IP/N/1/AUS/P/10  
 
18 June 2013  
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English/anglais/inglés  
 
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND 
REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
AUSTRALIA  
This document reproduces the text1 of Patents Amendment Regulation 2012 (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 
A
USTRALIE  
Le présent document contient le texte1 du Règlement de 2012 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 
AUSTRALIA  
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 del Reglamento de 2012 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 Regulation 
2012  (No. 1)1 
Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 221 
I, QUENTIN BRYCE,  Governor-General of the Commonwealth 
of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive 
Council, make the following regulation under the Patents Act 
1990 . 
Dated 13 September 2012 
QUENTIN BRYCE 
Governor-General 
By Her Excellency’s Command  
GREG COMBET  
Minister for Industry and Innovation 
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Section 1 
 
 
2 Patents Amendment Regulation 2012  (No. 1) 2012 , 221 
 
 1 Name of regulation 
  This regulation is the Patents Amendment Regulation 2012 
(No. 1). 
2 Commencement 
  This regulation commences on the day after it is registered. 
3 Amendment of Patents Regulations 1991  
  Schedule 1 amends the Patents Regulations 1991 . 
Schedule 1 Amendment 
(section 3) 
[1] Schedule 7, after Part 3 
insert 
Part 4 Fees payable for benefit of International 
Bureau 
 
Item Matter  Fee 
401 International filing fee:  
(Rule 15.2 of the PCT)  1,330 Swiss francs 
plus 15  Swiss 
francs for each 
sheet of th e 
international 
application in 
excess of 30  sheets  
402 Handling fee:  
(Rule 57.2 of the PCT)  200 Swiss francs  
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2012 , 221 Patents Amendment Regulation 2012  (No. 1) 3 
 
 Item Matter  Fee 
Reductions  
403 The international filing fee is reduced by the following amount if the 
international application is, as provided for in the Admin istrative 
Instructions, filed : 
  (a) on paper together with a copy in 
electronic form, in character coded 
format, of the request and the abstract:  100 Swiss francs  
  (b) in electronic form, the request not being in 
character coded format:  100 Swiss franc s 
  (c) in electronic form, the request being in 
character coded format:  200 Swiss francs  
  (d) in electronic form, the request, 
description, claims and abstract being in 
character coded format:  300 Swiss francs  
404 The international filing fee (where a pplicable, as reduced under 
item 403) and the handling fee are reduced by 90% if the international 
application is filed by:  
  (a) an applicant who is a natural person and who is a national of and 
resides in a State whose per capita national income is belo w 
US$3,000 (according to the average per capita national income 
figures used by the United Nations for determining its scale of 
assessments for the contributions payable for the years 1995, 
1996 and 199 7) or, until December  31, 2009, one of the 
following S tates:  Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain, Barbados, 
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Oman, Seychelles, Singapore, Trinidad 
& Tobago and United Arab Emirates;  or 
  (b) an applicant, whether a natural person or not, who is a national 
of and resides in a State that is cla ssed as a least developed 
country by the United Nations;  
 provided that, if there are several applicants, each must satisfy the 
criteria set out in either sub -item (a) or  (b). 
Note 
1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal 
Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative 
Instruments Act 2003. See www.comlaw.gov.au . 
 
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