WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE 
ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights IPINII/SGPIP12 
14 March 2000 
(00-0992) 
Original: English/ 
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MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
LAWS AND REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER 
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
SINGAPORE 
The present document reproduces the textl of the Patents Rules, as notified by Singapore 
under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/N/lISGP/3). 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriete 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET REGLEMENTATIONS CONSACREES A LA 
PROPRIETlt INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIEES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
SINGAPOUR 
Le present document contient le textel du Reglement sur les brevets, notifie par Singapour au 
titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IP/N/lISGP/3). 
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 P ARRAFO 2 
DEL ARTicULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
SINGAPUR 
En el presente documento se reproduce el textol del Reglamento sobre Patentes, notificado 
por Singapur de conformidad con el parrafo 2 del articulo 63 del Acuerdo (vease el documento 
IP/NIlISGPI3). 
I English only.! Anglais seulement.lEn ingles solamente. IP/NI1/SGP/P/2 
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PATENTS ACT 
(CHAPTER 221, SECTIONS 42, 110 AND 115) 
Citation. PATENTS RULES 
S 538/95 
S 106/96 
S 224/96 
S 132197 
S 260/97 
S 458/97 
S 82198 
S 116/98 
S 203/99 
S 286/99 
S 510/99 
PRELIMINARY 
1. These Rules may be cited as the Patents Rules. 
Definitions. [23rd February 1995] 
2. -( 1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires -
"costs" includes fees, charges, disbursements, expenses, allowances and remu­
neration; 
"declared priority date" means-
(a) the date of filing of the earliest relevant application specified in a decla­
ration made for the purposes of section 17 where the priority date claimed 
in the declaration has not been lost or abandoned and where the 
declaration has not been withdrawn before preparations for the publica­
tion of the application in suit have been completed by the Registry in 
accordance with section 27; or 
(b) where an international application for a patent (Singapore) is to be treated 
as an application for a patent under the Act, the date of filing of the 
earliest application filed in or for a country which is a convention country 
specified in an order made under section 89 or which, in accordance with 
the law of a convention country or a treaty or international convention to 
which a convention country is a party, is equivalent to such an 
application, the priority of which is claimed in a declaration filed for the 
purposes of Article 8 of the Patent Co-operation Treaty, provided that 
such priority claim has not been lost or abandoned under the provisions of 
that Treaty. (2) In these Rules, except where otherwise indicated -
(a) references to a section are references to that section of the Act; 
(b) references to a rule are references to that rule in these Rules; IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(c) references to a Schedule are references to that Schedule to these Rules; and 
(d) references to the filing of a form or other document are references to filing it 
at the Registry. 
(3) The Examiners prescribed for the purposes of section 2 shall be the Australian 
Patent Office and the Austrian Patent Office. 
Fees. 
3. The fees to be paid in respect of any matters arising under the Act or these Rules 
shall be those specified in the First Schedule and, in any case where a form specified 
in that Schedule as the corresponding form in relation to any matter is required to be 
used, that form shall be accompanied by the fees specified in respect of that matter. 
Forms. 
4. The forms mentioned in these Rules are those set out in the Second Schedule, 
modified as necessary to enable them to be used, accompanied by the appropriate fee 
(if any) and such forms shall be used in all cases in which they are applicable and may 
be modified as directed by the Registrar to meet other cases. 
Costs. 
5. The Registrar may make an order for costs in respect of-
(a) any of the matters set out in the first column of Part I of the Third Schedule; 
and 
(b) the expenses and allowances of a person in relation to proceedings under the 
Act or these Rules. 
Taxation of costs. 
6. -( I) A party may request for party and party costs to be taxed by filing a copy of 
the bill of costs at the Registry and he shall, at the same time, send to every other 
person entitled to be heard in the taxation proceedings, a copy of the bill of costs. 
(2) Every bill of costs shall set out in 2 separate sections the following: 
(a) work done in the cause or matter; and 
(b) all disbursements made in the cause or matter. 
(3) The costs claimed under paragraph (2) shall set out the sum claimed for each 
item. 
(4) The bill of costs shall set out in chronological order, with dates, all relevant 
events in the cause or matter. IP/N/l/SGP/P/2 
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(5) Where costs have already been awarded for any of the events set out, this fact 
and the amount awarded shall be indicated. 
(6) Any party on whom a copy of the bill of costs has been served in accordance 
with paragraph (1) shall, if he wishes to dispute the bill, within 14 days from the re­
ceipt of the copy of the bill, mark the copy thereof in accordance with paragraph (7) 
and send a copy thereof duly marked to both the Registrar and the party requesting for 
taxation. 
(7) A party on whom a copy of the bill of costs has been served shall effect marking 
on the copy thereof served by writing on the right hand margin against each item the 
word "Agree" if he agrees with the cost claimed for that item or the word "Disagree" 
ifhe disagrees. 
(8) Upon the expiry of the period of time referred to in paragraph (6), the Registrar 
shall give to the parties entitled to be heard in the taxation proceedings notice of the 
date and time appointed for taxation. 
Taxation proceedings. 
7. -( 1) If any party entitled to be heard in any taxation proceedings does not attend 
at the time appointed for the taxation, the Registrar may proceed with the taxation. 
(2) The Registrar may, if he thinks it is necessary to do so, adjourn the proceedings 
from time to time. 
(3) The provisions relating to the scale of costs in the Third Schedule shall apply to 
the taxation proceedings. 
(4) When the bill has been taxed, the Registrar shall proceed to make his certificate 
for the amount of the taxed costs. 
(5) Costs awarded in proceedings before the Registrar are not intended to compen­
sate the parties for the expense to which they have been put. 
International exhibitions. 
8. -( 1) An applicant for a patent who wishes the disclosure of matter constituting an 
invention to be disregarded in accordance with section 14 (4) ( c) shall, within the 
same day of filing the application for the patent, inform the Registrar in writing that 
the invention has been displayed at an international exhibition. 
(2) The applicant shall, within 4 months from the day of filing the application, file a 
certificate, issued by the authority responsible for the exhibition, stating that the 
invention was in fact exhibited there. 
(3) The certificate shall also state the opening date of the exhibition and, where the 
first disclosure of the invention did not take place on the opening date, the date of first 
disclosure. 
(4) The certificate shall be accompanied by an identification of the invention, duly 
authenticated by the authority. IP/N/1/SGPIPI2 
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(5) For the purposes of section 2 (2), a statement may be published in the Journal 
that an exhibition described in the statement falls within the definition of international 
exhibition in section 2 (1). 
(6) In the case of an international application for a patent (Singapore), the application 
of this rule shall be subject to rule 86 (3). 
Declaration of priority. 
9. -(1) A declaration claiming priority for the purpose of section 17 shall be made 
within the same day of filing the application for a patent ("the application in suit") and 
shall state the date of filing of any application specified in the declaration and the 
country in or for which it was filed. 
(2) Subject to rule 28 and paragraphs (3) and (4), where the application in suit is for 
a patent under the Act, the applicant shall, within 16 months from the declared priority 
date, furnish to the Registry in respect of every application specified in the declaration 
(a) its file number; 
(b) except where paragraph (3) has effect, a copy of that application duly certified 
by the authority with which it was filed or otherwise verified to the sat­
isfaction of the Registrar; and 
(e) the symbol or symbols of the International Patent Classification which have 
been or, which in the opinion of the applicant should be, allocated to it. 
(2) Subject to rule 28, where the application in suit is for a patent under the Act, the 
applicant shall, within 16 months from the declared priority date, furnish to the 
Registry in respect of every application specified in the declaration its file number. 
(2A) Subject to paragraph (4), the applicant shall, within 22 months from the de­
clared priority date, furnish to the Registry, in respect of every application specified in 
the declaration, a copy of that application duly certified by the authority with which it 
was filed or otherwise verified to the satisfaction of the Registrar. 
(2A) Subject to paragraph (4), the applicant shall at a time that is no later than -
(a) 28 months from the declared priority date; or 
(b) the date of the filing of Patents Form 14 and payment of the prescribed fee 
under rule 47 for the grant of a patent, 
whichever is the earlier, furnish to the Registry, in respect of every application 
specified in the declaration, a copy of that application duly certified by the authority 
with which it was filed or otherwise verified to the satisfaction of the Registrar. 
(3) Where an application specified in the declaration is an application for a patent 
under the Act or an international application for a patent which is filed at the Registry 
(a) if the application is filed under section 26 (6), the applicant shall, at the time 
of filing the application, file -IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(i) a request that a copy of the application specified in the declaration be pre­
pared for use in the Registry; and 
(ii) Patents Form 26 requesting the Registrar to certify the same; or 
(b) if the application is filed otherwise than under section 26 (6), the applicant 
shall file that request and that form in compliance with any request made by 
the Registrar. 
(4) Where the application in suit is an international application for a patent (Sin­
gapore) which is to be treated as an application for a patent under the Act, the re­
quirements of paragraphs (l)and (2), (2) and (2A) shall be treated as having been 
complied with to the extent that the requirements of rules 4.10 (a) and (c) and 17.1 (a) 
or (b)rule 4.10 (a) and (b), to be read subject to rules 26bis.l and 26bis.2 (b), and of 
rule 17.1 of the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty have been fulfilled. 
(5) Where a copy of an application is filed or treated as having been filed under 
paragraph (2) (b), (3) or (4) and that application is in a language other than English, 
subject to rule 86 (3) (c) and (d), a translation thereof into English verified to the sat­
isfaction of the Registrar as corresponding to the original text shall be filed within 21 
months from the declared priority date. 
(5) Where a copy of an application is filed or treated as having been filed under 
paragraph (2A), (3) or (4) and that application is in a language other than English, a 
translation thereof into English, verified to the satisfaction of the Registrar as corre­
sponding to the original text, shall be filed within 22 months from the declared pri­
ority date. 
(5) Where a copy of an application is filed or treated as having been filed under 
paragraph (2A), (3) or (4) and that application is in a language other than English, a 
translation thereof into English, verified to the satisfaction of the Registrar as corre­
sponding to the original text, shall be filed at a time that is no later 
than-
(a) 28 months from the declared priority date; or 
(b) the date of the filing of Patents Form 14 and payment of the prescribed fee 
under rule 47 for the grant of a patent, 
whichever is the earlier. 
(6) In the case of an international application for a patent (Singapore), the application 
of paragraph (5) shall be subject to rule 86 (3) (c)rule 86 (4) (c). 
(7) If the applicant fails to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (2, 2A) or (5) within 
the time specified or as extended under rule 108, the claim to priority shall be deemed 
to be relinquished. RIGHT TO APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A PATENT 
References under section 20(1)(a). IP/N/l/SGPIPI2 
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10. -(1) A reference under section 20 (1) (a) shall be made on Patents Form 2 and 
shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and a statement in duplicate setting out fully 
the nature of the question, the facts upon which the person making the reference relies 
and the order or other relief which he is seeking. 
(2) The Registrar shall send a copy of the reference and statement to-
(a) any person (other than the person referred to in paragraph (1» alleged in the 
reference to be entitled to be granted a patent for the invention; 
(b) any person, not being a party to the reference, who is shown in the register as 
having a right in or under the patent application; 
(c) any person (not being a party to the reference) who is an applicant for the 
patent or has given notice to the Registrar of a relevant transaction, instru­
ment or event; and 
(d) every person who has been identified in the patent application or a statement 
filed under section 24 (2) (a) as being, or being believed to be, the inventor or 
joint inventor of the invention. 
(3) If any person who is sent a copy of the reference and statement under paragraph 
(2) wishes to oppose the making of the order or the granting of the relief sought, he 
("the opponent") shall, within 2 months from the date of the Registrar's letter for­
warding such copies, file in duplicate a counter-statement on Patents Form 3 setting 
out fully the grounds of his opposition and the Registrar shall send a copy of the 
counter-statement to the person making the reference and to those recipients of the 
copy of the reference and statement who are not party to the counter-statement. 
(4) The person making the reference or any such recipient may, within 2 months 
from the date of the Registrar's letter forwarding a copy of the counter-statement, file 
evidence in support of his case and shall send a copy of the evidence-
(a) in any case, to the opponent; and 
(b) in the case of evidence filed by such a recipient, to the person making the 
reference. 
(5) Within 2 months from the date of the Registrar's letter forwarding the copy of 
such evidence to him or, if no such evidence is filed, within 2 months from the ex­
piration of the period within which the copy of such evidence could have been filed, 
the opponent may file evidence in support of his case and shall send a copy of the 
evidence so filed to the person making the reference and those recipients; and within 2 
months from the date of receipt of the copy of the opponent's evidence, that person or 
any of those recipients may file further evidence confined to matters strictly in reply 
and shall send a copy of it to the persons mentioned in paragraph (4) (a) and (b). 
(6) No further evidence shall be filed except by leave or direction of the Registrar. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(7) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. 
References by co-proprietors under section 20(1)(b). 
11. -(1) A reference under section 20 (1) (b) shall be made on Patents Form 2 and 
shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and a statement in duplicate setting out fully 
the nature of the question, the facts relied upon by the co-proprietor making the ref­
erence and the order he is seeking. 
(2) The Registrar shall send a copy of the reference and statement to-
(a) each co-proprietor who is not a party to the reference and who has not oth­
erwise indicated, in writing, his consent to the making of the order sought; 
(b) any person to whom it is alleged in the reference that any right in or under an 
application for a patent should be transferred or granted; 
(e) any person, not being a party to the reference, who is shown in the register as 
having a right in or under the patent application; 
(d) any person (not being a party to the reference) who has given notice to the 
Registrar of a relevant transaction, instrument or event; and 
(e) every person who has been identified in the application for the patent or a 
statement filed under section 24 (2) (a) as being, or being believed to be, the 
inventor or joint inventor of the invention. 
