Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2014C00180:clause:6_29b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2014C00180
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 29B
Character Range: 107545–109096

29B  Applications for patents—special rules for Convention applications

Making Convention applications
 (1) A Convention applicant in relation to a basic application may make a Convention application, or 2 or more such applicants may make a joint Convention application.
 (2) If 2 or more basic applications for protection in respect of inventions have been made in one or more Convention countries, one Convention application may be made within the prescribed period by a Convention applicant in relation to those basic applications, or by 2 or more such entitled applicants jointly, in respect of the inventions disclosed in the basic applications.
 (3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), a Convention application must be made and dealt with in the same way as any other patent application.
 (4) A patent request relating to a Convention application must:
 (a) include the prescribed particulars relating to the relevant basic application; and
 (b) be accompanied by a complete specification.

Meaning of Convention country
 (5) Convention country means a foreign country or region of a kind prescribed by the regulations.
 (6) Despite subsection 14(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) may make provision in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any matter contained in any other instrument or other writing as in force or existing from time to time.
Note: The heading to section 29 is altered by adding at the end "—general rules".