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Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
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MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND 
REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
AUSTRALIA  
This document reproduces the text1 of the Patents Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1), as 
notified by Australia on 22 May 2013 under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/N/1/AUS/5). 
 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À 
LA PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
AUSTRALIE  
Le présent document contient le texte1 du Règlement de 2010 portant modification du Règlement 
sur les brevets (n° 1), notifié par l'Australie le 22 mai 2013 au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord 
(voir le document IP/N/1/AUS/5).  
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
  
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA 
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD 
DEL PÁRRAFO 2 DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
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USTRALIA  
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 del Reglamento de 2010 que modifica el 
Reglamento sobre las patentes (Nº 1), notificado por Australia el 22 de mayo de 2013 en virtud de lo dispuesto en el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del Acuerdo (véase el documento IP/N/1/AUS/5). 
                                               
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Patents Amendment Regulations 
2010 (No. 1)1 
Select Legislative In strument 2010 No. 181 
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-G eneral of the Commonwealth 
of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive 
Council, make the following Regulations under the Patents 
Act 1990 . 
Dated 29 June 2010 
QUENTIN BRYCE 
Governor-General 
By Her Excellency’s Command 
KIM CARR  
Minister for Innovation, Indus try, Science and Research 
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 Contents 
 1  Name of Regulations 2 
 2  Commencement 2  
 3  Amendment of Patents Regulations 1991 — 
Schedule 1 2  
 4  Amendment of Patents Regulations 1991 — 
Schedule 2 2  
Schedule 1  Amendments commencing on 1 July 2010 3 
Schedule 2  Amendments commencing on 1 August 2010 11 
 
 
1 Name of Regulations 
  These Regulations are the Patents Amendment Regulations 
2010 (No. 1) . 
2 Commencement   These Regulations commence as follows: 
 (a) on 1 July 2010 — regulati ons 1 to 3 and Schedule 1; 
 (b) on 1 August 2010 — regulation 4 and Schedule 2. 
3 Amendment of Patents Regulations 1991  — 
Schedule 1 
  Schedule 1 amends the Patents Regulations 1991 . 
4 Amendment of Patents Regulations 1991  — 
Schedule 2 
  Schedule 2 amends the Patents Regulations 1991 . 
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 Schedule 1 Amendments commencing on 
1 July 2010 
(regulation 3) 
[1] Subregulation 1.4 (2) 
omit 
1 July 2009 
insert 
1 July 2010 
[2] Paragraph 8.4 (2) (d) 
omit 
[3] Schedule 2A, before Table of Provisions 
substitute 
Adopted on June 19, 1970, and amended on April 14, 1978, October 3, 
1978, May 1, 1979, June 16, 1980, September 26, 1980, July 3, 1981, September 10, 1982, October 4, 1983, February 3, 1984, September 28, 
1984, October 1, 1985, July 12, 1991, October 2, 1991, September 29, 
1992, September 29, 1993, October 3, 1995, October 1, 1997, September 
15, 1998, September 29, 1999, March 17, 2000, October 3, 2000, 
October 3, 2001, October 1, 2002, Oc tober 1, 2003, October 5, 2004, 
October 5, 2005, October 3, 2006, November 12, 2007, May 15, 2008, 
September 29, 2008, 1 January, 2009, 1 July, 2009 and 1 July, 2010. 
[4] Schedule 2A, Table of Provisions 
omit 
 15.4 Time Limit for Payment; Amount Payable 
 15.6 Refund 
insert 
 15.3 Time Limit for Payment; Amount Payable  15.4 Refund 
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 [5] Schedule 2A, Table of Provisions 
omit 
 45bis.4 Checking of Supplementary Search Request; Correction 
of Defects; Late Payment of Fees; Transmittal to 
International Searching Authority 
insert 
 45bis.4 Checking of Supplementary Search Request; Correction 
of Defects; Late Payment of Fees; Transmittal to Authority Specified for Supplementary Search 
[6] Schedule 2A, Table of Provisions 
omit 
 57.6 Refund 
insert 
 57.4 Refund 
[7] Schedule 2A, Rules 15.2( b) to ( d) 
substitute 
 ( b) The international filing fee shall be payable in the currency or one of the 
currencies prescribed by the rece iving Office (“prescribed currency”). 