(3) Any person who receives a copy of the reference and statement and who wishes 
to oppose the order sought may, within 2 months from the date of the Registrar's letter 
forwarding copies of the reference and statement, file a counter-statement on Patents 
Form 3 in duplicate setting out fully the grounds of his opposition. 
(4) The Registrar shall, as appropriate, send a copy of any counter-statement to­
(a) each co-proprietor who is a party to the reference; and 
(b) any person to whom a copy of the reference and statement were sent pursuant 
to paragraph (2). 
(5) Any person who receives a copy of the counter-statement may, within 2 months 
from the date of the Registrar's letter forwarding such copy, file evidence in support of 
his case and shall send a copy of the evidence so filed to the co-proprietor making the 
reference and to each person who has filed a counter-statement. 
(6) Any person entitled to receive a copy of the evidence filed under paragraph (5) 
may, within 2 months from the date of receipt of the copy of such evidence or, if no 
such evidence is filed, within 2 months from the expiration of the period within which 
it could have been filed, file evidence in support of his case and shall send a copy of 
the evidence so filed to each of the other parties listed in paragraph (4). 
(7) Any person who receives a copy of the evidence filed under paragraph (6) may, 
within 2 months from the date of receipt of the copy of such evidence, file further IP/N/1/SGPIPI2 
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evidence confined to matters strictly in reply and shall, as appropriate, send a copy of 
the evidence so filed to the parties listed in paragraph (4). 
(8) No further evidence shall be filed by any party except by leave or direction of the 
Registrar. 
(9) The Registrar may give directions as he may think fit with regard to the subse­
quent procedure. 
Orders under section 20. 
12. -(1) Where an order is made under section 20 that an application for a patent 
shall proceed in the name of one or more persons none of whom was an original ap­
plicant, the Registrar shall notify all original applicants and their licensees, of whom 
he is aware, of the making of the order. 
(2) A person notified under paragraph (1) may make a request under section 23 (3) 
within 2 months from the date ofthe notification received from the Registrar. 
Prescribed period for new application under section 20 (3). 
13. The prescribed period for the purpose of section 20 (3) shall be 3 months from 
the day on which the time for appealing from an order made under this subsection 
expires without an appeal being brought or, where an appeal is brought, from the day 
on which it is finally disposed of. 
Authorisation under section 20 (5). 
14. -(1) An application under section 20 (5) for authority to do anything on behalf 
of a person to whom directions have been given under section 20 (2) (d) or (4) shall be 
made on Patents Form 4 and shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and a statement 
in duplicate setting out fully all the facts upon which the applicant relies and the 
nature of the authorisation sought. 
(2) The Registrar shall send a copy of the application and statement to the person 
alleged to have failed to comply with the directions. 
(3) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. 
Request by joint applicants under section 22. 
15. -(1) A request under section 22 by a joint applicant shall be made on Patents 
Form 5 and shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and a statement in duplicate set­
ting out fully the facts upon which he relies and the directions which he seeks. 
(2) The Registrar shall send a copy of the request and statement to each of the other 
joint applicant who shall, ifhe wishes to oppose the request, within 2 months from the 
date of the Registrar's letter forwarding such copies to him, file in duplicate a counter­
statement on Patents Form 3 setting out fully the grounds of his opposition, and the 
Registrar shall send a copy of the counter-statement to the person making the request 
and to each of the other joint applicant who is not a party to the counter-statement. IP/N/I/SGP/P/2 
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(3) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. 
Referral to Registrar under section 23. 
16. -(1) Where, following the making of such an order as is mentioned in section 
23 (3), a question is referred to the Registrar under section 23 (5) as to whether any 
person is entitled to be granted a licence or whether the period or terms of the licence 
are reasonable, the reference shall be made on Patents Form 6 and shall be accom­
panied by a copy thereof and a statement in duplicate setting out fully the facts upon 
which the person making the reference relies and the terms of the licence which he is 
prepared to accept or grant. 
(2) The Registrar shall send a copy of the reference and statement to every person in 
whose name the application is to proceed or, as the case may be, every person 
claiming to be entitled to be granted a licence, in either case not being the person who 
makes the reference, and if any recipient does not agree to grant or accept a licence for 
such period and upon such terms, he shall, within 2 months from the date of the 
Registrar's letter forwarding such copies to him, file a counter-statement on Patents 
Form 3 in duplicate setting out fully the grounds of his opposition and the Registrar 
shall send a copy of the counter-statement to the person making the reference. 
(3) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. 
INVENTORS 
Mention of inventor. 
17. -(1) An application to the Registrar under section 24 (1) or (3) by any person 
who alleges -
(a) that he ought to have been mentioned as the inventor or joint inventor of an 
invention in any patent granted or published application for a patent for the 
invention; or 
(b) that any person mentioned as sole or joint inventor in any patent granted or 
published application for a patent for the invention ought not to have been so 
mentioned, 
shall be made on Patents Form 7 and shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and a 
statement in duplicate setting out fully the facts relied upon. 
(2) The Registrar shall send a copy of any such application and statement to -
(a) every person registered as proprietor of, or applicant for, the patent (other than 
the applicant under section 24 himself); 
(b) every person who has been identified in the application for the patent or a 
statement filed under section 24 (2) (a) as being, or being believed to be, the 
inventor or joint inventor of the invention; and IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(e) every other person whose interests the Registrar considers may be affected by 
the application. 
(3) Any recipient of a copy of such an application and statement who wishes to op­
pose the application shall, within 2 months from the date of the Registrar's letter for­
warding such copies to him, file a counter-statement on Patents Form 3 in duplicate 
setting out fully the grounds of his opposition, and the Registrar shall send a copy of 
the counter-statement to each of the persons described in this rule other than any per­
son who is party to the counter-statement. 
(4) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. 
(5) The document prescribed for the purposes of section 24 (1) shall be an addendum 
or erratum slip. 
Procedure where applicant is not inventor or sole inventor. 
18. -(1) Subject to rules 28 and 86 (7)86 (8), if the applicant is not the inventor, a 
statement under section 24 (2) identifying the inventor or inventors and, where re­
quired by section 24 (2) (b), the derivation of the right of the applicant to be granted 
the patent shall be made on Patents Form 8, within 16 months from the declared pri­
ority date or, where there is no declared priority date, the date of filing the application. 
(2) Where the applicant is not the sole inventor or the applicants are not the joint 
inventors of the invention the subject of the application and the application does not 
contain a declared priority date which relates to an earlier relevant application as de­
fined in section 17 ( 5) (b), a sufficient number of copies of Patents Form 8 shall be 
filed by the applicant or applicants within the said 16 months to enable the Registrar 
to send one to each inventor who is not one of the applicants. 
(3) Where the application is an international application for a patent (Singapore), the 
requirements of paragraphs (l) and (2) shall be treated as having been complied with 
if the provisions of rules 4.1 (a) (v) and 4.6 of the Regulations under the Patent Co­
operation Treaty have been complied with, whether or not there was any requirement 
that they be complied with. 
APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS 
Applicant for grant of patent. 
19. -(1) A request for the grant of a patent shall be made on Patents Form 1. 
(2) Where the filing fee is not paid within the same day of filing the application, the 
filing fee shall be paid within one month from that day. 
(3) The specification contained in an application for a patent made under section 25 
shall state the title of the invention and continue with the description and the claim or 
claims and the drawings, if any, in that order. 
(4) The title shall be short, precise and indicate the matter to which the invention 
relates. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(4) The title appearing in the request, specification and abstract shall be short, pre­
cise and indicate the matter to which the invention relates; and if in the opinion of the 
Registrar it fails to comply with this paragraph, the Registrar may reframe it so that it 
does so comply. 
(5) The description shall first state the title of the invention as appearing in the re­
quest and shall -
(a) specify the technical field to which the invention relates; 
(b) indicate the background art which, as far as it is known to the applicant, can 
be regarded as useful for the understanding, searching and examination of the 
invention; 
(c) disclose the invention as claimed in such terms that the technical problem, 
even if not expressly stated as such, and its solution can be understood, and 
shall state the advantageous effects, if any, of the invention with reference to 
the background art; 
(d) briefly describe the figures in the drawings, if any; 
(e) set forth at least one mode for carrying out the invention claimed, with ex­
amples where appropriate, and with reference to the drawings, if any; and 
(f) indicate explicitly, when it is not otherwise obvious from the description or the 
nature of the invention, the way or ways in which the invention satisfies the 
condition in section 13 (1) (c) of being capable ofindustrial application. 
(6) The number of claims shall be reasonable in consideration of the nature of the 
invention claimed, and where there are several claims, the claims shall be numbered 
consecutively in Arabic numerals. 
(7) The definition in the claim of the matter for which protection is sought shall be in 
terms of the technical features of the invention which may be expressed in structural, 
functional or mathematical terms. 
(8) Claims shall be written -
(a) in 2 parts, the first part consisting of a statement indicating those technical 
features of the invention which are necessary in connection with the defi­
nition of the claimed subject-matter and which, in combination, appear to be 
part of the prior art and the second part preceded by the words "characterised 
in that", "characterised by", "wherein the improvement comprises", or other 
words to the same effect, followed by a statement stating concisely the 
technical features which, in combination with the features stated in the first 
part, defirie the matter for which protection is sought; or 
(b) in a single statement containing a recitation of a combination of several el­
ements or steps, or a single element or step, which defines the matter for 
which protection is sought. IP/N/1/SGPIPI2 
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(9) Claims shall not rely, in respect of the technical features of the invention, on 
references to the description or drawings, unless such a reference is necessary for the 
understanding of the claim or enhances the clarity or conciseness of the claim. 
Micro-organisms. 
20. The Fourth Schedule shall have effect in relation to certain applications for pat­
ents, and granted patents, for inventions which require for their performance the use of . . mIcro-orgamsms. 
Drawings. 
21. -(1) Drawings forming part of an application for a patent made under section 25 
shall be on sheets the size of which shall be A4 (29.7 cm x 21 cm). 
(2) The sheets shall not contain frames round the usable or used surface. 
(3) The minimum margins shall be as follows: 
(a) top: 2.5 cm; 
(b) left side: 2.5 cm; 
(e) right side: 1.5 cm; and 
(d) bottom: 1.0 cm. 
(4) The margins, when submitted, must be completely blank. 
(5) Drawings shall be executed as follows: 
(a) without colouring in durable, black, sufficiently dense and dark, uniformly 
thick and well-defined lines and strokes to permit satisfactory reproduction; 
(b) cross-sections shall be indicated by oblique hatching which should not impede 
the clear reading of the reference signs and leading lines; 
(e) the scale of the drawings and the distinctiveness of their graphical execution 
shall be such that a photographic reproduction with a linear reduction in size 
to two-thirds would enable all details to be distinguished without difficulty. 
If, as an exception, the scale is given on a drawing, it shall be represented 
graphically; 
(d) all numbers, letters and reference lines, appearing on the drawings, shall be 
simple and clear and brackets, circles and inverted commas shall not be used 
in association with numbers and letters; 
(e) each element of each figure shall be in proper proportion to each of the other 
elements in the figure, except where the use of a different proportion is in­
dispensable for the clarity of the figure; 
(f) the height of the numbers and letters shall not be less than 0.32 cm and for the 
lettering of drawings, the Latin and, where customary, the Greek alphabets 
shall be used; IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(g) the same sheet of drawings may contain several figures; where figures drawn 
on 2 or more sheets are intended to form one whole figure, the figures on the 
several sheets shall be so arranged that the whole figure can be assembled 
without concealing any part of the partial figures; and the different figures 
shall be arranged without wasting space, clearly separated from one another 
and shall be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, independently of 
the numbering of the sheets; 
(h) reference signs not mentioned in the description or claims shall not appear in 
the drawings, and vice versa; and the same features, when denoted by 
reference signs, shall throughout the application, be denoted by the same 
signs; 
(i) the drawings shall not contain textual matter, except, when required for the 
understanding of the drawings, a single word or words such as "water", 
"steam", "open", "closed", "section on AA", and in the case of electric cir­
cuits and block schematic or flow sheet diagrams, a few short catchwords; 
and 
(j) the sheets of drawings shall be numbered in accordance with rule 23 (13) and 
(14). 
(6) Flow sheets and diagrams shall be considered drawings for the purposes of these 
Rules. 
Abstracts. 
22. -( I) The abstract shall commence with a title for the invention. 
(2) The abstract shall contain a concise summary of the disclosure as contained in the 
specification. 
(3) The summary shall indicate the technical field to which the invention belongs 
and be drafted in such a way which allows a clear understanding of the technical 
problem to which the invention relates, the gist of the solution of that problem through 
the invention, and the principal use or uses of the invention. 
(4) Where appropriate, the abstract shall also contain the chemical formula which, 
among those contained in the specification, best characterises the invention but shall 
not contain statements on the alleged merits or value of the invention or on its spec­
ulative application. 
(5) The abstract shall be as concise as the disclosure permits and shall normally not 
contain more than 150 words. 
(6) If the specification contains any drawings, the applicant shall indicate on the 
abstract the figure or, exceptionally, the figures of the drawings which he suggests 
should accompany the abstract when published. 
(7) The Registrar may decide to publish one or more other figures if he considers 
that they better characterise the invention. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(8) Each main feature mentioned in the abstract and illustrated by a drawing shall be 
followed by the reference sign used in that drawing. 
(9) The abstract shall be so drafted that it constitutes an efficient instrument for the 
purposes of searching in the particular technical field, in particular by making it pos­
sible to assess whether there is a need to consult the specification itself. 
Size and presentation of documents. 
23. -( 1) All documents (including drawings) making up an application for a patent 
or replacing such documents shall be in the English language. 
(2) The specification (including any drawing therein), abstract and any replacement 
sheet thereof shall be filed in triplicate. 
(3) All documents referred to in paragraph (1) shall be so presented as to permit 
direct reproduction by photography, electrostatic processes, photo offset and micro­
filming, in an unlimited number of copies. 
