cion fer 
reconsili<!ra tlo~ •. 
Reply by lic::=e. 
further proa::t:dingl. IP/N/1/ISR/P/2 
Page 33 
Registrar up to that date, and the person joining shall 
thenceforth be regarded as a party to all intents and 
purposes. 
(d) A person who has given notice of joinder may 
submit his evidence to the Registrar within two months 
from the date of submission of the notice. 
12 O. (a) The patentee shall, within three months from the 
date of submission of the application for a compulsory 
licence, present to the Registrar his statement of 
arguments, accompanied by his evidence. 
(b) If the patentee does not submit a statement of 
arguments within the time allowed by subregulat ion (a), 
he shall be deemed to have agreed ·to the grant of a 
compulsory licence. 
(c) The procedure prescribed in Chapter Two of 
Part Four of these Regulations for the hearing of 
opposition before the Registrar shall apply to the further 
proceedings under this chapter; for the purpose of these 
proceedings, the applicant for a compulsory licence shail 
be regarded as the opponent and the patentee as the 
applicant. 
Chapter Three: RECONSIDERATION 
OF DECISION TO 
GRANT COMPULSORY 
LICENCE 
121. An application to reconsider a compulsory licence 
which has been granted shall be submitted to the 
Registrar in writing, accompanied by the fee prescribed 
for an application for a compulsory licence, and the 
patentee shall set out in his statement of arguments the 
fact..s on which he bases his application, accompanied by 
evidence substantiating them. 
122. (a) The licensee may, within three months from th.e 
date of submission of the documents referred to in 
regulation 121, submit to the Registrar his statement of 
arguments and evidence to substantiate his opposition to 
the application. 
(b) If the licensee does not submit the documents 
referred to in subregulation (a), he shall be deemed to 
have agreed to waive the licence granted to him or to have 
it altered in accordance with the application of the 
patentee. 
123. (a) In a proceeding under this chapter, additional 
evidence on behalf of any party may only be submitted 
with the permission of the Registrar. IP/NIlIISRlP/2 
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Times of 
examinations. 
Designation of" 
examin.:rs. 
Application for 
examination. 
Acknowledgement 
of receipt of 
notification. 
Examin.1tion in L1.w. (b) Where statements of arguments and evidence 
have been submitted, or where the licensee has submitted 
only a statement of arguments. and the period stated in 
section 122(a) has elapsed. the Registrar shall appoint a 
time for hE::aring the argume~ts of the parties and shall 
notify it at least one month in advance. 
(c) The procedure prescribed in Chapter Two of 
Part Four of these Regulations for the hearing of opposition 
before the Regi~trar shall apply to the further 
proceedings under this chapter; for the purpose of those 
proceedings. the patentee shall be regarded as the 
opponent and the licensee as the applicant. 
Part Ten: PATENT ATTORNEYS 
Chapter One: EXAMINATIONS 
124. (a) Examinations for persons wishing to be 
registered as patent attorneys shall be held three times 
a year. 
(b) The Registrar shall prescribe the exact time for 
holding of the examinations and shall notify it in 
Reshumot at least two months before the prescribed date. 
125. \Vhen the Registrar has prescribed the time for an 
examination, the Director General of the Ministry of 
Justice shall designate the examiners selected by him 
from the panel of examiners and the subjects in which 
they shall examine, and shall notify the Registrar 
accordingly. 
126. (a) A person wishing to be examined at a particular 
time shall notify the Registrar to such effect not later 
than one month before that time, indicating the subjects 
in which he wishes to be examined and enclosing the 
examination fee. 
(b) As to the language examinat ion, the applicant 
shall notify 'in what two languages, in addition to Hebrew, 
he wishes to be examined. 
127. The Registrar shall acknowledge receipt of the 
notification and shall notify the examinee of the place of 
the examination . 
. 128. (a) The examination shall be conducted orally in the 
following subjects: 
(l) Israeli legislation relating to patents. designs and 
trade marks; 
(2) principles of Israeli copyright legislation; 
(3) principles of essenti'allegislation in industrial 
countries as to patents, designs and trade marks; Examination in 
languages. 
Drawing up of 
specification. 
Results of 
exam ina cion. 
Exemption from 
examination in 
foreign law. IP/N/1/ISRlP/2 
Page 35 
(4) principles of international legislation as to the 
protection of intellectual and industrial property; 
(5) rules of evidence as fa~ -?-~ required for the 
conduct of proceedings before the Registrar. 