 ( c) Where the prescribed currency is th e Swiss franc, the receiving Office shall 
promptly transfer the said fee to the International Bureau in Swiss francs. 
 ( d) Where the prescribed currency is a curre ncy other than the Swiss franc and that 
currency: 
 (i) is freely convertible into Swiss fran cs, the Director General shall establish, 
for each receiving Office which pre scribes such a currency for the 
payment of the international filing fee, an equivalent amount  of that fee in 
the prescribed currency according to directives given by the Assembly, 
and the amount in that currency shal l promptly be transferred by the 
receiving Office to the International Bureau; 
 (ii) is not freely convertible into Swiss francs, the receiving Office shall be 
responsible for the conversion of t he international filing fee from the 
prescribed currency into Swiss francs and shall promptly transfer that fee in Swiss francs, in the amount set ou t in the Schedule of Fees, to the 
International Bureau. Alternatively, if the receiving Office so wishes, it may 
convert the international filing fee from the prescribed currency into euros 
or US dollars and promptly transfer the equivalent amount of that fee in 
euros or US dollars, as established by the Director General according to 
directives given by the Assembly as referred to in item (i), to the 
International Bureau. 
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 [8] Schedule 2A, Rules 15.4 and 15.6 
substitute 
15.3   Time Limit for Payment; Amount Payable  
The international filing fee shall be paid to the receiving Office wi thin one month from 
the date of receipt of the international ap plication. The amount payable shall be the 
amount applicable on that date of receipt. 
15.4   Refund 
The receiving Office shall refund the inte rnational filing fee to the applicant: 
 (i) if the determination under Article 11 (1) is negative, 
 (ii) if, before the transmittal of the reco rd copy to the Inte rnational Bureau, the 
international application is withdrawn or considered withdrawn, or 
 (iii) if, due to prescriptions concerning national security, the international 
application is not treated as such. 
[9] Schedule 2A, Rules 16.1( b) to ( f) 
substitute 
 ( b) The search fee shall be collected by the receiving Office. The said fee shall be 
payable in the currency pr escribed by that Office  (“prescribed currency”). 
 ( c) Where the prescribed currency is the currency in which the International 
Searching Authority has fixed the said fee (“f ixed currency”), the receiving Office shall 
promptly transfer the said fee to that Authority in that currency. 
 ( d) Where the prescribed currency is not the fixed currency and that currency: 
 (i) is freely convertible into the fixe d currency, the Director General shall 
establish, for each receiving Office which prescribes such a currency for 
the payment of the search  fee, an equivalent amo unt of that fee in the 
prescribed currency according to directives given by the Assembly, and 
the amount in that currency shall prom ptly be transferred by the receiving 
Office to the Internationa l Searching Authority; 
 (ii) is not freely converti ble into the fixed currency,  the receiving Office shall 
be responsible for the conversion of the search fee from the prescribed 
currency into the fixed currency and shal l promptly transfer that fee in the 
fixed currency, in the amount fix ed by the International Searching 
Authority, to the Internat ional Searching Authority. 
 ( e) Where, in respect of the payment of the search fee in a prescribed currency, 
other than the fixed currency, the amount  actually received under paragraph ( d)(i) of this 
Rule by the International Searching Authority in the prescribed currency is, when 
converted by it into the fixed currency, le ss than that fixed by it, the difference will be 
paid to the International Searching Authority by  the International Bureau, whereas, if the 
amount actually received is more, the differe nce will belong to the International Bureau. 
 ( f) As to the time limit for payment of the search fee and the amount payable, the 
provisions of Rule 15.3 relating to the international filing fee shall apply mutatis mutandis . 
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 [10] Schedule 2A, Rule 16 bis.1(a) 
substitute 
 ( a) Where, by the time they are due under Rules 14.1( c), 15.3 and 16.1( f), the 
receiving Office finds that no fees were paid  to it, or that the amount paid to it is 
insufficient to cover the transmi ttal fee, the international fili ng fee and the search fee, the 
receiving Office shall, subject to paragraph (d), invite the applicant to pay to it the 
amount required to cover those fees, togeth er with, where applicable, the late payment 
fee under Rule 16bis.2, within a time limit of one month from the date of the invitation. 