(4) All sheets must be free from cracks, creases and folds. 
(5) Only one side of the sheet shall be used, except in the case of a request for the 
grant of a patent. 
(6) All documents referred to in paragraph (1) shall be on A4 paper size (29.7 cm x 
21 cm) which shall be pliable, strong, white, smooth, matt and durable except in the 
case of a request for the grant of a patent which may be on A3 paper size (29.7 cm x 
42 cm). 
(7) Each sheet (other than drawings) shall be used with its short sides at the top and 
bottom (upright position). 
(8) The request for the grant of a patent, the description, claims, drawings and ab­
stract shall each commence on a new sheet. 
(9) The sheets shall be so connected that they can be easily turned when consulted, 
and easily separated and joined again if they have been separated. 
(10) The minimum margins of the sheets containing the description, the claims, and 
the abstract, shall be as follows: 
(a) top: 2.0 cm; 
(b) left side: 2.5 cm; 
(e) right side: 2.0 cm; and 
(d) bottom: 2.0 cm. 
(11) The margins of the documents making up the application, when filed, and of 
any replacement documents, must be completely blank. 
(12) In the application, except in the drawings-
(a) all sheets in the request shall, when filed, be numbered consecutively; and IP/N1l ISGP/P/2 
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(b) all other sheets shall, when filed, be numbered consecutively as a separate 
senes, 
and all such numbering shall be in Arabic numerals placed at the top of the sheet, in 
the middle, but not in the top marginat the top or bottom of the sheet, in the middle, 
but not in the top or bottom margin. 
(13) All sheets of drawings contained in the application shall be numbered consec­
utively as a separate series. 
(14) Such numbering shall be in Arabic numerals placed at the top of the sheet, in 
the middle, but not in the top marginat the top or bottom of the sheet, in the middle, 
but not in the top or bottom margin. 
(15) Every document (other than drawings) referred to in paragraph (1) shall be 
typed or printed in a dark, indelible colour in at least 1 line spacing and in characters 
of which the capital letters are not less than 0.21 cm high except that Patents Form 1 
may be completed in writing, and that graphic symbols and characters and chemical 
and mathematical formulae may be written or drawn, in a dark indelible colour. 
(16) The request for the grant of a patent, the description, claims and abstract shall 
not contain drawings. 
(17) The description, claims and abstract may contain chemical or mathematical 
formulae. 
(18) The description and the abstract may contain tables. 
(19) The claims may contain tables only if their subject-matter makes the use of 
tables desirable. 
(20) In all documents referred to in paragraph (1), units of weights and measures 
shall be expressed in terms of the metric system. 
(21) If a different system is used they shall also be expressed in terms of the metric 
system. 
(22) Temperatures shall be expressed in degrees Celsius. 
(23) For the other physical values, the units recognised in international practice shall 
be used, for mathematical formulae the symbols in general use, and for chemical 
formulae the symbols, atomic weights and molecular formulae in general use shall be 
employed. 
(24) In general, use should be made of technical terms, signs and symbols generally 
accepted in the field in question. 
(25) If a formula or symbol is used in the specification, a copy thereof, prepared in 
the same manner as drawings, shall be furnished if the Registrar so directs. 
(26) The terminology and the signs shall be consistent throughout the application. 
(27) All documents referred to in paragraph (1) shall be reasonably free from dele­
tions and other alterations, over-writings and interlineations and shall, in any event, be 
legible. IP/N/1/SGP/P12 
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(28) Non-compliance with this rule may be authorised by the Registrar if the au­
thenticity of the content is not in question and the requirements for good reproduction 
are not in jeopardy. 
Form of statements, counter-statements and evidence. 
24. Any statement, counter-statement or evidence filed shall, unless the Registrar 
otherwise directs, comply with the requirements of rule 23 (1), (6) and (7) and, except 
that both sides of the sheet may be used in the case of statutory declarations and 
affidavits, provided they comply with the requirements of rule 23 (3) and (4). 
Unity of invention. 
25. -(1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 25 (5) (d), where 2 or more 
inventions are claimed (whether in separate claims or as alternatives within a single 
claim), such inventions shall be treated as being so linked as to form a single inventive 
concept only when there is a technical relationship among those inventions involving 
one or more of the same or corresponding special technical features. 
(2) In this rule, "special technical features" means those technical features which 
define a contribution which each of the claimed inventions, considered as a whole, 
makes over the prior art. 
Date of filing application. 
26. -( I) Where a date of filing cannot be accorded under section 26 (3), the Reg­
istrar shall send a notification to the applicant specifying the requirements set out in 
section 26 (I) which have not been satisfied. 
(2) The applicant shall, within one month from the date of the Registrar's notification 
sent to him, correct the deficiencies. 
(3) Where any drawing has been filed later than the date which by virtue of section 
26 (1) is to be treated as the date of filing the application, the Registrar shall send a 
notification to the applicant informing him of the date which is to be treated as the 
date of filing the application. 
(4) The applicant shall, if he wishes the date on which the drawing is filed be treated 
as the date of filing the application, make a request as such within one month from the 
date of the Registrar's notification sent to him, and -
(a) if the applicant makes any such request, the date of filing the drawing shall be 
so treated; but 
(b) otherwise any reference to the drawing in the application shall be treated as 
omitted. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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Applications under section 26(6). 
27. -(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a new application for a patent, which 
includes a request that it shall be treated as having as its date of filing the date of filing 
of an earlier application, may be filed in accordance with section 26 (6) -
(a) in a case where the new application is filed after the earlier application has 
been amended under section 31 (1) so as to comply with the requirements of 
section 25 (5) (d), within 2 months from the date on which the earlier 
application was amended; and 
(b) in a case which does not fall within paragraph (a), at any time after the filing 
of the earlier application, 
and in any event, any new application shall be made before the earlier application 
has been refused, withdrawn or treated as having been abandoned and before all the 
conditions in section 30 (2) are satisfied. 
(2) Where possible, the description and drawings of the earlier application and the 
new application shall respectively relate only to the matter for which protection is 
sought by that application. 
(3) Where it is necessary for an application to describe the matter for which pro­
tection is sought by another application, it shall include a reference by number to that 
other application. 
Extension of period for filing new applications. 
28. -( I) Where a new application is filed under section 20 (3), 26 (6) or 47 (4) after 
the period of 16 months prescribed in either rule 9 or 18, then, subject to this rule-
(a) the requirements of those rules shall be complied with at the time of filing the 
new application; and 
(b) the requirements of paragraph 1 (2) (a) (ii) and (3) of the Fourth Schedule, in 
a case to which they apply, shall be complied with not later than the later of 
the time ascertained under the said paragraph 1 (3) of the Fourth Schedule 
and the time of filing the new application. 
(1) Where a new application is filed under section 20 (3), 26 (6) or 47 (4)-
(a) subject to this rule, the requirements of rule 9 (1) and (3) shall be complied 
with at the time of filing the new application; 
(b) after the period of 16 months prescribed in rules 9 (2) and 18, then, subject to 
this rule, the requirements of rules 9 (2) and 18 shall be complied with at the 
time of filing the new application; and 
(e) the requirements of paragraph 1 (2) (a) (ii) and (3) of the Fourth Schedule, in a 
case to which they apply, shall be complied with on or before the time 
ascertained under the said paragraph 1 (3) or the time of filing the new ap­
plication, whichever is the later. IP/NI1 ISGP/P/2 
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(2) Where a new application is filed under section 20 (3), 26 (6) or 47 (4), the re­
quirement of rule 9 (5)rule 9 (2A) and (5), if applicable, shall be met-
(a) within the period prescribed in that paragraph; 
(b) if the earlier application is an international application, within that period as 
modified for the earlier application by rule 86 (4); or 
(e) if the new application is filed after the period referred to in paragraph (a) or 
(b), at the time of filing. 
(2) Where a new application is filed under section 20 (3), 26 (6) or 47 (4), the re­
quirement of paragraph (2A) or (5) of rule 9, if applicable, shall be met-
(a) no later than the time prescribed in that paragraph; 
(b) if the earlier application is an international application, no later than that time 
as modified for the earlier application by rule 86(4); or 
(e) if the new application is filed after the time referred to in sub-paragraph (a) 
or (b), at the time of filing. 
(3) Where a new application is filed under section 26 (6) after -
(a) the period of 16 months prescribed in rule 9 (2) or 18 (1); or 
(b) the period of 21 months prescribed in rule 9 (5) as modified, in the case of an 
international application, by rule 86 (4), 
but within an extension of that period under rule 108 (3) or (4) in respect of the ear­
lier application, the requirements of rule 9 (2) and (3), rule 9 (5) or 18, as the case may 
be, shall be complied with before the end of the extended period. 
(3) Where a new application is filed under section 26 (6) after-
(a) the period of 16 months prescribed in rule 9 (2) or 18 (1); or 
(b) the period of 22 months prescribed in rule 9 (2A) and (5) as modified, in the 
case of an international application, by rule 86 (4), 
but within an extension of that period under rule 108 (3) or (4) in respect of the ear­
lier application, the requirements of rule 9 (2), (2A) and (3), and rule 9 (5) or 18, as 
the case may be, shall be complied with before the end of the extended period. 
(3) Where a new application is filed under section 26 (6) after -
(a) the period prescribed in rule 9 (2) or 18 (1); 
(b) the time prescribed in rule 9 (2A) and (5); or 
(e) the time prescribed in rule 9 (2A) and (5) as modified, in the case of an in­
ternational application, by rule 86 (4), 
but within an extension of that period or time under rule 108 (3) or (4) in respect of 
the earlier application, the requirements of rule 9 (2), (2A) and (3), and rule 9 (5) or 
18, as the case may be, shall be complied with before the end of the extended period 
or time. IP/N/l/SGP/P/2 
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Publication of applications. 
29. -(1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), an application for a patent shall be 
published for the purposes of section 27 as soon as possible after the expiration of 18 
months from the declared priority date or, where there is no declared priority date, the 
date of filing the application. 
(2) Where a new application is filed under section 20 (3), 26 (6) or 47 (4), as the case 
may be, the period prescribed for the purposes of section 27 shall be 18 months from 
the declared priority date for the earlier application or, where there is no declared 
priority date, the date of filing the earlier application. 
(3) A request for early publication of an application in accordance with section 27 
(1) shall be made on Patents Form 9. 
(4) No application for a patent may be published if­
(a) it ceases to be pending-
(i) earlier than 2 months preceding the expiration of the time period applicable 
under paragraph (1) or (2); or 
(ii) where the Registry completes the preparations for publication later than 2 
months before the expiration of the time period applicable under 
paragraph (1) or (2), before the completion of such preparations; or 
(b) none of the following conditions have been satisfied: 
(i) a report in respect of a request under section 29 (1) (a), (1) (b) or (5) ( b) has 
been issued; 
(ii) the search report referred to in section 29 (5) (a) has been filed; or 
(iii) the prescribed information referred to in section 29 (4) has been filed. 
Completion of preparations for publication. 
30. The Registrar may determine when the preparations for publication of an ap­
plication for a patent are to be treated as having been completed. 
PROCEDURE FOR GRANT 
Address for service. 
31. Every person concerned in any proceedings to which these Rules relate and every 
proprietor of a patent shall furnish to the Registrar an address for service in Singapore 
and that address may be treated for all purposes connected with such proceedings or 
patent as the address of the person concerned in the proceedings or the proprietor of 
the patent. 
Period for commencement of formalities examination. 
32. Subject to rule 86 (8), the period prescribed for the purposes of section 28 (1) 
shall be the period which expires on the date the application is accorded the date of IPINIl/SGPIP12 
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filing or the date of payment of the filing fee in accordance with rule 19 (2), which­
ever is later. 
Formal requirements. 
33. -(1) In examining for the purposes of section 28 (1) ("formalities examina­
tion")For the purposes of sections 28 (1) ("formalities examination") and 30 (2) (a), 
the following shall be formal requirements for the purposes of the Act: 
(a) the requirements of rule 19 (1) and (4); 
(b) the requirements laid down in rules 21 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) (other than 
those contained in paragraph (5) (h)), 22 and 23 (other than those contained 
in paragraphs (19), (20) and (26)); 
(e) the requirements of rule 31; and 
(d) the filing of an abstract referred to in section 25 (3) (e). 
(2) Where the application is an international application for a patent (Singapore) 
which, by virtue of section 85, is to be treated as an application for a patent under the 
Act, the requirements of rules 19 (1), 21, 22 and 23 shall be treated as having been 
complied with to the extent that the requirements of the corresponding provisions of 
the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty, have been fulfilled. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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Procedure where earlier application is made. 
34. Where the formalities examination under section 28 reveals that an earlier rel­
evant application declared for the purposes of section 17 has been stated in the ap­
plication in suit to have a date of filing more than 12 months before the date of filing 
of the application in suit, the Registrar shall notify the applicant that the earlier rel­
evant application will be disregarded unless, within one month from the date of the 
Registrar's notification, he supplies the Registrar with a corrected date, being one 
which falls within those 12 months. 
Copies of documents referred to in formalities report. 
35. The Registrar may, if he thinks fit, send to the applicant a copy of any document 
(or any part thereof) referred to in the formalities examination report under section 28. 
Request for search report. 
36. A request for a search report under section 29 (1) (a) shall be made on Patents 
Form 10. 
Request for search and examination report. 
37. A request for a search and examination report under section 29 (1) (b) or (5) (b) 
shall be made on Patents Form 11. 
Period for filing search report request or furnishing details. 
38. -(1) The period prescribed for the purposes of section 29 (1) (a) or (c) shall be 
(a) if the application contains no declared priority date, 16 months from the date 
of filing; or 
(b) if the application does contain a declared priority date, 16 months from the 
declared priority date. 
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where a new application is filed under section 20 
(3), 26 (6) or 47 (4), as the case may be, the period prescribed for the purposes of 
section 29 (1) (a) or ( c) shall be 16 months from the actual date of filing of the new 
application. 