129. The examination in languages shall be in writing and 
shall include -
(1) the writing of a technical description, in 
accordance with particulars supplied to the examinee, 
in Hebrew and in English, French, RUSsian, German 
or Spanish, at the examinee's choice; 
(2) a translation into Hebrew of two technical· 
descriptions drawn up in two of the languages 
mentioned in paragraph (1), at the examinee's choice; 
(3) a translation into one of the said languages, at 
the examinee's choice, of a letter drawn up in 
Hebrew and containing instructions for proceedings 
concerning the protection of intellectual and 
industrial property in a foreign country. 
130. The. examinee shall be required to draw up, in an 
official language chosen by him, a specification 
describing an invention on which explanations and 
particulars have been given him in writing. The 
specification shall comply with the requirements of the 
Law and these Regulations as to contents and form. 
131. (a) Immediately upon completion of the oral 
examination, the examiners shall establish their 
conclusions and shall submit them to the Registrar. 
(b) The papers of the written examination shall be 
checked by the examiners, and the results of the checking 
shall be delivered to the Registrar. 
(c) The Registrar shall notify the results of the 
examination to the examinee in writing. 
(d) A person who has failed in the whole or part of an 
examination may ask to repeat it, or the part in which he 
failed, upon the expiration of at least six months from the 
date of the examinat ion. 
Chapter Two: EXEMPTIONS FROM 
EXAMINATIONS 
132. There shall be exempt from the requirement of an 
examination in subjects relating to foreign law a person 
originating from abroad who was licensed to practise as a 
patent attorney under the law of his country of origin if 
under that law it was necessary to evince a knowledge of 
foreign law in order to become thus licensed. IP/NIIIISRlP/2 
Page 36 
Exemption from 
Hebrew l~nguage 
eX.1m in~tion. 
Exemption from 
examination in 
foreign language. 
Proof of knowlc:dge 
in ott'.er manner. 
Qualify ing service. 
Shortening of period 
of qualifying 
.lecvice. 133. There shall be exempt from the requirement of an 
examination in the Hebrew language a person who 
completed his studies at a secondary school or institution 
of higher education in Israel or who studied abroad at a 
secondary school the language of instruction of which 
was Hebrew to a considerable extent. 
134. There shall be exempt from the requi.rement of an 
examination in a foreign language a person who completed 
his studies o.t a secondary school or institution of higher 
education abroad if his studies were conducted there in 
that foreign language or who studied that foreign language 
extensively in regular studies at a school or institution of 
higher education and has been given a certificate to such 
effect. 
135. Where a person wishes to prove in the manner 
referred to in section 143(c) of the Law that he has all or 
part of the necessary knowledge, having acquired it in 
regular studies at an institution of higher education or 
another institution and having received a certiiicate to 
such effect, he may submit an application to the Minister 
of Justice, accompanied by supporting documents. 
Chapter Three: Q~ALIFYING SERVICE 
136. (a) Qualifying service shall be proved by a 
certificate from the instructor, specifying the kind of 
work in which the person undergoing qualifying service 
was employed, the number of working-hours per week, 
and the additional work, if any, done by him in the perioc 
of his qualifying service. The Registrar may require a 
person to show five specimens of dLfferent kinds of patent 
attorney's work done by him in the period of his qualifyin, 
service under the supervision and in accordance with (he 
directions of his instructor. 
(b) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply 
to a person who has undergone qualifying service at a 
Patent Office. 
137. The period of qualifying service shall be shortened b' 
three months for every year that the applicant worked 
abroad in a patent attorney's office or in the patent 
department of an industrial enterprise: Provided that 
such period shall not in the aggregate be shortened by 
more than eighteen months. l.pplication for 
:~gistr.1:ion. 
:-:ocific.1tion of 
digibility for 
:egistr.1tion. 
?:Jblication fee. 
RegiHer of Patent 
A norneys. 
Annu .. l fees. 
Public .. tion of lLs.t 
of patent 
attorneys. 
ResrorHion of 
registration. Chapter Four: REGISTRATION IN 
REGISTER OF 
PATENT ATTORNEYS IPINfl/ISRJP/2 
Page 37 
138. A person wishing to be registered in the Register of 
Patent Attorneys shall submit an application to the 
Registrar, accompanied by documents attesting that he 
meets all the requirements of section 142 of the Law. 
139. If the Registrar finds that the applicant meets all the 
requirements, he shall notify him to such effect. 
140. An applicant to whom notification has been made 
under regulation 139, shall pay the prescribed 
publication fee, and when he has paid it, his name shall 
be inscribed in the Register and the fact of the 
registratior. shall be published in Reshumot. 
