Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01132:clause:2_101d
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01132
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 101D
Character Range: 6174–6955

101D  Commissioner to be given information on searches

 (1) The patentee must inform the Commissioner, in accordance with the regulations, of the results of the following searches carried out for the purpose of assessing the patentability of an invention disclosed in the complete specification or a corresponding application filed outside Australia:
 (a) any documentary searches by, or on behalf of, a foreign patent office, other than searches prescribed by the regulations;
 (b) the documentary searches prescribed by the regulations.

 (2) Subsection (1) only applies to searches completed before the issue of a certificate of examination in respect of the patent.

 (3) In subsection (2):

completed, in relation to a search, has the meaning prescribed by the regulations.