[11] Schedule 2A, Rule 16 bis.1(d) 
substitute 
 (d) Any payment received by the receiving Office before that Office sends the 
invitation under paragraph ( a) shall be considered to have been received before the 
expiration of the time limit under Rule 14.1( c), 15.3 or 16.1( f), as the case may be. 
[12] Schedule 2A, Rule 19.4( c) 
substitute 
 (c) For the purposes of Rules 14.1( c), 15.3 and 16.1( f), where the international 
application was transmitted to the International Bureau under paragraph ( b), the date of 
receipt of the international application sha ll be considered to be the date on which the 
international application was actually rece ived by the International Bureau. For the 
purposes of this paragraph, the last sentence of paragraph ( b) shall not apply. 
[13] Schedule 2A, Rule 45 bis.1(d) 
substitute 
 ( d) Where the International Searching Authority has found that the international 
application does not comply with the requirement  of unity of invention, the supplementary 
search request may contain an indication of the wish of the applicant to restrict the 
supplementary international search to one of the inventions as identified by the 
International Searching Authority other than the main invention referred to in 
Article 17(3)(a). 
[14] Schedule 2A, Rule 45 bis.2(d) 
substitute 
 ( d) The International Bureau shall refund the supplementary search handling fee to 
the applicant if, before the documents referred to in Rule 45 bis.4(e)(i) to (iv) are 
transmitted to the Authority specified for supplementary search, the international 
application is withdrawn or considered withdr awn, or the supplementary search request 
is withdrawn or is considered not to have been submitted under Rule 45 bis.1(e). 
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 [15] Schedule 2A, Rules 45 bis.3(d) and (e ) 
substitute 
 ( d) if, before the documents referred to in Rule 45bis .4(e)(i) to (iv) are transmitted 
to the Authority specified for supplementar y search, the international application is 
withdrawn or considered withdrawn, or the supplementary search request is withdrawn 
or is considered not to have been submitted under Rules 45 bis.1(e) or 45 bis.4(d). 
 ( e) The Authority specified for supplementary search shall, to the extent and under 
the conditions provided for in the applicable agreement under Article 16(3)(b), refund the 
supplementary search fee if, before it has st arted the supplementary international search 
in accordance with Rule 45 bis.5(a), the supplementary search request is considered not 
to have been submitted under Rule 45 bis.5(g). 
[16] Schedule 2A, Rule 45 bis.4, heading 
substitute 
45bis .4 Checking of Supplementary Search Re quest; Correction of Defects; Late 
Payment of Fees; Transmittal to Author ity Specified for Supplementary Search 
[17] Schedule 2A, Rule 45 bis.5(b) 
substitute 
 ( b) The supplementary international search shall be carried out on the basis of the 
international application as filed or of a translation referred to in Rule 45bis .1(b)(iii) or 
45bis.1( c)(i), taking due account of the internatio nal search report and the written opinion 
established under Rule 43 bis.1 where they are available to  the Authority specified for 
supplementary search before it starts th e search. Where the supplementary search 
request contains an indication under Rule 45 bis.1(d), the supplementary international 
search may be restricted to the invent ion specified by the applicant under 
Rule 45 bis.1(d) and those parts of the international application which relate to that 
invention. 
[18] Schedule 2A, Rule 45 bis.5(g) 
substitute 
 ( g) If the Authority specified for supplement ary search finds that carrying out the 
search is entirely excluded by a limitation or condition referred to in Rule 45 bis.9(a), 
other than a limitation under Article 17(2) as applicable by virtue of Rule 45 bis.5(c), the 
supplementary search request shall be cons idered not to have been submitted, and the 
Authority shall so declare and shall promptly  notify the applicant and the International 
Bureau accordingly. 
 ( h) The Authority specified for supplement ary search may, in accordance with a 
limitation or condition referred to in Rule 45 bis.9(a), decide to restrict the search to 
certain claims only, in which case the supplem entary international search report shall so 
indicate. 
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 [19] Schedule 2A, Rule 45 bis.6(f) 
substitute 
 ( f) Paragraphs ( a) to ( e) shall apply mutatis mutandis  where the Authority specified 
for supplementary search decides to restrict  the supplementary inte rnational search in 
accordance with the second sentence of Rule 45 bis.5(b) or with Rule 45 bis.5(h), 
provided that any reference in the said par agraphs to the “international application” shall 
be construed as a reference to those parts of t he international application which relate to 
the invention specified by the applicant under Rule 45bis .1(d) or which relate to the 
claims and those parts of the international application for which the Authority will carry 
out a supplementary international search, respectively. 