141. The Registrar shall keep a Register in which the 
names of all patent attorneys registered in Isra.el, as well 
as their addresses, the dates of their registration and 
particulars of the renewal or deletion of such registration 
shall be inscribed. 
142. (a) A patent attorney registered in the Register shall, 
before the 1 st January of every year, pay the prescribed 
annual fee. 
(b) An addition equal to one third of the amount of the 
annual fee shall be paid in respect of each month, or 
fraction of a month, of delay in paying such fee. Where a 
patent attorney has not paid the fee for the duration of one 
year, his name shall be struck off the Register. 
143. (a) One month after the time for the payment of the 
annual fee, the Registrar shall publish in Re.shumot the 
names of the patent attorneys who have paid the fee in 
time. 
(b) Where a patent attorney has paid the fee out of 
time, his name shall be published aiter he has paid the 
prescribed publication fee. 
144. A person whose name has been struck off the 
Register under regulation 142 may apply for re­
registration after he has met all the requirements: 
Provided that h,e shall not be required to be again 
examined under section 143 of the Law. IP/N/1/ISRJP/2 
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Registl!r of Pa tenu. 
Registration of 
alterations. Part Eleven: THE OFFICE AND THE 
REGISTRAR 
Chapter One: REGISTRATION IN 
REGISTER AND 
RECTIFICATION OF 
DOCUMENTS 
145. The following particulars shall be entered in the 
Register i.n respect of every patent: 
(1) The name, address and address for service in 
Israel of the patentee or the owner of any right in 
the patent; 
(2) the title of the invention, the date o( the 
application, the date of the grant of the patent and, 
where a priority right is claimed, the Convention 
country in which the foreign application was filed, 
the date of filing thereof and the number or other 
identification mark given it by the authority with 
which it was filed; 
(3) the renewal fee paid, amendments in the 
specification of the patent, and the expiration, 
restoration and revocation of the patent; 
(4) the grant of full or partial title to the patent or a 
charge upon such title, and the name and address of 
the grantee and the date of the grant; for the 
purposes of this paragraph, "grant title" means the 
conferment, transfer or devolution of any right in 
the patent or the grant of an exclusive or non-exclusiv 
licence thereunder; 
(5) any other particular the Registrar may have been 
requested to enter if, in his opinion, the publication 
thereof is in the public interest. 
146. (a) An application to register alterations of 
particulars as referred to in regulation 145 (1) shall be 
submitted tc the Registrar, specifying the reasons for the 
application and accompanied by evidence supporting it, as 
well as by the prescribed fee; and the Registrar may 
demand further particulars or evidence to satisfy himself 
that the requested alteration should indeed be registered. 
(b) If the application is submitted by a person other 
than the registered owner or exclusive licensee, and 
otherwise than on their behalf or with their consent, the 
applicant shall furnish the registered owner and the 
exclusive licensee with a copy of his application and of the 
accompanying documents. 
(c) If a person to whom a copy of the application is 
delivered under subregulation (b) does not notify his 
opposition to the registration within one month from the ?.!!3i~uatiOn o( 
::a:llfer of title. 
Receipt of 
exuacu. 
Kectification of 
enuies and 
~ocuments. IPINIlIISRlP/2 
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date on which the documents referred to in subregulation 
(b) are delivered to him, and the Registrar is satisfied 
that such documents were in fact delivered to him, such 
person shall be deemed to have agreed to the 
registration. 
(d) If the registered o.wner notifies his opposition to 
the requested amendment, the Registrar shall appoint a 
time for hearing the arguments of the parties. 
147. (a) An application for the registration of a transfer 
of title shall be submitted to the Registrar in tv.:o copies, 
accompanied by the document by which the transfer was 
effected and by the prescribed fee, and shall be signed by 
the. transferee. 
(b) The Registrar shall register the transfer if he is 
satisfied that the documents are in order and that title has 
in fact been transferred. 
148. An application for a certified extract from the 
Register shall be submitted in writing, accompanied by 
the prescribed fee. 
149. (a) Any such application for the rectification of any 
entry or document as is not provided for elsewhere in the 
Law or in these Regulations shall be submitted to the 
Registrar in two copies, accompanied by the prescribed 
fee, and shall specify the requested rectification and the 
reasons for the application. If the Registrar is satisfied 
that the re et ification should be permitted, he shall act in 
accordance with the provisions of this regulation. 