Details of foreign applications. 
39. The details prescribed for the purposes of section 29 (1) (c) in respect of each 
corresponding international application (not designating Singapore) and each other 
corresponding application shall be -
(a) the serial or application number allocated to the application on filing; 
(b) in the case of a corresponding application, the name of the patent office in 
which each corresponding application was filed and; 
(c) the filing date of the application; and. IP/NI1 ISGP/P12 
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(d) the symbol or symbols of the International Patent Classification which have 
been, or which should be in the opinion of the applicant, allocated to it. 
Minimum documentation for search. 
40. -( I) The documentation prescribed for the purposes of section 29 ("minimum 
documentation") shall consist of-
(a) the patents issued by or registered in Singapore; 
(b) the patent applications published in Singapore; 
(c) the "national patent documents" as specified in paragraph (2); and 
(d) the published international (Patent Co-operation Treaty) applications. 
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the "national patent documents" shall be the 
following: 
(a) the patents issued by Australia, France, the former Reichspatentamt of Ger­
many, Japan, Switzerland (in French and German languages only), the 
United Kingdom and the United States of America; 
(b) the patents issued by the Federal Republic of Germany; and 
(c) the patent applications, if any, published in the countries referred to in para­
graphs (a) and (b). 
(3) The patent documents of Japan, for which no abstracts in the English language 
are generally available, need not form part of the "minimum documentation". 
(4) Only those patents issued and those patent applications published, after a date not 
more than 50 years before the declared priority date or, where there is no declared 
priority date, the date of filing of the application being subjected to a search, need 
form part of the "minimum documentation". 
Prescribed patent offices. 
41. The patent offices prescribed for the purposes of sections 29 (1) (c) and (9) and 
79 (1) shall be those of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the 
United States of America, and the European Patent Office (in respect of applications 
for a European patent filed in the English language). 
Request for examination. 
42. -(1) A request for an examination report under section 29 (3), (5) (a) or (8) 
shall be made on Patents Form 12. 
(2) A request for an examination report under section 29 (5) (a) or (8) shall not be 
treated as having been made unless the form required under paragraph (1) is accom­
panied by-
(a) a copy of the search report referred to in section 29 (5) (a) or a copy of the 
international search report referred to in section 29 (8); and IP/N/l/SGP/P/2 
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(b) a copy of the search report and each of the documents referred to in that 
search report and, where any such report or document is not in the English 
language, a translation thereof into English verified to the satisfaction of the 
Registrar as corresponding to the original text unless such translation has 
already been furnished in accordance with rule 112. 
(2) A request for an examination report under section 29 (3) (in the case of an ap­
plication under section 116 (6)), 29 (5) (a) or 29 (8) shall not be treated as having 
been made unless the form required under paragraph (1) is accompanied by-
(a) a copy of the search report referred to in section 29 (3) (in the case of an ap­
plication under section 116 (6)) or 29 (5) (a) or a copy of the international 
search report referred to in section 29 (8) together with each of the docu­
ments referred to in that search report or international search report; and 
(b) a list of references to the patent family members as corresponding to each of 
the non-English documents cited in the search report or international search 
report mentioned in paragraph (a). 
(3) The Registrar may require an applicant to furnish a translation into English, 
verified to the satisfaction of the Registrar as corresponding to the original text, of part 
or the whole of any document referred to in that search report or international search 
report within such period as the Registrar may specify. 
(4) Where an applicant does not comply with all the requirements of the Registrar 
within the period specified under paragraph (3), the request for an examination report 
shall be treated as having been abandoned. 
Period prescribed under section 29. 
43. -( 1) The period prescribed for filing -
(a) a request for an examination report under section 29 (3) or (8); 
(b) a request for a search and examination report under section 29 (1) (b) or (5) 
(b); 
(c) prescribed information relating to a corresponding international or other cor­
responding application in accordance with section 29 (4); or 
(d) a copy of a search report together with a request for an examination report in 
accordance with section 29 (5) (a), 
shall be 22 months28 months -
(i) from the declared priority date; or 
(ii) from the date of filing the application where there is no declared priority date. 
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where a new application is filed under section 20 (3), 26 
(6) or 47 (4), as the case may be, the period prescribed for the purposes specified in 
paragraph (I) shall be 22 months28 months from the actual date of filing of the new 
application. IPINIlISGPIP12 
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(3) Where a copy of the search report has been sent to the applicant in accordance 
with section 29 (3) -
(a) less than one month before the expiry of the period prescribed in paragraph (1) 
or (2), the period prescribed for filing a request for an examination report 
under section 29 (3) shall be 23 months29 months from the declared priority 
date or the date of filing the application where there is no declared priority 
date; or 
(b) after the expiry of the period prescribed in paragraph (1) or (2), the period 
prescribed for filing a request for an examination report under section 29 (3) 
shall be for a further period of one month from the date the Registrar sends 
the search report. 
Information for purposes of section 29 (4). 
44. The information prescribed for the purposes of section 29 (4) shall be that which 
is sufficient to indicate the result of an application filed before anyone of the 
prescribed patent offices, and shall be either in the form of-
(a) a certified copy of the patent granted by the patent office in question; or 
(b) other documents, to the satisfaction of the Registrar, setting out the final re­
sults of the search and examination as to substance. 
Information for purposes of section 29 (4) 
44. The information prescribed for the purposes of section 29 (4) shall be -
(a) that which is sufficient to indicate the result of an application filed before any 
one of the prescribed patent officesany one of the corresponding international 
applications or other corresponding applications referred to in section 29 (1) 
(c), and shall be in the form of-
(i) a certified copy of the patent granted by the patent office in question; or 
(ii) other documents, to the satisfaction of the Registrar, setting out the final 
results of the search and examination as to substance; and 
(b) any symbol of the International Patent Classification which has been or which 
in the opinion of the applicant should be allocated to the application. 
Search procedure where two inventions claimed. 
45. -(1) If during the preparation of a report under either paragraph (a) or (b) of 
section 29 (1), or section 29 (5) (b) it appears that an application relates to two or 
more inventions, but they are not so linked as to form a single inventive concept, the 
search may be restricted to one in relation to the first invention specified in the claims 
of the application, and the Registrar shall notify the applicant ofthat fact. 
(2) If the applicant desires a search to be conducted in relation to a second or sub­
sequent invention specified in the claims, he shall, within one month2 months from 
the date of the Registrar's notification referred to in paragraph (1), request on Patents IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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Form 10 a supplementary search report and pay the prescribed search fee for each 
invention in respect of which the search is to be made. 
(3) If a new application for a patent for a second or subsequent invention is filed 
under section 26 (6), the applicant may, in lieu of complying with section 29 (1) (a), 
notify the Registrar in writing that he intends to rely on the supplementary search 
report for this second or subsequent invention. 
Written opinion of Examiner, etc. 
46. -(1) If during an examination under section 29 (3), (6), (7) or (8), the Examiner 
is of the opinion that-
(a) the description, claims, or drawings are so unclear, or the claims are so in­
adequately supported by the description that no meaningful opinion can be 
formed on the novelty, inventive step of the claimed invention, or on whether 
the claimed invention is capable of industrial application; 
(b) the invention defined in any claim does not appear novel, does not appear to 
involve an inventive step or does not appear to be capable of industrial ap­
plication; 
(c) the application does not comply with the requirements of sections 13 (3), 25 
(4) and (5); 
(d) any amendment has resulted in the application disclosing any matter extend­
ing beyond that disclosed in the application as filed; or 
(e) a claim relates to an invention in respect of which no search has been com­
pleted, and he has decided not to carry out the examination in respect of that 
claim, 
the Examiner shall notify the Registrar in writing of that opinion and shall state fully 
the reasons for his opinion. 
(2) The Registrar shall, on receipt of the written opinion, forward the opinion as soon 
as possible to the applicant together with an invitation to the applicant to file a 
response thereto. 
(3) The applicant may respond to the written opinion by submitting to the Registrar 
(a) written arguments disagreeing with the Examiner's opinion; or 
(b) an amendment of the specification of the application, 
and where the applicant wishes to file written arguments and an amendment to the 
specification of the application, he shall submit both at the same time. 
(4) Any response by the applicant to a first written opinion -
(a) in respect of a search and examination report under section 29 (6), shall be 
made within 4 months from the date of the Registrar's letter enclosing the 
written opinion; or IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(b) in respect of an examination report under section 29 (3), (7) or (8), shall be 
made within 3 months from the date of the Registrar's letter enclosing the 
written opinion. 
(4) Any response by the applicant to a first written opinion in respect of­
(a) a search and examination report under section 29 (6); or 
(b) an examination report under section 29 (3), (7) or (8), 
shall be made within 5 months from the date of the Registrar's letter enclosing the 
written opinion. 
(5) Where the applicant has filed an amendment or argument under paragraph (3), 
the Examiner may, in his discretion, issue a further written opinion to the Registrar 
stating fully the reasons for the opinion and paragraphs (2) and (3) shall accordingly 
apply; and any response by the applicant shall be made within 3 months5 months from 
the date of the Registrar's letter enclosing the further written opinion. 
(6) In deciding whether to issue any further written opinion, the Examiner may also 
take into consideration whether sufficient time remains for the applicant to respond to 
his written opinion and for him to draw up the examination report or the search and 
examination report. 
(7) A further opinion or report issued by the Examiner need not take into account 
any amendment or argument filed by the applicant after he has commenced drawing 
up his opinion or report. 
(8) Subject to paragraphs (9) and (10), the Examiner shall send the search and ex­
amination report or the examination report to the Registrar before the expiry of 39 
months51 months from -
(a) the declared priority date; or 
(b) the date of filing of the application where there is no declared priority date. 
(9) Where the applicant does not file a response within the period specified in para­
graph (4) or (5), the Examiner shall send the search and examination report or the 
examination report to the Registrar at the expiration of that period. 
(10) Where a new application is filed under section 20 (3), 26 (6) or 47 (7), the Ex­
aminer shall send the search and examination report or the examination report to the 
Registrar before the expiry of 39 months51 months from the actual date of filing the 
new application. 
Putting application in order. 
47. -(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the period prescribed for the purposes of section 
30 (1) shall be 42 months54 months from-
(a) the declared priority date; or 
(b) the date of filing of the application where there is no declared priority date. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(2) Where a new application is filed under section 20 (3), 26 (6) or 47 (4), as the case 
may be, the period prescribed in paragraph (1) shall be 42 months54 months from the 
actual date of filing of the new application. 
(3) Payment of the prescribed fee for the grant of a patent must be accompanied by 
Patents Form 14 duly completed and filed by the applicant. 
Application for amendment before grant. 
48. Subject to rule 56 (3), an application for amendment of­
(a) the request for the grant of a patent; 
(b) the description, the claims and drawings, 
(b) the description, claims, drawings and abstract, 
shall be made on Patents Form 13 and shall be accompanied by a document with the 
proposed amendment clearly indicated in indelible red marking. 
Time for making amendments before grant. 
49. -(1) The applicant may, of his own volition, amend the request for the grant of 
a patent at any time before payment of the fee for the grant of the patent. 
(2) The applicant may, unless the Registrar otherwise requires, of his own volition, 
amend the description, claims and drawings and any such application for amendment 
shall be made -
(a) after receipt of the search report referred to in section 29 (1) (a) but before the 
filing of the request for an examination report; 
(b) in the case where prescribed information has been filed in accordance with 
section 29 (4), at any time before the payment of the fee for the grant of the 
patent; 
(e) in the case of an international application for a patent (Singapore), at any time 
before the filing of a request for a report under section 29 (8). 
(2) The applicant may, unless the Registrar otherwise requires, of his own volition, 
amend the description, claims, drawings and abstract at any time before payment of 
the fee for the grant of a patent, except that any such application for amendment shall 
not be made-
(a) after filing of the request for a search report referred to in section 29 (1) (a) 
and before receipt of that report by the applicant; 
(b) after filing of the request for a search and examination report referred to in 
section 29 (1) (b).or (5) (b) and before receipt of that report by the applicant; 
or 
(e) after filing of the request for an examination report referred to in section 29 
(3), (5) (a) or (8) and before receipt of that report by the applicant. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the applicant may, of his own volition and with 
the consent of the Registrar, make a further amendment to the description, claims or 
drawings before the payment of fee for the grant of the patent by filing Patents Form 
13 accompanied by a document clearly identifying the proposed amendment. 
(4) An application may not be amended by the applicant of his own volition except 
as provided in paragraphs (1) to (3). 
Certificate of grant. 
50. The certificate for the purposes of section 35 (2) shall be in the form set out in 
the Fifth Schedule. 
PATENTS AFTER GRANT 
Renewal of patents. 
51. -(1) If it is desired to keep a patent in force for a further year after the expira­
tion of the fourth or any succeeding year from the date of filing an application for that 
patent as determined in accordance with section 26, 116 (4) or (6), Patents Form 15, in 
respect of the next succeeding year, accompanied by the prescribed renewal fee for 
that year, shall be filed in the 3 months ending with the fourth or, as the case may be, 
succeeding anniversary of the date of filing subject to the following provisions: 
(a) where a patent is granted under section 30 after 45 months from the date of 
filing has expired, Patents Form 15 and any renewal fees which have become 
due, (including any fees due in respect of preceding years) may be filed up to 
the end of the period which expires 3 months from the date on which the 
patent is granted; and 
(b) in the case of a patent in force by virtue of section 116 (3), the proprietor of 
the patent shall-
(i) at the time of paying the prescribed fee for the renewal of such patent for the 
first time under this Act, furnish a statutory declaration that the patent 
remains in force in the United Kingdom and evidence in support of that 
statement; and 
(ii) at the time of paying the prescribed fee for every subsequent renewal, fur­
nish a statutory declaration stating that the patent has not been revoked 
in the United Kingdom. 