[20] Schedule 2A, Rule 45 bis.9(c) 
substitute 
 ( c) The limitations referred to in paragraph ( a) may, for example, include limitations 
as to the subject matter for which supplementary international searches will be carried 
out, other than limitations under Article 17(2) as applicable by virtue of Rule 45 bis.5(c), 
limitations as to the total number of supple mentary international searches which will be 
carried out in a given period, and limitati ons to the effect t hat the supplementary 
international searches will not extend to any claim beyond a certain number of claims. 
[21] Schedule 2A, Rule 46.5( b) 
substitute 
 ( b) The replacement sheet or sheets shall be accompanied by a letter which: 
 (i) shall identify the claims which, on account of the amendments, differ from 
the claims originally filed, and shall draw attention to the differences 
between the claims originally fil ed and the claims as amended; 
 (ii) shall identify the claims originally filed which, on account of the 
amendments, are cancelled; 
 (iii) shall indicate the basis for the am endments in the application as filed. 
[22] Schedule 2A, Rules 57.2( c) to ( e) 
substitute 
 ( b) The handling fee shall be payable in the currency or one of the currencies 
prescribed by the International Preliminary Examining Authority (“prescribed currency”). 
 ( c) Where the prescribed currency is the Swiss franc, the Authority shall promptly 
transfer the said fee to the International Bureau in Swiss francs.  ( d) Where the prescribed currency is a curre ncy other than the Swiss franc and that 
currency: 
 (i) is freely convertible into Swiss fran cs, the Director General shall establish, 
for each Authority which prescribes su ch a currency for the payment of the 
handling fee, an equivalent amount of that fee in the prescribed currency 
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 according to directives given by the Assembly, and the amount in that 
currency shall promptly be transferred by  the Authority to the International 
Bureau; 
 (ii) is not freely convertible into Swiss francs, the Authority shall be 
responsible for the conversion of the handling fee from the prescribed 
currency into Swiss francs and shall pr omptly transfer that fee in Swiss 
francs, in the amount set out in the Schedule of Fees, to the International Bureau. Alternatively, if the Author ity so wishes, it may convert the 
handling fee from the prescribed currency into euros or US dollars and promptly transfer the equivalent amount of  that fee in euros or US dollars, 
as established by the Director General according to directives given by the Assembly as referred to in item (i), to the International Bureau. 
[23] Schedule 2A, Rule 57.6 
substitute 
57.4   Refund  
The International Preliminary Examining Authority shall refund the handling fee to the 
applicant: 
 (i) if the demand is withdrawn bef ore the demand has been sent by that 
Authority to the Inte rnational Bureau, or 
 (ii) if the demand is consider ed, under Rule 54.4 or 54bis.1( b), not to have 
been submitted. 
[24] Schedule 2A, Rule 66.8( a) 
substitute 
 ( a) Subject to paragraph ( b), when amending the description or the drawings, the 
applicant shall be required to submit a r eplacement sheet for every sheet of the 
international application which, on account  of an amendment, differs from the sheet 
previously filed. The replacement sheet or sheets shall be accompanied by a letter which 
shall draw attention to the differences betwe en the replaced sheets and the replacement 
sheets, shall indicate the basis for the amendm ent in the application as filed and shall 
preferably also explain the reasons for the amendment. 
[25] Schedule 2A, after Rule 70.2( c) 
insert 
 (c-bis ) If the claims, description or drawings have been amended but the replacement 
sheet or sheets were not accompanied by a letter indicating the basis for the amendment 
in the application as filed, as required under Rule 46.5( b)(iii) as applicable by virtue of 
Rule 66.8( c), or Rule 66.8( a), as applicable, the report may be established as if the 
amendment had not been made, in which case the report shall so indicate. 
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 [26] Schedule 2A, Rule 96.1 
substitute 
96.1   Schedule of Fees Annexed to Regulations  
The amounts of the fees referred to in Rules 15, 45 bis.2 and 57 shall be expressed in 
Swiss currency. They shall be specified in the Schedule of Fees which is annexed to 
these Regulations and forms an integral part thereof. 
