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period for making a complete application for an invention if the circumstance applies.

Circumstance—information read before learned society or published by or on behalf of learned society
 (2) The circumstance is that the information has been made publicly available in a paper:
 (a) read before a learned society; or
 (b) published by or on behalf of a learned society.

Period
 (3) The period for making a complete application for the invention is:
 (a) if the complete application claims priority from a basic application made within 6 months of the day of the reading or publication—12 months from the day the basic application was made; or
 (b) if the complete application is associated with a provisional application made within 6 months of the day of the reading or publication—12 months from the day the provisional application was made; or
 (c) otherwise—12 months from the day of the reading or publication.

2.2B  Information made publicly available—reasonable trial of invention
 (1) This regulation sets out:
 (a) for paragraph 24(1)(a) of the Act—a circumstance in relation to information made publicly available by, or with the consent of, the nominated person, patentee or predecessor in title of the nominated person or patentee; and
 (b) for subsection 24(1) of the Act—a period for making a complete application for an invention if the circumstance applies.

Circumstance—working of invention for reasonable trial
 (2) The circumstance is that:
 (a) the information has been made publicly available because the invention was worked in public; and
 (b) the working of the invention was for the purposes of a reasonable trial of the invention; and
 (c) because of the nature of the invention, it was reasonably necessary for the working to be in public.

Period
 (3) The period for making a complete application for the invention is:
 (a) if the complete application claims priority from a basic application made within 12 months of the start of the public working of the invention—12 months from the day the basic application was made; or
 (b) if the complete application is associated with a provisional application made within 12 months of the start of the public working of the invention—12 months from the day the provisional application was made; or
 (c) otherwise—12 months from the start of the public working of the invention.

2.2C  Information made publicly available—other circumstances
 (1) This regulation sets out:
 (a) for paragraph 24(1)(a) of the Act—a circumstance in relation to information made publicly available by, or with the consent of, the nominated person, patentee or predecessor in title of the nominated person or patentee; and
 (b) for subsection 24(1) of the Act—a period for making a complete application for an invention if the circumstance applies.

Circumstance
 (2) The circumstance is