(b) If it appears to the Regi~trar that no person's 
right is likely to be adversely affected thereby, he shall 
notify the applicant, on one of the copies of the 
appJ:.ication, that he has permitted or carried out the 
r ect ification. 
(c) If the Registrar is of the opinion that any 
applicant for a patent, or any patentee, licensee or 
compulsory licensee, or the owner of any other right in 
a patent, is likely to be adversely affected by the 
requested rectification, he shall make notification to 
him. 
(d) Within one month from the date on which 
notification under subregulation (c) is made to any person, 
such person may file opposition to the rectification, 
specifying in his statement of arguments the facts on 
which he bases such arguments and enclosing his 
evidence. 
(e) Where opposition as aforesaid has been fUed, 
the Registrar shall appoint a time for hearing the 
arguments of the parties. IP/N/1/ISRlP/2 
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Contestation of acts 
o( examiner. 
Registra~'s reply to 
con testa Clon. 
A?plication for 
hearing of 
arguments. 
Application through 
Registrar. 
DefinitiOns. Chapter Two: REGISTRAR AND 
EXAMINERS 
150. Where a person wishes to contest an act of an 
examiner and no othe:-procedure is provided for by these 
Regulations, he shall lodge a notice to such effect with 
the Registrar, in two copies, specifying the 
act of the examiner which is the subj ect of the 
contestation. The Registrar may direct the applicant to 
submit a written summary of his arguments if it appears 
to him that it is necessary so to do for the efficient 
handling of the contestation. 
151. The Registrar shall reply to the contestat ion in 
writing, assigning reasons. 
152. A contestor to whom a reply has been delivered 
under regulation 151 may, within one month from the 
date of delivery thereof, apply to have his arguments 
heard before the Registrar. If he so applies, the 
Registrar shall appoint a time for the hearing of his 
arguments and shall notify him thereof at least ten days 
in advance unless the contestor agrees to a shorter 
period. 
Chapter Three: RECEIPT OF PERMITS 
FOR THE PURPOSE OF 
CHAPTER SIX OF THE 
LAW 
153. An application for a permit under section 98(1) or 
103 of the Law shall be lodged with the Registrar, who 
shall forward it to its destination. 
Part Twelve: COil,fMITTEES 
Chapter One: OBJECTION COMMITT EE 
154. In this chapter -
"comm~ttee" means an objection committee appointed 
by the Minister of Justice under section 96 or 1 01 of 
the Law; 
"order" means an order under section 94 or 99 of 
the Law; 
"the Minister" means the 1linister of Defence Or the 
Minister designated by the Government under section 
112 of the Law, as the case may be. Filing oC notice oC 
objection. 
Particulars of notice 
of objection. 
Service of notice 
on respondent. 
Respondent's 
answer. 
Flxing time Cor 
hearing oC objection. 
Appearance for 
cross-examination ' IPIN/lIISRlP/2 
Page 41 
155. Objection under section 96 or 101 oC the Law shall be 
by notice filed with the Registrar in four copies, 
accompanied by the prescribed fee. 
156. (a) The notice oC objection shall specify -
(1) the name and address of the obj ector and 
an address for service; 
(2) the number and date of the patent application 
to which the order relates, and the title of the 
invention; 
(3) the date of dismissal and file number of an 
earlier appeal, if any; 
(4) the reasons for objection, including legal 
reasons, each reason to be stated brieny in a 
separate paragraph. 
(b) The notice of objection shall be signed by the 
applicant. 
(c) The notice of objection shall be accompanied by 
the following documents, each in four copies: 
(1) An affidavit to verify the facts on which the 
objector relies; 
(2) a copy of the order obj ected to. 
(d) The Minister who made the order shall be 
indicated in the notice of objection as the respondent. 
157. The Registrar shall serve a copy of the notice of 
objection on the respondent and the chairman of the 
committee. 
'158. (a) The respondent may, within one month from the 
date on which a copy of the notice of objection is served 
on him as aforesaid, file with the Registrar, in four 
copies, a reasoned answer supported by an affidavit. 
(b) Where the respondent's answer has been filed as 
provided in this regulation, the Registrar shall serve 
copies of such answer and of the affidavit on the objector. 
159. The chairman of the committee shall, within two 
months from the date oC service of the notice of 
objection, fix a time for the hearing of the objection and 
shall give the objector and the respondent at least fifteen 
days' advar.ce notice of the time fixed as aforesaid. 
160. (a) A party who wishes to cross -examine any person 
who has made an affidavit to verify the facts on which 
another party relies shall notify the chairman of the 
committee and that party to such effect at least seven 
days before the time fixed for the hearing of the objection. 