(2) On receipt of the prescribed renewal fee accompanied by Patents Form 15 duly 
completed, the Registrar shall issue a certificate of payment on the appropriate portion 
of that F ormnotification confirming renewal of the patent. 
(3) If the Registrar is not satisfied that a patent to which section 116 (3) applies is in 
force in the United Kingdom, he shall refuse to renew the patent. 
(4) Where the period for payment of a renewal fee pursuant to paragraph (1) has 
expired, the Registrar shall, not later than one month from the last date for payment 
under that paragraph and if the fee still remains unpaid, send to the proprietor of the IPINI1/SGP/P/2 
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patent a notice reminding him that payment is overdue and of the consequences of 
non-payment. 
(5) In the case of a patent which was in force by virtue of section 116 (3) and which 
has never been renewed pursuant to paragraph (1), the Registrar is not required to 
send a notice reminding the proprietor that payment is overdue. 
(5) Where a patent to which section 116 (3) applies has never been renewed under 
paragraph (1), the application of section 36 (4) in relation to the patent is modified to 
the extent that the Registrar is not required to send a notice reminding the proprietor 
of the patent that the payment is overdue. 
(6) The Registrar shall send a notice under paragraph (4) to-
(a) the address in Singapore specified by the proprietor on payment of the last 
renewal fee; or 
(b) where another address in Singapore has been notified to him for that purpose 
by the proprietor since the last renewal, that address, 
and, in any other case, the address for service entered in the register. 
(7) Payment of the additional fee referred to in section 36 (3) shall be made on Pat­
ents Form 16 and shall be accompanied by the additional fee prescribed for late pay­
ment, and shall also be accompanied by Patents Form 15 together with the 
corresponding renewal fee. 
(8) Where an entry has been made in the register under section 53 (2) in respect of a 
patent that licences under the patent are to be available as of right, Patents Form 53 
shall be filed in relation to the renewal of the patent under this rule instead of Patents 
Form 15. 
Amendment of specification after grant. 
52. -( 1) An application to the Registrar for leave to amend the specification of a 
patent shall be made on Patents Form 17 and shall be advertised by publication of the 
application and the nature of reasons for the proposed amendment in the journal and in 
such other manner, if any, as the Registrar may direct. 
(2) Any person wishing to oppose the application to amend shall, within 2 months 
from the date of the advertisement in the journal, file notice to the Registrar on Patents 
Form 18. 
(3) Such notice shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and be supported by a state­
ment in duplicate setting out fully the facts upon which the opponent relies and the 
relief which he seeks. The Registrar shall send a copy of the notice and of the state­
ment to the applicant. 
(4) Within 2 months from the date of the Registrar's letter forwarding such copies to 
him, the applicant shall, if he wishes to continue with the application, file a counter­
statement on Patents Form 3 in duplicate setting out fully the grounds upon which the 
opposition is resisted; and the Registrar shall send a copy of the counter-statement to 
the opponent. IP/N/1/SGP/P!2 
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(5) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. 
(6) An application under this rule shall be accompanied by a copy of the specifica­
tion as granted on which the proposed amendment is clearly indicated in indelible red 
marking. 
(7) Where notice of opposition has been filed, the Registrar, in determining whether 
leave to amend should be granted, may cause the patent as proposed to be amended to 
be examined by an examiner to determine whether the amendment is allowable under 
section 84 (3), in which case the application for leave to amend together with the 
notice of opposition, the accompanying statement and any counter-statement, shall be 
taken into consideration by the examiner during his examination. 
(8) Where leave to amend a specification is given, the applicant shall, if the Registrar 
so requires, and within a time to be fixed by him, file a new specification as amended, 
which shall be prepared in accordance with rules 19, 21 and 23. 
(9) Where no notice of opposition is received by the Registrar under paragraph (2) or 
where such notice fails to comply with paragraph (3) and the Registrar is satisfied 
with the reasons for making the proposed amendments, he may give leave to the ap­
plicant to amend the specification of the patent. 
Restoration of lapsed patent. 
53. -( 1) An application under section 39 for the restoration of a patent -
(a) may be made at any time within the 12 months30 months from the day on 
which it ceased to have effect; and 
(b) shall be made on Patents Form 19 supported by evidence of the statements 
made in it, 
and the Registrar shall publish in the journal notice of the making of the application. 
(lA) Where the application is for the restoration of a patent to which section 116 (3) 
applies, the evidence referred to in paragraph (1) (b) shall include-
(a) that which establishes that the patent remained in force in the United Kingdom 
at the time the first renewal was due if the patent had never been renewed 
under the Act; and 
(b) a statutory declaration stating that the patent has not been revoked in the 
United Kingdom. 
(2) If, upon consideration of the evidence, the Registrar is not satisfied that a case for 
an order under section 39 has been made out, he shall notify the applicant accordingly 
and, unless within one month from the date of the Registrar's notification the applicant 
requests to be heard in the matter, the Registrar shall refuse the application. 
(3) If the applicant requests a hearing within the time allowed, the Registrar shall, 
after giving the applicant an opportunity of being heard, determine whether the ap­
plication shall be allowed or refused. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(4) If the Registrar decides to allow the application, he shall notify the applicant 
accordingly and require him, within 2 months from the date of the Registrar's noti­
fication to him, to file Patents Form 20 accompanied by the prescribed additional fee, 
together with Patents Form 15, duly completed, and the amount of any unpaid renewal 
fee, upon receipt of which the Registrar shall order the restoration of the patent and 
publish the fact in the journal. 
(5) Paragraph (1) (a) as amended by the Patents (Amendment) Rules 1997 shall also 
apply to any patent to which section 116 (3) applies which had ceased to have effect 
before 1 st April 1997. 
Modified application of section 39 to patent to which section 116 (3) applies 
53A. Where a patent to which section 116 (3) applies has never been renewed under 
rule 51 (1), the application of section 39 (4) in relation to the patent is modified to the 
extent that the Registrar may, apart from the ground stated in section 39 (4), by order 
restore the patent if the Registrar is satisfied that the failure to pay any renewal fee 
was unintentional and the proprietor of the patent has good cause for failing to renew 
the patent within the period prescribed. 
Surrender of patents. 
54. -(1) A notice of an offer under section 40 by a proprietor of a patent to sur­
render his patent shall be given on Patents Form 21 and shall be advertised by the 
Registrar in the journal. 
(2) At any time within 2 months from the date of the advertisement, any person may 
give notice of opposition to the surrender to the Registrar on Patents Form 22. 
(3) Such notice shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and be supported by a state­
ment in duplicate setting out fully the facts upon which the opponent relies and the 
relief which he seeks. The Registrar shall send a copy of the notice and of the state­
ment to the proprietor of the patent. 
(4) Within 2 months from the date of the Registrar's letter forwarding the copies of 
the notice and statement, the proprietor of the patent shall, if he wishes to continue 
with the surrender, file a counter-statement on Patents Form 3 in duplicate setting out 
fully the grounds upon which the opposition is resisted; and the Registrar shall send a 
copy of the counter-statement to the opponent. 
(5) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure . 
. REGISTER AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS 
Entries in register. 
55. -(1) No entry shall be made in the register in respect of any application for a 
patent before the application has been published in accordance with section 27. 
(2) Upon such pUblication, the Registrar shall cause to be entered in the register -(a) the name and address of the applicant or applicants; IP/N/1/SGPIPI2 
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(b) the name and address of the person or persons stated by the applicant or ap-
plicants to be believed to be the inventor or inventors; 
(e) the title of the invention; 
(d) the date of filing and the file number of the application for the patent; 
(e) the date of filing and the file number of any application declared for the pur­
poses of section 17 (2) and the country in or for which the application was 
made; 
(f) the date on which the application was published; 
(g) the address for service of the applicant or applicants; and 
(h) the symbol or symbols of the International Patent Classification allocated to 
the application. 
(3) The Registrar shall also cause to be entered in the register-
(a) the date that the reports or information, as the case may be, referred to in 
section 30 (2) were received by the Registrar; 
(b) the date on which the application is withdrawn, treated as having been aban­
doned, treated as having been withdrawn, refused or treated as having been 
refused; 
(e) the date on which the patent is granted; 
(d) the name and address of the person or persons to whom the patent is granted if 
different to the entries made in accordance with paragraph (2) (a); 
(e) the address for service, if different to the entry made in accordance with 
paragraph (2) (g); 
(f) notice of any transaction, instrument or event referred to in section 43 (3); 
(g) the date of renewal of the patent, if any; 
(h) the cessation of the patent, if any; 
(i) the restoration of the patent, if any; 
(j) particulars of any decision to revoke the patent; and 
(k) particulars of any court order in relation to the patent. 
(4) The Registrar may at any time enter in the register such other particulars as he 
may think fit. IP/N/lISGP/P/2 
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Alteration of name and address. 
56. -( 1) A request by any person, upon the alteration of his name, for that alteration 
to be entered in the register or on any application or other document filed at the 
Registry shall be made on Patents Form 23. 
(2) Before acting on a request to alter a name, the Registrar may require such proof 
of the alteration as he thinks fit. 
(3) A request by any person for the alteration or correction of his address or address 
for service entered in the register or on any application or other document filed at the 
Registry shall be made on Patents Form 23. 
(4) lfthe Registrar is satisfied that a request to alter a name or to alter or correct an 
address or address for service may be allowed, he shall cause the register, application 
or other document to be altered accordingly. 
Application for registration of transactions, instruments, etc. 
57. -(1) An application to register, or to give notice to the Registrar of, any trans­
action, instrument or event to which section 43 applies shall be made on Patents Form 
24. 
(2) Unless the Registrar otherwise directs, an application under paragraph (1) shall 
be accompanied by -
(a) a certified copy of any document which establishes the transaction, instrument 
or event; or 
(b) a certified copy of such extracts from such document as suffice to establish the 
transaction, instrument or event. 
(2) An application under paragraph (1) shall-
(a) where the transaction, instrument or event is an assignment, include an au­
thorisation signed by or on behalf of the parties to the assignment; and 
(b) where the transaction, instrument or event falls within section 43 (3) (b), (c) or 
(d), include an authorisation signed by or on behalf of the person making the 
grant or giving assent in respect of that transaction, instrument or event. 
(3) Where an application does not include the authorisation referred to in paragraph 
(2) (a) or (b), the application shall, unless the Registrar directs, be accompanied by-
(a) a certified copy of any document which establishes the transaction, instrument 
or event; or 
(b) a certified copy of such extracts from such document as suffice to establish the 
transaction, instrument or event. 
(4) The Registrar may require such other information to be furnished for an appli­
cation under paragraph (1) as he thinks necessary. Request for correction of errors. IP/NI1 ISGP/P/2 
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58. -(1) Without prejudice to rule 56 (3), a request for the correction of each error 
in the register or in any document filed at the Registry in connection with registration 
shall be made on Patents Form 23; and the correction shall be clearly identified on a 
document annexed to the form or, if not, on the form itself. 
(2) Where a request is sought to correct the same error in both the register and any 
document filed at the Registry in connection with the registration, the request may be 
made on a single form. 
(3) The Registrar may call for such written explanation of the reasons for the request 
or evidence in support of it as he may require in order to satisfy himself that there is 
an error and, upon being so satisfied, shall make such correction as may be agreed 
between the proprietor of the patent or applicant and the Registrar. 
(4) This rule is without prejudice to the power of the Registrar to correct any entry in 
the register which is attributable wholly or in part to an error, default or omission on 
the part of the Registry. 
Request as to payment of renewal fee. 
59. A request for information about the date of payment of any renewal fee shall be 
made on Patents Form 25 and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee. 
Inspection of register. 
60. -( 1) The register or entries or reproductions of entries in it shall be made 
available for inspection at the Registry by the public on payment of the prescribed fee, 
during the hours of business as specified in rule 98. 
(2) A request to be allowed to inspect the register shall be made on Patents Form 25. 
Advertisement of matters contained in register. 
61. The Registrar may arrange for the publication and advertisement of such things 
done under the Act or these Rules in relation to the register as he may think fit. 
Entries in respect of right to a patent. 
62. On the reference to the Registrar of a question under section 20 (1) or 47 (1), he 
shall, subject to rule 55 (1), cause an entry to be made in the register of the fact and of 
such other information relating to the reference as he may think fit. 
Certificates and copies supplied by Registrar. 
63. -(1) Upon request made on Patents Form 26 and payment of the appropriate 
fee, but subject to paragraph (3), the Registrar shall supply-
(aJ a certified copy or certified extract falling within section 45; IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(b) a copy of an entry in or an extract from the register or a copy of or an extract 
from anything referred to in section 45, certified by the impression of a rub­
ber stamp; and 
(e) a certificate for the purposes of section 45. 
(2) Upon request made on Patents Form 25 and payment of the prescribed fee, but 
subject to paragraph (3), the Registrar shall supply an uncertified copy of an entry in 
or an uncertified extract from the register or an uncertified copy of or an uncertified 
extract from anything referred to in section 45. 
(3) The restrictions on making documents available for inspection contained in rule 
93 (4) shall apply equally to the supply by the Registrar under this rule of copies of or 
extracts from such documents or requests as are referred to in rule 93 (4); and nothing 
in this rule shall be construed as imposing upon the Registrar the duty of supplying 
copies of or extracts from any document or file of a description referred to in rule 93 
(5). 
Orders or directions by court. 
64. -(1) Where any order or direction has been made or given by the court -
(a) transferring a patent or application or any right in or under it to any person; 
(b) that an application should proceed in the name of any person; 
(e) allowing the proprietor of a patent to amend the specification; or 
(d) revoking a patent, 
the person in whose favour the order is made or the direction is given -
(i) shall file Patents Form 27 accompanied by a copy of the order or direction; and 
(ii) if the Registrar so requires and before a time limit fixed by him, shall file a 
specification as amended (prepared in accordance with rules 19,21 and 23). 
(2) Upon a filing under paragraph (1), the specification shall be amended or the 
register rectified or altered, as the case may require. 