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 Schedule 2 Amendments commencing on 
1 August 2010 
(regulation 4) 
[1] Subparagraph 22.2 (4) (a) (i) 
omit 
item 203 
insert 
item 214A 
[2] After regulation 2.22E 
insert 
22.2EA Failure to pay: fee for grant of leave to amend 
specification 
 (1) This regulation applies if: 
 (a) a fee mentioned in item 222A of Schedule 7 relating to a 
grant of leave to amend a complete specification is not 
paid when it is payable; and 
 (b) within 1 month after the fee is payable, the Commissioner 
invites the person by whom the fee is payable to pay the fee within 1 month after the date on which notice of the 
grant of leave is published under subregulation 10.5 (2); 
and 
 (c) the fee is not paid within the 1 month period. 
 (2) The request for leave to amend the complete specification is 
taken not to have been filed. 
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 [3] Subregulation 22.2F (5) 
substitute 
 (5) Subregulation (6) applies if: 
 (a) a fee mentioned in paragraph 22.2EA (1) (a) relating to a 
grant of leave to amend a complete specification is not 
paid when it is payable; and 
 (b) the Commissioner does not gi ve the invitation mentioned 
in paragraph 22.2EA (1) (b) w ithin the time mentioned in 
that paragraph. 
 (6) The request for leave to amend the complete specification is to 
be treated as if the fee had been  paid when leave was granted to 
amend the complete specification. 
 (7) Despite subregulations (2), (4 ) and (6), the fee remains payable 
and can be recovered as a de bt due to the Commonwealth. 
[4] Schedule 7, item 201 
substitute 
201 Filing a request for a patent accompanied 
by a provisional specification: 
 (a) by an electronic means approved by 
the Commissioner for this paragraph; 
 (b) by another means  
$80 $110 
[5] Schedule 7, item 203,  third column, fee for 
paragraph (a) 
omit 
$290 
insert 
$340 
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 [6] Schedule 7, item 203,  third column, fee for 
paragraph (b) 
omit 
$320 
insert 
$370 
[7] Schedule 7, item  205, third column 
omit 
$420 
insert 
$450 
[8] Schedule 7, item  207, third column 
omit 
$370 
insert 
$400 
[9] Schedule 7, item 208,  third column, fee for 
paragraph (a) 
omit 
$180 
insert 
$200 
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 [10] Schedule 7, item 208,  third column, fee for 
paragraph (b) 
omit 
$180 
insert 
$200 
[11] Schedule 7, item 211,  paragraphs (f) to (o) 
substitute 
  (f) the tenth anniversary $450 
  (g) the eleventh anniversary $450 
  (h) the twelfth anniversary $450 
  (i) the thirteenth anniversary $450 
  (j) the fourteenth anniversary $450 
  (k) the fifteenth anniversary $1 020 
  (l) the sixteenth anniversary $1 020 
  (m) the seventeenth anniversary $1 020   (n) the eighteenth anniversary $1 020 
  (o) the nineteenth anniversary $1 020 
[12] Schedule 7, item 212,  third column, fee for 
paragraph (d) 
omit 
$160 
insert 
$200 
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 [13] Schedule 7, item 212,  third column, fee for 
paragraph (f) 
omit 
$230 
insert 
$200 
[14] Schedule 7, item 213,  third column, fee for 
paragraph (a) omit 
$140 
insert 
$200 
[15] Schedule 7, after item 214 
insert 
214A National phase entry of a PCT application 
under paragraph 89 (3) (b) of the Act $340 
[16] Schedule 7, item  216, third column 
omit 
$550 
insert 
$600 
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 [17] Schedule 7, after item 222 
insert 
222A Grant of leave to amend a complete 
specification relating to a standard patent, 
or relating to an application for a standard patent, after the complete specification is accepted, if: $100 for each additional claim that arises as described in paragraph (b)  
  (a) more than 20 claims are contained in 
the complete specification as proposed to be amended; and  
  (b) the effect of the proposed amendment 
would be to increase the number of claims in the complete specification  
[18] Schedule 7, item  223, third column 
omit 
$140 
insert 
$190 
[19] Schedule 7, item  238, third column 
omit 
$1 300 
insert 
$2 000 
[20] Schedule 7, item  302, third column 
omit 
$1 600 
insert 
$1 900 
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 [21] Schedule 7, item  303, third column 
omit 
$1 600 
insert 
$1 900 
Note 
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