(b) A party to whom notification has been made under 
subregulation (a) shall produce to the committee, at the 
time fixed for the hearing of the objection, the deponent 
required for cross-examination as aforesaid. · IP/N/lIISRlP/2 
Page 42 
H""ring o( "'g,-,m .. ntl 
of partieS, 
Hearing in absence 
of parties, 
Plea of de feet in 
written reasons, 
Hearing confined to 
\01 ri tten re asons. 
Powers of chairman 
of committee. (c) If the party does not produce the deponent for 
cross-examination as provided in subregulation (b), or if 
the deponent, without reasonable justification, refuses to 
answer questions put to him in crOss -examination, the 
affidavit shall not be used as evidence uoless the 
committee is satisfied that the admission of the affidavit 
as evidence is necessary in the interests of justice. 
161. (a) The .committee shall first hear the arguments of 
the objector and thereafter those of the respondent. 
(b) The committee may permit the objector to answer 
the arguments of the respondent as it may see fit. 
162. Where a party. though duly summoned, does not 
appear before the committee at the time fixed for the 
hearing of the obj ection or the time to which the further 
hearing has been postponed under regulation 166, the 
following provisions shall apply: 
(1) Where the objector appe9-rs and the respondent 
does not appear, the committee may postpone the 
hearing of the objection or may hear the objection in 
the absence of the respondent; 
(2) where the objector does not appear, the 
committee may postpone the hearing of the objection 
or may set aside the objection. 
163. (a) In hearing an objection, the committee shall not 
entertain any plea of a defect in the form of the notice of 
objection unless written notice of such plea was given to 
the objector at least seven days before the time fixed for 
the hearing of the objection and he has not remedied the 
defect before that time. 
(b) Where notice was given as provided in 
subregulation (a) and the obj ector· has not remedied the 
defect in time, the committee may, for special reasons, 
permit the objector to remedy the defect on such 
conditions as it shall prescribe. 
164. In hearing an objection, the committee shall not 
entertain any reason not mentioned in the notice of 
objection or-the respondent's answer unless it is satisfied 
that the omission was due to no fault of the party wishing 
to avail himself of that reason or that the hearing of the 
additional reason is necessary in the interests of justice. 
165. The chairman of the committee may -
(1) extend any time prescribed in this chapter; 
(2) permit the parties to submit documents in 
addition to those specified in this chapter. f'ast?onement of 
~e.1rin3· 
Dec I;\on of 
commIttee. 
Coses of objection. 
Consol id J.tion of 
objections. 
Joinder of patties. 
Deflr.itior.s. IP/N/lIISRlP/2 
Page 43 
166. The committee may postpone the hearing of the 
objection and, when it has begun to hear it, may postpone 
the further hearing thereof, if, in its opinion, the 
postponement is necessary in the interests of justice. 
167. (a) The committee may pass decisions by a majority 
of votes. 
(b) A decision of the committee shall be drawn up in 
writing and shall be signed by all the members of the 
committee. 
(c) A copy of the decision, certified by the chairman 
of the committee. shall be delivered to the obj ector and 
the responcent as soon as possible after the decision is 
given, but the committee may, for security reasons, 
decide not to deliver the reasons of th-: decision to the 
objector in writing. 
168. The committee may decide to impose costs and may 
prescribe on whom they shall be imposed. 
169. The committee may consolidate objections pending 
before it, hear them jointly and give one decision in 
recpect of all of them, if-
(1) they relate 'to the same order or patent 
application; 
(2) they involve identical or similar pOints of law or 
fact. 
170. The committee may, at any stage of the proceedings, 
include therein as objector or res~ondent any person who 
appears to it to be interested in the objection. 
Chapter Two: COMPENSATION AND 
ROYALTY COMMITTEE 
171. In this chapter -
"committee" means the compensation and royalty 
committee appointed under section 1 09 of the Law; 
"application" means an application for determination 
by the committee of a matter coming within its 
competence accordi-ng to section 108 or 134 of the 
Law; 
"permit" means a permit granted under section 98(1) 
or 103(1) of the Law; 
"resp0rldent" means a person who may become liable 
to pay compensation or royalties by virtue of the 
determination of the committee; 
"order" means an order under section 94 or 99 of the 
Law. IP/N/lIISRlP/2 
Page 44 
Submission of 
application. 
Ann~xed duculToenw. 
Rt.:spunJent 's 
.1ns .... ·e:. 