ENTITLEMENT TO PATENT 
Reference to Registrar of right to patent. 
65. -(1) A reference under section 47 (1) shall be made on Patents Form 2 and shall 
be accompanied by a copy thereof and a statement in duplicate setting out fully the 
nature of the question, the facts upon which the person making the reference relies and 
the order which he is seeking. 
(2) The Registrar shall send a copy of the reference and statement to every person 
who is not a party to the reference being -
(a) a person who is shown on the register as having any right in or under the 
patent; IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(b) a person who has given notice to the Registrar of a relevant transaction, in­
strument or event; or 
(c) a person who is alleged in the reference to be entitled to a right in or under the 
patent. 
(3) If any person who is sent a copy of the reference and statement under paragraph 
(2) wishes to oppose the making of the order sought ("the opponent"), he shall, within 
2 months from the date of the Registrar's letter forwarding such copies to him, file in 
duplicate a counter-statement on Patents Form 3 setting out fully the grounds of his 
opposition and the Registrar shall send a copy of the counter-statement to the person 
making the reference and to those recipients of the copy of the reference and statement 
who are not party to the counter-statement. 
(4) The person making the reference or any such recipient may, within 2 months 
from the date of the Registrar's letter forwarding the copy of the counter-statement, 
file evidence in support of his case and shall send a copy of the evidence-
(a) in any case, to the opponent; and 
(b) in the case of evidence filed by such a recipient, to the person making the 
reference. 
(5) Within 2 months from the date of receipt of the copy of such evidence or, if no 
such evidence is filed, within 2 months from the expiration of the time within which 
the copy of such evidence could have been filed, the opponent may file evidence in 
support of his case and shall send a copy of that evidence to the person making the 
reference and to those recipients; and within 2 months from the date of receipt of the 
copy of the opponent's evidence, that person or any of those recipients may file fur­
ther evidence confined to matters strictly in reply and shall send a copy of it to the 
persons mentioned in paragraph (4) (a) and (b). 
(6) No further evidence shall be filed by any party except by leave or direction of the 
Registrar. 
(7) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. 
Application for authorisation to carry out directions. 
66. -(1) An application under section 47 (3) for authority to do anything on behalf 
of a person to whom directions have been given under section 47 (2) (d) shall be made 
on Patents Form 4 and shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and a statement in 
duplicate setting out fully the facts upon which the applicant relies and the nature of 
the authorisation sought. 
(2) The Registrar shall send a copy of the application and statement to the person 
alleged to have failed to comply with the directions. 
(3) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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Time limits for making new application. 
67. Where the Registrar orders that a new application may be made under section 47 
(4), it shall be made within 3 months from the day on which the time for appealing 
from that order expires without an appeal being brought or, where an appeal is 
brought, from the day on which it is finally disposed of. 
Request for licence to continue working new patent. 
68. -( 1) Where an order is made under section 47 that a patent shall be transferred 
to one or more persons none of whom was an old proprietor of it or that a person other 
than an old proprietor may make a new application for a patent, a request under 
section 48 (3) for the grant of a licence to continue working or, as the case may be, to 
work the invention shall be made within 2 months from the date of notification by the 
Registrar of the making of the order. 
(2) Where such an order is made, the Registrar shall notify the old proprietor or 
proprietors, and their licensees of whom he is aware, of the making of the order. 
Reference as to entitlement to grant of licence. 
69. -(1) Where a question is referred to the Registrar under section 48 (5) as to 
whether any person is entitled to be granted a licence or whether the period or terms of 
a licence are reasonable, the reference shall be made on Patents Form 6 and shall be 
accompanied by a copy thereof and a statement in duplicate setting out fully the facts 
upon which the person making the reference relies and the terms of the licence which 
he is prepared to accept or grant. 
(2) The Registrar shall send a copy of the reference and statement to the new pro­
prietor or proprietors and every person claiming to be entitled to be granted a licence, 
in either case not being the person who makes the reference, and if any recipient does 
not agree to grant or accept a licence for such period and upon such terms, he shall, 
within 2 months from the date of the Registrar's letter forwarding such copies to him, 
file a counter-statement on Patents Form 3 in duplicate setting out fully the grounds of 
his objection and the Registrar shall send a copy of the counter-statement to the person 
making the reference. 
(3) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. 
LICENCES OF RIGHT 
Entry in register of licence of right. 
70. -(1) An application under section 53 (1) shall be made on Patents Form 28. 
(2) Every entry made in the register consequent upon such an application shall be 
published in the journal and in such other manner (if any) as the Registrar thinks nec­
essary. Settlement of terms of licence of right. IPINIlISGPIP12 
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71. -(1) An application under section 53 (3) (a) or (b) shall be made on Patents 
Form 29 which shall be filed in duplicate together with -
(a) in the case of an application by the proprietor of the patent, 2 copies of a draft 
of the licence he proposes and of a statement of the facts he relies on; and 
(b) in the case of an application by any other person, 2 copies of a draft of the 
licence he seeks. 
(2) The Registrar shall-
(a) in the case of an application by the proprietor, send a copy of Patents Form 29 
and a copy of the documents filed under paragraph (1) (a) to the person to 
whom the proprietor proposes to grant the licence; and 
(b) in the case of an application by any other person, send a copy of Patents Form 
29 and a copy of the documents filed under paragraph (1) (b) to the 
proprietor. 
(3) Within 2 months from the date when the documents are sent to him under para­
graph (2)-
(a) in the case of an application by the proprietor, the person referred to in para­
graph (2) (a) may file a counter-statement on Patents Form 3 setting out fully 
the grounds of his objection; and 
(b) in the case of an application by any other person, the proprietor may file a 
statement setting out fully the grounds of his objection, 
and, if he does so, at the same time shall send a copy of the statement or counter­
statement, as the case may be, to the other party. 
(4) Within 2 months from the date when a statement under paragraph (3) (b) is sent 
to him, the person therein referred to may file a counter-statement on Patents Form 3; 
and, if he does so, he shall at the same time send a copy of the counter-statement to 
the proprietor. 
(5) No further statement or counter-statement shall be served by either party without 
the leave or direction of the Registrar. 
(6) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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Cancellation of entry in register as to licence of right by proprietor. 
72. An application under section 54 (1) shall be made on Patents Form 30. and shall 
be accompanied by Patents Form 15 and fees to the amount of the balance of all re­
newal fees which would have been payable if the entry had not been made. 
Cancellation of entry in register as to licence of right by third party. 
73. -(1) An application under section 54 (3) shall be made on Patents Form 30 
within 2 months from the date of publication in the journal of the relevant entry and 
shall be accompanied by a copy of the application supported by a statement in du­
plicate setting out fully the nature of the claimant's interest and the facts upon which 
he relies. 
(2) The Registrar shall send a copy of the application and statement to the proprietor 
of the patent. 
Procedure as to cancellation of entry in register as to licence of right. 
74. -(1) Every application under section 54 (1) or (3) shall be advertised in the 
journal and the period within which notice of opposition to the cancellation of an entry 
may be given under section 54 (6) shall be 2 months from the date of the adver­
tisement. 
(2) Such notice shall be given on Patents Form 31 in duplicate and shall be accom­
panied by a supporting statement in duplicate setting out fully the facts upon which 
the opponent relies. 
(3) The Registrar shall send a copy of the notice and statement to the applicant for 
cancellation of the entry who, if he desires to proceed with the application, shall, 
within 2 months from the date of the Registrar's letter forwarding such copies to him, 
file a counter-statement on Patents Form 3 in duplicate setting out fully the grounds on 
which the opposition is contested and the Registrar shall send a copy of the counter­
statement to the opponent. 
(4) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. 
Action by Registrar on cancellation in register as to licence of right. 
75. Where the Registrar cancels an entry in the register pursuant to section 54 (3), he 
shall inform the proprietor of the patent who shall, within such period as the Registrar 
specifies, file Patents Form 15, accompanied by fees to the amount of the balance of 
all renewal fees which would have been payable if the entry had not been made. 
Action by Registrar on cancellation in register as to licence of right 
75. -(1) Where the Registrar has received an application from the proprietor of a 
patent to cancel an entry in the register under section 54 (1), the Registrar shall notify 
the proprietor of the patent who shall, within 2 months from the date of the Registrar's 
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which would have been payable if the entry had not been made, accompanied by a 
copy of the Registrar's notification. 
(2) Upon receipt of the fees under paragraph (1), the Registrar may proceed to cancel 
the entry if he is satisfied that there is no existing licence under the patent or that all 
licensees under the patent consent to the application. 
(3) Where the Registrar cancels an entry in the register in respect of a patent under 
section 54 (3), the Registrar shall notify the proprietor of the patent who shall, within 
2 months from the date of the Registrar's notification to him, pay fees equal to the 
amount of the balance of all renewal fees which would have been payable if the entry 
had not been made, accompanied by a copy of the Registrar's notification. 
INFRINGEMENT PROCEEDINGS BEFORE REGISTRAR 
Reference to Registrar for determination of infringement. 
76. -(1) Where a reference is made to the Registrar under section 67 (3), the parties 
thereto shall make it on Patents Form 32, accompanied by a joint statement giving full 
particulars of the matters which are in dispute and of those on which they are in 
agreement. 
(2) The procedure set out in this rule shall apply unless the only matter stated in the 
reference to be in dispute is the validity of any patent or part of a patent. 
(3) The party to the dispute who is the proprietor of the patent or an exclusive lic­
ensee of the patent (such party being referred to in this rule and rule 77 as the plain­
tiff) shall, if he desires to proceed with the reference, within 14 days from making the 
reference, file a statement giving full particulars of his case on the matters in dispute 
and shall at the same time send a copy of the statement to the other party to the 
dispute. 
(4) Within 2 months from the date of receipt by the other party to the dispute of the 
copy of the plaintiffs statement, the other party (referred to in this rule and rule 77 as 
the defendant) shall, ifhe wishes to contest the plaintiffs case, file a counter-statement 
on Patents Form 3 setting out fully the grounds on which he contests the plaintiffs 
case and shall at the same time send a copy of the counter-statement to the plaintiff. 
(5) If the defendant alleges in his counter-statement that the patent or any part of it 
alleged by the plaintiff to have been infringed is not valid, the plaintiff shall, if he 
wishes to contest the defendant's allegation, within 2 months from the date of receipt 
of the counter-statement, file a further statement setting out fully the grounds on 
which he contests the defendant's allegation and shall at the same time send a copy of 
the further statement to the defendant. 
(6) Subject to such directions as the Registrar may give, the plaintiff may, within 2 
months from the date of receipt of the counter-statement, or, if he has filed a further 
statement under paragraph (5), within 2 months thereof, file evidence in support of his 
case and shall send a copy thereof to the defendant. IP/N/l/SGP/P!2 
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(7) Within 2 months from the date of receipt of the copy of the plaintiff's evidence 
or, if the plaintiff does not file any evidence, within 2 months of the expiration of the 
time within which such evidence could have been filed, the defendant may file evi­
dence in support of his case and shall send a copy of it to the plaintiff, and, within 2 
months from the date of receipt of the copy of the defendant's evidence, the plaintiff 
may file further evidence confined to matters strictly in reply and shall send a copy of 
it to the defendant. 
(8) No further evidence shall be filed by either party except by leave or direction of 
the Registrar. 
(9) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. 
Procedure where validity of patent is in dispute. 
77. -(1) Where the only matter stated in the reference made under section 67 (3) to 
be in dispute is the validity of any patent or part of a patent, the procedure set out in 
this rule shall apply. 
(2) The defendant shall, if he wishes to contest the plaintiff's case, within 14 days 
from making the reference, file a statement giving full particulars of the grounds on 
which he alleges that the patent or part of the patent is invalid and shall at the same 
time send a copy of the statement to the plaintiff. 
(3) The plaintiff shall, if he wishes to contest the defendant's allegation, within 2 
months from the date of receipt of the defendant's statement, file a counter-statement 
on Patents Form 3 giving full particulars of the grounds on which he contests the de­
fendant's allegations, and shall at the same time send a copy of it to the defendant. 
(4) Subject to such directions as the Registrar may think fit to give, the defendant 
may, within 2 months from the date of receipt of the plaintiff's counter-statement, file 
evidence in support of his case, and shall send a copy of it to the plaintiff. 
(5) Within 2 months from the date of receipt of the copy of the defendant's evidence 
or, if the defendant does not file any evidence within 2 months of the expiration of the 
time within which such evidence could have been filed, the plaintiff may file evidence 
in support of his case and shall send a copy of it to the defendant; and, within 2 
months from the date of receipt of the copy of the plaintiff's evidence, the defendant 
may file further evidence confined to matters strictly in reply and shall send a copy of 
it to the plaintiff 
(6) No further evidence shall be filed by either party except by leave or direction of 
the Registrar. 
(7) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. 
Application for declaration as to non-infringement. 
78. -(1) An application to the Registrar under section 78 for a declaration that an 
act does not, or a proposed act would not, constitute an infringement of a patent shall IPIN/1/SGP/P/2 
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be made on Patents Form 33 and shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and a state­
ment in duplicate, setting out fully the facts upon which the applicant relies as show­
ing that section 78 (1) (a) and (b) have been complied with and the relief which he 
seeks. 
(2) The Registrar shall send a copy of the statement to the proprietor of the patent 
who shall, ifhe wishes to contest the application, within 2 months from the date of the 
Registrar's letter forwarding such copy to him, file a counter-statement on Patents 
Form 3 setting out fully the grounds on which he contests the applicant's case and 
shall at the same time send a copy thereof to the applicant. 
(3) Subject to such directions as the Registrar may think fit to give, the applicant 
may, within 2 months from the date of receipt of the copy of the counter-statement, 
file evidence in support of his application and shall send a copy thereof to the pro­
prietor of the patent. 