Ddiveryof 
documents. 
Appolntm<!nt oi 
tIme for hearin£ ar 
applic.:ltion. 
AppeuJ.nce for 
cross-e xaml nltion 172. (a) The application shall be submitted to the 
Registrar, specifying-
(1) the name and address oC the applicant and an 
address Cor service; 
(2) the name and address oC the respondent; 
(3) where the applicant is the owner of an 
invention -the title of Hie invention, the number 
of the patent or patent application, or other 
particulars for identification of the invention; 
(4) the facts relevant to the fixing of the amount 
of the compensation or royalties; 
(5) the reasons on which the application is based, 
each reason in a separate paragraph; 
(6) the relief sought. 
(b) The application and annexed documents shall be 
submitted to the Registrar in four copies, accompanied 
by the prescribed fee, and it shall be signed by the 
applicant. 
173. The application shall be accompanied by affidavits to 
verify the facts on which the applicant relies and by 
copies of the order or permit, as the case may be. 
174. (a) The respondent may, within one month from the 
date of submission of the application, submit to the 
Registrar a reasoned answer, accompanied by affidavits 
to verify the facts on which he relies. 
(b) The answer and annexed documents shall be 
submitted in four copies. 
(c) If the respondent does not submit an answer as 
aforesaid, he shall be deemed to agree to the grant of the 
requested relief. 
175. Where the application and answer have been 
submitted, the Registrar shall deliver them to the 
chairman of the committee. 
176. The chairman of the committee shall fix a time for 
hearing the arguments of the parties and shall notify them 
of the time fixed by him at least ten days in advance. 
177. (a) If one of the parties wishes to cross-examine a 
person who has made an affidavit to verify the facts On 
which the opposite party relies (such person hereinafter 
referred to as "the deponent"), he shall not ify the 
chairman of the committee and the opposite party to such 
effect at least seven days before the time fixed for the 
hearing of the application. 
(b) A party to whom notification has been made under 
sub regulation (a) shall produce the deponent to the 
committee at the time fLxed for the hearing of the 
application. :1~aring of arguments 
of partie •. 
Pka of defect. 
Reasons not to be 
heard. 
powers of chairman 
of committee. 
Postponement of 
h.:aring. 
D.:ci$ion of 
committee. 
Costs or 
~pplic~tion. IPIN/1/ISRlP/2 
Page 45 
{c} U the party does not produce the deponent or if 
the deponen:, without reasonable justification. refuses to 
answer questions put to him in cross -examination, the 
affidavit shall not be used as evidence unless the 
committee is satisfied that the admission of the affidavit 
as evidence is necessary in the interests of justice. 
178. (a) The committee shall first hear the arguments of 
the applicant and therealter those of the respondent. 
.(b) The committee may permit the applicant to 
answer the arguments of the respondent. 
179. In hearing the application, the committee shall not 
entertain any plea of a defect in the form thereof unless 
written notice of such plea was given to the applicant at 
least seven days before the time fixed for the hearing of 
the application, and he has not remedied the defect before 
that time. 
180. In hearing the application, the committee shall not 
entertain any reason not mentioned in the application or 
in the respondent's answer unless it is satisfied that the 
omission was due to no fault of the person wishing to avail 
himself of that reason or that the hearing of the 
additional reason is necessary in the interests of justice. 
181. The chairman of the committee may -
(1) extend any time prescribed in this chapter; 
(2) permit the parties to submit documents in 
addition to the documents specified in this chapter. 
182. The committee may postpone the hearing of the 
application and, when it has begun such hearing •. may 
postpone the further hearing thereof. if. in its opinion, 
the postponement is necessary in the interests of justice. 
183. (a) The committee may pass decisions by a majority 
of votes. 
(b) A decision of the committee shall be drawn up in 
writing and shall be signed by all the members of the 
committee. 
(c) A copy of the decision. certified by the chairman 
of the committee, shall be delivered to the applicant and 
the respondent as soon as possible after the decision is 
given, but the committee may, for security reasons, 
decide not to deliver the reasons of the decision to the 
parties'in writing. 
184. The committee may decide to impose costs and may 
prescribe on whom they shall be imposed. IP/N/1/ISRJP/2 
Page 46 
Non-appearance 
for hearing. 
Consolldation of 
applic:ltions. 
Joinder of parties. 
Power to permit 
rectification. 
Written summary of 
arguments. 
Demand for 
explana tions. 185. Where a party, though duly summoned, does not 
appear before the committee at the time fixed for the 
hearing of the application or at the time to which the 
further hearing has been postponed under regulation 182, 
the following provisions shall apply: 
(1) Where the applicant appears and the respondent 
does not appear, the committee shall postpone the 
hearing or may hear and decide upon the application; 
(2) where the applicant does not appear. the 
committee may postpone the hearing or may set aside 
the application. 
186. The committee may consolidate applications pending 
before it, hear them jOintly and give one decision in 
respect of all of them, if-
(1) they relate to the same order or permit; or 
(2) they involve identical or similar points of law or 
fact. 
187. At any stage of the proceedings, the committee may. 
at the request of the applicant, the respondent or any 
other interested person, include therein as applicant or 
respondent any person interested in the outcome of the 
application. 
Part Thirteen: AUXILIARY POWERS 
188. (a) Unless otherwise provided in the Law or these 
Regulations, the Registrar may' rectify or permit the 
rectification of any error in an application or document 
submitted to him in any proceeding if, in his opinion, the 
rectification will not adversely affect the rights of 
another person. 
(b) Where the application for rectification concerns 
any matter in a contentious proceeding, the Registrar 
shall decide after hearing the arguments of the parties. 
189 .. The Regi~trar may require any applicant or party 
before him to summarise in writing the arguments such 
applicant or party has preferred before him, and if he so 
requires, the person required shall comply with the 
requisition within one month from the day on which it is 
made. 
190. The Registrar may require an applicant or a person 
instituting a non-contentious proceeding to appear berore 
him and give him oral explanations as to any matter 
relating to his application or to the proceeding instituted 
by him. Procc!dur.:. 
E·IlJ.:nc<.! . 
C0PY of d':Clsion 
to Registrar. 
A pp IIc a tlll\1 to 
R"sittr.H. 
Answer by 0pposite 
party . 
Termination of 
receipt of 
evidence. 
Hc!.lCing of 
arguments. Part Fourteen: APPEALS IP /Nil /ISRlP /2 
Page 47 
191. An appeal against any such decision under the Law or 
these Regulations as is appealable to the Court shall be 
filed within two months from the date of the decision. 
192. The procedure in an appeal shall be the :same as in an 
appeal against a judgment of a Magistratesl Court. 
193. Where the appellate court decides to hear evidence, 
the procedure shall be that obtaining in taking evidence in 
that court sitting as a court of first instance. 
194. The appellate court shall transmit a copy of its 
decision to the Registrar. 
Part Fifteen: SERVICE INVENTIONS 
Chapter One: DISPUTE IN RESPECT 
OF INVENTION 
195. An application to the Registrar to decide whether a 
particular invention is a service invention shall be 
submitted to the Registrar in writing, accompanied by the 
prescribed fee, and shall set out the facts material to 
deciding the question and evidence to substantiate them, 
and it shall also indicate the respondent. 
196. The respondent indicated as provided in regulation 
195 may, within two months from the date of receipt of 
nGtice of the application, sul)mit to the Registrar his 
reasoned answer and evidence. 
197. No further evidence shall be submil.ed by a party, 
save with the permission of the Registrar. 
198. (a) \V1'.ere statements of arguments have been filed 
under regulations 195 and 196, or where statements oC 
argu'ments have been filed by the applicant only and the 
period allowed by regulation 196 has expired, the 
Registrar shall appoint a time for hearing the arguments 
of the parties and shall notify them of such time at least 
one month in advance. 
(b) Where a party does not appear at the time fixed 
and does not give a reasonable explanation for his non­
appearance, he shall be deemed to admit the contentions 
of the opposite party. IP/N/1/ISRlP/2 
Page 48 
Register o( 
Ser/ice 
lnventions. 
Commencement. 
Registration of 
patent attorneys 
who were patent 
agents, Chapter Two: REGISTRATION OF 
SERVICE INVENTIONS 
199. (a) For the registration of service inventions, a 
research institution of the State shall keep a register of 
service invent ions. 
(b) The register shall be bound, and each entry 
therein shall be made in duplicate on consecutively 
numbered pages', 
(c) The following particulars shall be entered in the 
register: 
(1) The name of the subject of the research; 
(2) the name of the researcher; 
(3) a concise description, by means of sketches 
as far as necessary, to be made from time to 
time, but in any case at the termination of each stage 
of the research, indicating the stage of the 
research reached by the researcher; and 
references to records prepa.red by the researcher 
in connection with the research; 
(4) the date of termination of the stage referred 
to in paragraph (3) and the date of the entry in 
the register; 
(d) Each entry under subregulation (cl shall be 
signed by the researcher, and the pages of the register 
shall be signed by the person in charge of the unit in 
which the researcher is employed. 