(4) Within 2 months from the date of receipt of the copy of the applicant's evidence 
or, if the applicant does not file any evidence, within 2 months from the expiration of 
the time within which such evidence could have been filed, the proprietor of the patent 
may file evidence in support of his case and shall send a copy of that evidence to the 
applicant; and, within 2 months from the date of receipt of the copy of the proprietor's 
evidence, the applicant may file further evidence confined to matters strictly in reply 
and shall send a copy of it to the proprietor. 
(5) No further evidence shall be filed by either party except by leave or direction of 
the Registrar. 
(6) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. 
REVOCATION OF PATENTS 
Application for information on corresponding applications. 
79. -(1) An application under section 79 (1) shall be made on Patents Form 34. 
(2) The information prescribed for the purpose of section 79 (1) shall be that which 
is sufficient to indicate the result of each of the corresponding international applica­
tions or corresponding applications referred to in section 79 (1), and shall be either in 
the form of-
(a) a certified copy of the patent granted by the patent office in question; or 
(b) other documents, to the satisfaction of the Registrar, setting out the final result 
of the search and examination as to substance. IP/N/l/SGP/P/2 
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Procedure on application for revocation. 
80. -(1) An application to the Registrar for the revocation of a patent shall be made 
on Patents Form 35 in duplicate and shall be accompanied by a statement in duplicate 
setting out fully the grounds of revocation, including the facts upon which the 
applicant relies and the relief which he seeks. 
(2) The Registrar shall send a copy of the application and the statement to the pro­
prietor of the patent. 
(3) Within 3 months from the date of receipt of the copies of the application and 
statement, the proprietor of the patent, ifhe wishes to contest the application, shall file 
a counter-statement on Patents Form 3 setting out fully the grounds upon which the 
application is contested and he may, at the same time file an amendment of the 
specification of the patent in accordance with section 83, and shall at the same time 
send a copy of the amendment (if any) and the counter-statement to the applicant. 
(4) If the proprietor of the patent fails to file the counter-statement in accordance 
with paragraph (3), he shall not be allowed to take part in the subsequent proceedings, 
and the application for revocation shall be considered by the Registrar as if each 
specific fact set out in the statement were conceded, except in so far as it is con­
tradicted by other document in the possession of the Registrar. 
(5) The applicant may, within 3 months from the date of receipt of the copy of the 
amendment (if any) and the counter-statement, file evidence as he may desire to ad­
duce in support of his case and shall at the same time send a copy of the evidence to 
the proprietor. 
(6) If the applicant files no evidence in accordance with paragraph (5), he shall, un­
less the Registrar otherwise directs, be deemed to have abandoned his application. 
(7) If the applicant files evidence in accordance with paragraph (5), then, within 3 
months from the date of receipt of the copy of the applicant's evidence, the proprietor 
of the patent may file evidence as he desires to adduce in support of his case and shall 
at the same time send a copy of that evidence to the applicant. 
(8) Within 3 months from the date of receipt by the applicant of the copy of the 
proprietor's evidence, the applicant may file further evidence confined to matters 
strictly in reply and shall at the same time send a copy of that evidence to the pro­
prietor. 
(9) No further evidence shall be filed by either party, but in any proceedings before 
the Registrar, he may at any time, if he thinks fit, give leave to either party to file any 
evidence upon such terms as to costs or otherwise as he may think fit. 
(10) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. Procedure relating to preparation of re-examination report. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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81. -(1) If the Registrar decides to cause the patent to be re-examined-
(a) the Registrar shall direct the applicant for revocation of the patent to file Pat­
ents Form 36 requesting re-examination of the patent, together with the 
prescribed re-examination fee and any security for the costs or expenses of 
the proceedings specified by the Registrar, within 2 months from the date of 
the direction, and if the applicant fails to do so within that period he shall be 
deemed to have abandoned his application; 
(b) the Examiner shall during re-examination take into consideration the state­
ment by the applicant, any amendment of the specification of the patent, the 
counter-statement by the proprietor of the patent and any evidence filed 
under rule 80 and shall recommend whether or not the patent should be re­
voked on any of the grounds specified in the application for revocation, and 
shall notify the Registrar of the conclusions in the re-examination report 
stating fully the reasons for such conclusions. 
(2) If amendments have been proposed under section 83 (1) by the proprietor of the 
patent, the Examiner shall in the re-examination report include an opinion as to 
whether the amendment proposed -
(a) is allowable under section 84 (3); and 
(b) would overcome, in whole or in part, any of the grounds of revocation spec­
ified in the application for revocation. IP/NI1 ISGP/P/2 
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Copies and conclusions of re-examination report. 
82. The Registrar shall send a copy of the re-examination report to both the applicant 
for revocation of the patent and the proprietor of the patent, and he shall take into 
consideration the conclusions of the re-examination report in making his deter­
mination on the patent or the patent as amended. 
Award of costs on surrender of patent. 
83. If, in proceedings before the Registrar under section 80, the proprietor of a patent 
offers to surrender it under section 40, the Registrar shall, in deciding whether costs 
should be awarded to the applicant for revocation, consider whether proceedings 
might have been avoided if the applicant had given reasonable notice to the proprietor 
before the application was filed. 
Notification of an opportunity to amend. 
84. -(1) Where it appears to the Registrar in accordance with section 81 that the 
patent ought to be revoked, the proprietor of the patent shall be so notified and af­
forded an opportunity, within 3 months from the date of such notification, to make 
observations and to amend the specification of the patent. 
(2) Where the Registrar allows under section 83 the proprietor of the patent to amend 
the specification ofthe patent, he may, before the specification is amended, require the 
applicant to file a new specification, as amended, prepared in accordance with rules 
19,21 and 23. 
AMENDMENT OF PATENTS IN INFRINGEMENT OR REVOCATION 
PROCEEDINGS 
Procedure as to opposition to amendment. 
85. -(1) Where in proceedings before the Registrar a proposed amendment under 
section 83 is advertised, notice of opposition to such an amendment may, within 2 
months from the date of advertisement in the journal, be filed on Patents Form 18. 
(2) Such notice shall be accompanied by a copy thereof and be supported by a state­
ment in duplicate setting out fully the facts upon which the opponent relies and the 
relief which he seeks. 
(3) The Registrar shall send a copy of the notice and statement to the proprietor of 
the patent and any other party to the proceedings before the Registrar. 
(4) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. IP/N/lISGP/P/2 
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NATIONAL PROCESSING OF INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS 
Treatment of international applications. 
86. -(l) Subject to the provisions of this rule, in relation to an international appli­
cation for a patent (Singapore) which is, under section 85, to be treated as an appli­
cation for a patent under the Act, the prescribed periods for the purposes of section 86 
(3) and (6) are-
(a) 20 months from the relevant date; or 
(b) in a case where Singapore has been elected in accordance with Chapter II of 
the Patent Co-operation Treaty before the expiry of 19 months from the rel­
evant date, the period of 30 months from the relevant date. 
(2) Payment of the prescribed fee shall be made within the period prescribed in 
paragraph (1) (a) or (b), as the case may be, and if the applicant so wishes, together 
with the filing of Patents Form 37. 
(3) Where, in accordance with paragraph 1 of the Fourth Schedule, the information 
specified in sub-paragraph (2) (a) (ii) of that paragraph is added to an international 
application for a patent (Singapore), rule 112 (1) and (2) shall not apply in respect of 
that information; and where the translation of the information, the filing of which is 
required to satisfy the relevant conditions of section 86 (3), has not been filed at the 
Registry before the end of the applicable period referred to in paragraph (1) -
(a) the Registrar shall give notice to the applicant at the address furnished by the 
applicant in accordance with rule 31 requiring the applicant to file the 
translation within 2 months from the day on which the notice is sent; and 
(b) the applicable period shall be treated in respect of the translation as not ex­
piring until the end of the period specified in the notice given under sub­
paragraph (a). 
(4) In the case of an international application for a patent (Singapore) -
(a) rule 8 (1) shall not apply if the applicant, on filing the application, states in 
writing to the receiving Office that the invention has been displayed at an 
international exhibition; 
(b) rule 8 (2), (3) and (4) may be complied with at any time before the end of 2 
months from the time limit for entering the national phase; 
(c) rule 9 (5)rule 9 (2A) and (5) shall have effect with the substitution, for the 
reference to 21 months22 months from the declared priority date, of a ref­
erence to any time before the end of 2 months from the time limit for en­
tering the national phase; 
(c) rule 9 (2A) and (5) shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to 
28 months from the declared priority date, with a reference to any time 
before the end of 8 months from the time limit for entering the national 
phase; IP/N/lISGP/P/2 
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(d) where a translation into English of a document or part of a document is re­
quired by the Act or these Rules to be filed before or at the time limit for 
entering the national phase, verification of the translation, as required by rule 
112 (1) and (2) and permitted by rule 51 bis 2 (b)rule 51 bis 1 (d) of the 
Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty, may be given to the 
Registrar at any time before the end of2 months from that time limit. 
(5) For the purposes of section 86 (3) and (6), to the extent that the application or any 
amendment made under Article 19 of the Patent Co-operation Treaty, or in a case 
where Singapore has been elected in accordance with Chapter II of the Treaty, any 
amendment annexed to the international preliminary examination report under 
Chapter II of the Treaty are not in English, a translation into English of the application 
as originally filed or, as the case may be, of the application as originally filed and of 
the amendment is necessary; however, the translation -
(a) shall exclude the request and abstract unless-
(i) the applicant expressly requests the Registrar to proceed earlier than the 
expiry of the period prescribed in paragraph (1); and 
(ii) a copy of the application published by the International Bureau has not yet 
been sent to the Registry in accordance with the Treaty; and 
(b) shall include any textual matter in the drawings in a form which complies with 
rule 49.5 (d) of the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty; and 
(c) where a title has been established by the International Searching Authority 
under rule 37.2 of the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty 
which differs from the title included in the application as originally filed, 
shall include the former title in place of the latter.; and 
(d) may exclude any textual matter contained in a sequence listing forming part 
of the description if such textual matter complies with rule 12.1 (d) of the 
Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty and the description 
complies with rule 5.2 (b) of those Regulations. 
(6) Where an applicant is required to file a translation into English both of an ap­
plication as originally filed and of the amendment to it, in accordance with paragraph 
(5), in order to satisfy the relevant conditions of section 86 (3) and (6) and at the 
expiry of the applicable period referred to in paragraph (1), the prescribed fee has 
been paid and one but not both of the necessary translations has been filed -
(a) the Registrar shall give notice to the applicant at the address furnished by the 
applicant in accordance with rule 31 requiring the applicant to file the 
required translation within one month from the date on which the notice is 
sent; and 
(b) the applicable period shall be treated in respect of that translation as not ex­
piring until the end of the period specified in the notice given under sub­
paragraph (a). IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(7) The Registrar shall publish any translation supplied in accordance with section 86 
(3) or (6) following the filing of Patents Form 38 accompanied by the payment of the 
prescribed fee. 
(8) In the case of an international application for a patent (Singapore) in respect of 
which the conditions specified in section 86 (3) (a) are satisfied, the period prescribed 
for the purposes of sections 24 (2) and 28 (1) shall be 2 months from the time limit for 
entering the national phase. 
(9) Where, in relation to an international application for a patent (Singapore), the 
applicant desires that section 85 (1) shall not cease to apply to the application by vir­
tue of the operation of section 85 (3), application shall be made to the Registrar on 
Patents Form 39, accompanied by a statement of the facts upon which the applicant 
relies. 
(10) An international application for a patent (Singapore) shall not be treated as 
withdrawn under the Act if it, or the designation of Singapore in it, is deemed to be 
withdrawn under the Patent Co-operation Treaty where, in the same or comparable 
circumstances in relation to an application under the Act (other than an international 
application) -
(a) the Registrar could have directed that an irregularity be rectified under rule 
100 or that an extension be granted under rule 108; and 
(b) the Registrar determines that the application would not have been treated as 
withdrawn under the Act. 
(11) Where under section 85 (3) an application is not to be treated as withdrawn and 
the applicant wishes to proceed -
(a) the Registrar may amend any document received by the Registry from the 
receiving Office or the International Bureau and alter any period or time 
which is specified in the Act or these Rules upon such terms (including 
payment of any appropriate prescribed fee) as he may direct; and 
(b) the fee prescribed under section 86 (3) shall not be payable. 
(12) Where the applicant satisfies the Registrar that-
(a) because of an error made by the receiving Office, an international application 
for a patent (Singapore) has been accorded a date of filing which is incorrect; 
or 
(b) the declaration made under Article 8 (1) of the Patent Co-operation Treaty has 
been cancelled or corrected by the receiving Office or the International 
Bureau because of an error made by the Office or the Bureau, 
(b) the priority claim made under Article 8 (1) of the Patent Co-operation Treaty 
has been considered not to have been made by the receiving Office or the 
International Bureau because of an error made by the Office or the Bureau, IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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the Registrar may amend any document received by the Registry from the receiving 
Office or the International Bureau or alter any period or time which is specified in the 
Act or these Rules as if the error were an error on the part of the Registry. 
(13) Where-
(a) an international application for a patent (Singapore) purports to designate 
Singapore; and 
(b) the applicant alleges that he has been refused a filing date under the said 
Treaty on account of an error or omission in any institution having functions 
under the said Treaty, 
the applicant may apply to the Registrar for it to be treated as an application under 
the Act by filing Patents Form 39, accompanied by a statement of the facts upon 
which he relies; and the Registrar may amend any document filed by the applicant and 
alter any period or time which is specified in the Act or these Rules upon such terms 
as he may direct. 
(14) In this rule "receiving Office" has the same meaning as in the Patent Co-op­
eration Treaty. 
(15) In this rule, in relation to an international application for a patent (Singapore)­
"relevant date" means the declared priority date or, where there is no declared 
priority date, the date of filing of that application; 
"time limit for entering the national phase" means the end of the relevant period 
prescribed by paragraph (1) or, in a case where that period has been extended 
under paragraph (6), rule 100 or 108, the end of that period as so extended. 