(e) Registration in a register as aforesaid shall be 
valid for the purposes of registration in a registe I' as 
referred to in section 55(a)(3) of the Law. 
Part Sixteen: MISCELLANEOUS 
200. These Regulations shall come into force on the 3rd 
Nisan, 5728 (1st April, 1968). 
201. (a) An application for registration as a patent 
attorney under section 196 of the Law shall be submitted 
to the Registrar in writing, and the Registrar shall 
acknowledge its submission. 
(b) Where the Registrar is of the opinion that a 
person as dealt with by section 196(2) of the Law who has 
submitted an application has not engaged to a considerable 
extent in work reserved by the Law to a patent attorney, 
he shall notify that person to such effect in writing, and 
he shall give him an opportunity to have his arguments 
heard before him on condition that seven days before the 
time fixed for the hearing of his arguments that person 
furnishes the Registrar with evidence substantiating them, Continuity of 
.l.cts. 
K<!ctificaClOn of 
defects in form of 
3?plication and 
s?eci fica cion. 
filing of 
sp<!cific.1Cion fil<!d 
in fordgn country. 
CU . .lcion. IPINIl/ISRlP/2 
Page 49 
202. Any act permitted or required to be done, in respect 
of patent applications submitted but not yet accepted, both 
under the Patents and Designs Ordinance1 and the Patents 
Rules2 and under the provisions of the Law and these 
Regulations shall be deemed to be permitted or required 
to be done under these Regulations, and notice by the 
Registrar to any person to do an act as aforesaid shall be 
regarded as a valid demand thereunder; however-
(1) the anlOunt of the fee prescribed for the doing of 
the act shall be the amount prescribed in the First 
Schedule to these Regulations; 
(2) the said notice shall be deemed to have been 
delivered ~m the date of the coming into force of the 
Law: Provided that a notice delivered under rule 
21A, 22 or.26(b) of the Patent Rules shall be deemed 
to have been delivered under these Regulations at the 
time of its actual delivery. 
203. (a) The provisions of these Regulations relating to 
the form of the specification shal~ apply also to 
applications submitted under the Patents and Designs 
Ordinance, and notification of defects under regulation 
31 (a) may be made in respect of patent applications 
pending upon the coming into force of the Law; however, 
in the case of a defect under regulation 31(a)(1), the 
applicant shall not have to pay the fee prescribed for 
those matters. 
(b) A notification by the Registrar of defects found 
in an application, under regulation 31 (a), shall be 
delivered to the applicant not later than four months 
before the application is to be examined. 
204. An applicant whose patent application has been 
pending since before the coming into force of the Law 
shall file the specification filed in a foreign country three 
months after the date on which the Registrar requires 
him to do so. 
205. These Regulations shall be cited as the Patents 
(Office Practice, Rules of Procedure, Documents and 
Fees) Regulations, 5728 -1968. 
1) L 3 w S 0 f P J le s tine Vol.l!. cap. 10S. p. 1076 (En~IISh Edition). 
2) Laws of Palestine Vol.Ill. p.lnS(En:1.lish Edition)' IP/N/lIISR/P/2 
Page 50 
Pace nu L.t.w. 5721-1961 
,o.pplication for P.t.terit 
I (name and addre:.s of applicant, and in fIRST SCHEDL'LE 
Form No 2 
(regulation 1'3) 
case of body corporate, place of incorporation) 
Owner, by virtue of. 
invention che title of which is 
(Hebrew) 
(English) 
hereby apply for a patent to be granted to rr,e in respect thereof. 
Prioriry Claim' 
Conv~ntion Country Date !'Iumb<: r /~!ar!< 
ThiJ • . . . . of • . . . • of the year 
For Office usel for Office u~ 
Number 
Date: 
~nte·lPo~·dated 
• , of an 
Application (or Applicalion for 
Patent of Addition' Divilion 
to Appl./Patent" of Appllcation 
:-;0. No. 
dated dat<!d 
P.O. A.: General/Individual -At:lched 
To be filed llter 
fil<!d in Case. 
Address for Service in Israel 
\ 
. . 
Signature 0 f Applicant 
This form. impressed with the seal of the Patent Offic~ and indicating che number and date of filing. cerci::es 
the filing of the appllc.t.tion the particulan of which are sec our above. 
• Delete 'Whatever is lnappUcable.