HEARINGS, AGENTS AND CORRECTION OF ERRORS 
Registrar's discretionary powers. 
87. Before exercising any discretionary power vested in him by or under the Act 
adversely to any party to a proceeding before him, the Registrar shall, if so required, 
hear such person thereon. 
Request for hearing. 
88. -( 1) A request for the exercise of the discretionary powers of the Registrar un­
der rule 87 shall be on Patents Form 40 and shall be filed within one month from the 
date of notification by the Registrar of any objection to an application or the date of 
any other indication that he proposes to exercise a discretionary power, and the Reg­
istrar may refuse to hear any party who has not filed the request within the time al­
lowed. 
(2) Upon receipt of a request under paragraph (1), the Registrar shall send to the 
person making the request a notice of a time when he may be heard which shall be not 
less than 14 days from the date of the notice. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(3) In inter partes proceedings, any party who intends to refer at the hearing to any 
document not already mentioned in the proceedings shall, unless the Registrar con­
sents and the other party agrees, give at least 14 days' notice of his intention with 
details of, or a copy of, the document to the Registrar and the other party. 
(4) After hearing the party or parties desiring to be heard or, if no party so desires, 
without a hearing, the Registrar shall decide the matter and shall notify all parties of 
his decision and, if any party so desires, shall give his reasons for the decision. 
Hearings in public. 
89. -(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a hearing before the Registrar of any dis­
pute between 2 or more parties relating to any matter in connection with a patent or an 
application for a patent takes place after the pUblication of the application under 
section 27, the hearing of the dispute shall be in public. 
(2) After conSUlting those parties to the dispute who appear in person or are repre­
sented at a hearing to which paragraph (1) applies, the Registrar may direct that the 
hearing be not held in pUblic. 
Right of audience in patent proceedings. 
90. -(1) Unless the Registrar otherwise directs in any particular case-
(a) all attendances upon him by a party to the proceedings may be made by or 
through an advocate and solicitor or any other person appointed by the party 
to the proceedings to act on his behalf; and 
(b) every notice, application or other document filed under the Act by a party to 
the proceedings may be signed by an advocate and solicitor or any other 
person appointed by the party to the proceedings to act on his behalf. 
(2) Where after a person has become a party to proceedings before the Registrar he 
appoints an advocate and solicitor or any other person to act on his behalf for the first 
time or appoints an advocate and solicitor or any other person to act on his behalf in 
substitution for another, the newly appointed advocate and solicitor or person acting 
on his behalf shall file Patents Form 41 in duplicate on or before the first occasion 
when he acts on behalf of the party to the proceedings. 
(2) Where any party to any proceedings before the Registrar appoints an advocate 
and solicitor or any other person -
(a) to act on his behalf; or 
(b) to act on his behalf in substitution for another, 
the advocate and solicitor or person acting on his behalf shall file Patents Form 41 
on the first occasion when he acts on behalf of the party to the proceedings before the 
Registrar. IP/N/l/SGP/P/2 
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Correction of errors in patents and applications. 
91. -(1) Except where rule 56 (3) applies, a request for the correction of an error of 
translation or transcription or of a clerical error or mistake in any specification of a 
patent, in an application for a patent or in any document filed in connection with a 
patent or such an application shall be made on Patents Form 23 and shall be accom­
panied by a document clearly identifying the proposed correction; and the Registrar 
may, ifhe thinks fit, require that the correction be shown in indelible red marking on a 
copy of the document of which correction is sought. 
(2) Where such a request relates to a specification, no correction shall be made 
therein unless the correction is obvious in the sense that it is immediately evident that 
nothing else would have been intended than what is offered as the correction. 
(3) Where the Registrar requires notice of the proposed correction to be advertised, 
he shall inform the applicant in writing accordingly and request him, within 2 months 
from the date of his letter, to file Patents Form 42; and upon receipt of the form the 
Registrar shall proceed with the advertisement. 
(4) The advertisement under paragraph (3) shall be made by pUblication of the re­
quest and nature of the proposed correction in the J oumal and in such other manner as 
the Registrar may direct. 
(5) Any person may, at any time within 2 months from the date of the advertisement, 
give notice in duplicate to the Registrar of opposition to the request on Patents Form 
43. 
(6) Such notice shall be accompanied by a supporting statement in duplicate setting 
out fully the facts on which the opponent relies and the reliefwhich he seeks. 
(7) The Registrar shall send a copy of the notice and the statement to the person 
making the request who, if he desires to proceed with the request, shall, within 2 
months from the date of the Registrar's letter forwarding such copies to him, file a 
counter-statement on Patents Form 3 in duplicate setting out fully the grounds on 
which he contests the opposition and the Registrar shall send a copy of the counter­
statement to the opponent. 
(8) The Registrar may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the 
subsequent procedure. 
INFORMATION AND INSPECTION 
Information about patents and patent applications. 
92. -(1) A request under section 108 for information relating to any patent or ap­
plication for a patent may be made as to -
(a) the date that the reports or information, as the case may be, referred to in 
section 30 (2) were received by the Registrar; 
(b) when the specification of a patent or application for a patent was published; IP/N/1/SGPIPI2 
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(c) when an application for a patent was withdrawn, was treated as having been 
withdrawn, was treated as having been abandoned, was refused or was 
treated as having been refused; 
(d) whether a renewal fee was not paid within the period prescribed for the pur­
poses of section 36 (2); 
(e) whether a renewal fee was paid within the 6 months referred to in section 36 
(3); 
(f) when a patent has ceased to have effect and/or an application for restoration of 
a patent was filed; 
(g) when an entry was made in the register or an application was made for the 
making of such entry; 
(h) when any application or request was made or action taken involving an entry 
in the register or advertisement in the journal, if the nature of the application, 
request or action is specified in the request; 
(0 when any document may be inspected in accordance with rule 93 or 94; and 
OJ such other particulars referred to in any patent or application for a patent as the 
Registrar may in any particular case allow. 
(2) As regards information relating to any patent in force by virtue of section 116 (3), 
a request may also be made as to when -
(a) a certificate of registration was issued; 
(b) the patent was first renewed under this Act; and 
(c) an entry was made in the Register of Patents under the repealed Registration 
of United Kingdom Patents Act. 
Cap. 271. 
(3) Any such request shall be made on Patents Form 44 and a separate form shall be 
used in respect of each item of information required. 
Inspection of documents. 
93. -(1) Subject to paragraph (5), and to the restrictions prescribed in paragraph (4), 
after the date of publication of an application for a patent in accordance with section 
27, the Registrar shall, upon request made on Patents Form 25 and upon payment of 
the prescribed fee, permit all documents filed or kept at the Registry in relation to the 
application or any patent granted in pursuance of it, to be inspected at the Registry. 
(2) Subject to the same restrictions and to rule 96 where the circumstances specified 
in section 108 (4) or (5) exist, the Registrar shall, upon request made on Patents Form 
25, and upon payment of the prescribed fee, permit inspection of such documents 
before the publication in accordance with section 27. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(3) Where a declaration has been made in accordance with section 17 (2), inspection 
of any application referred to therein and of any translation thereof shall be permitted 
upon request under paragraph (1) or (2) without payment of any fee. 
(4) The restrictions referred to in paragraph (1) are-
(a) that no document shall be open to inspection until 14 days after it has been 
filed at the Registry; 
(b) that documents prepared in the Registry solely for use therein shall not be 
open to inspection; 
(e) that any document sent to the Registry, at its request or otherwise, for in­
spection and subsequent return to the sender, shall not be open to inspection; 
(d) that no request made under rule 59, 60 (2), 63 (2), 92 or this rule shall be open 
to inspection; and 
(e) that documents in respect of which the Registrar issues directions under rule 
94 that they are to be treated as confidential shall not be open to inspection, 
except as permitted in accordance with that rule. 
(5) Nothing in this rule shall be construed as imposing on the Registrar any duty of 
making available for public inspection any document or any part of a document -
(a) which in his opinion disparages any person in a way likely to damage him; or 
(b) the publication or exploitation of which would in his opinion be generally 
expected to encourage offensive, immoral or anti-social behaviour. 
(6) No appeal shall lie from a decision of the Registrar under paragraph (5) not to 
make a document or part of a document available for public inspection. 
Confidential documents. 
94. -( 1) Where a document other than a Patents Form is filed at, or sent to, the 
Registry, and the person filing or sending it or any party to the proceedings to which 
the document relates so requests, giving his reasons, within 14 days from the filing or 
sending of the document, the Registrar may direct that it be treated as confidential, 
and the document shall not be open to public inspection while the matter is being 
determined by the Registrar. 
(2) Where such a direction has been given and not withdrawn, nothing in this rule 
shall be taken to authorise or require any person to be allowed to inspect the document 
to which the direction relates except by leave of the Registrar. 
(3) The Registrar. shall not withdraw any direction given under this rule nor shall he 
give leave for any person to inspect any document to which a direction which has not 
been withdrawn relates without prior consultation with the person at whose request the 
direction was given, unless the Registrar is satisfied that such prior consultation is not 
reasonably practicable. 
(4) Where such a direction is given or withdrawn, a record of the fact shall be filed 
with the document to which it relates. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(5) Where the period referred to in paragraph (1) is extended under rule 108, the 
relevant document shall not be, or, if the period is extended upon expiry, the relevant 
document shall cease to be open to public inspection until the expiry of the extended 
period, and, if a request for a direction is made, the document shall not be open to 
public inspection while the matter is being determined by the Registrar. 
Publication of bibliographic information. 
95. The following bibliographic data is prescribed for the purposes of section 108 (3) 
(a): 
(a) the number of the application; 
(b) the date of filing of the application and, where a declaration has been made 
under section 17 (2), the filing date, country and file number, when available, 
of each application referred to in that declaration; 
(e) the name of the applicant or applicants including any applicant or applicants 
resulting from an order under section 20; 
(d) an alteration of the name of the applicant or applicants under rule 56; 
(e) the title of the invention; and 
(f) if the application has been withdrawn, has been treated as having been with­
drawn, has been treated as having been abandoned, has been refused or has 
been treated as having been refused, that fact. 
Request for information on unpublished patent applications. 
96. -( 1) Where the circumstances specified in section 108 (4) exist, a request under 
section 108 (1) shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration verifying their 
existence and such documentary evidence (if any) supporting the request as the Reg­
istrar may require. 
(2) The Registrar shall send a copy of the request, the declaration and the evidence 
(if any) to the applicant for the patent and shall not comply with the request until the 
expiry of 14 days thereafter. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Service by documents. 
97. -( 1) Any notice, application or other document authorised or required by the 
Act or these Rules to be filed or sent to the Registry may be sent through the post, and 
the service and filing shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, prepaying 
and posting a letter containing the document, and unless the contrary is proved, shall 
be deemed to have been effected at the time at which the letter would be delivered in 
the ordinary course of post. 
(2) A document containing a request for the grant of a patent, and any later document 
or correspondence relating thereto and not requiring the payment of any prescribed 
fee, may be transmitted by facsimile subject to the following provisions: IP/N/l/SGP/P/2 
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(a) where the sender has attempted to transmit a document by facsimile, but part 
or all of the document received by the Registry is illegible or part of the 
document is not received by the Registry, the document shall be treated as 
not having been submitted; 
(b) the burden of proving legibility and completeness of transmission lies with the 
sender; 
(e) the original of any document transmitted by facsimile and an accompanying 
letter identifying the date and time of that earlier transmission shall be fur­
nished to the Registrar within 14 days from the date of transmission; and 
(d) if the sender fails to comply with sub-paragraph ( e), the document shall be 
considered as not having been submitted. 
Hours of business. 
98. -(1) The Registry shall be open to the public and the register shall be open to 
inspection, on payment of the fee specified in the First Schedule on any day (except 
Saturdays) which is not an excluded day, between 8.30 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. and on 
Saturdays between 8.30 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. or between such hours as the Registrar 
may direct. 
(2) The Registry shall be deemed to be closed between midnight and 8.30 a.m. and 
between 5.00 p.m. and midnight on every day (except Saturdays) and shall be deemed 
to be closed on Saturdays between midnight and 8.30 a.m. and between 1.00 p.m. and 
midnight. 
(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), any document referred to in rule 97 (2) 
which was transmitted by facsimile and was received by the Registry before 12 a.m. 
on any day which is not an excluded day shall, subject to rule 97 (2), be considered as 
having been submitted and received by the Registry on that day. 
(4) Where the document in one single transmission contains more than one sheet of 
information, the document shall be considered as having been submitted on the day by 
which all the sheets comprising the complete document have been received by the 
Registry before 12 a.m. on that day, and if that day is an excluded day, on the first 
following day which is not an excluded day. 
(5) The date and time recorded by the Registry1s facsimile machine shall, until the 
contrary is proved, be evidence of the date and time the documents were received by 
the Registry. Excluded days. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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99. All Sundays and public holidays shall be excluded days for all purposes under 
the Act and these Rules. 
Correction of irregularities. 
100. -(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any document filed in any proceedings before 
the Registrar may, if he thinks fit, be amended, and any irregularity in procedure in or 
before the Registry may be rectified, on such terms as he may direct. 
(2) In the case of an irregularity or prospective irregularity-
(a) which consists ofa failure to comply with any limitation as to times or periods 
prescribed in these Rules which has occurred or appears to the Registrar is 
likely to occur in the absence of a direction under this rule; 
(b) which is attributable wholly or in part to an error, default or omission on the 
part of the Registry; and 
(c) which it appears to the Registrar should be rectified, 
the Registrar may direct that the time or period in question shall be altered but not 
otherwise. 
(3) Paragraph (2) is without prejudice to the Registrar's power to extend any time or 
period under rule 108 or llO. 
Dispensation by Registrar. 
101. Where, under these Rules, any person is required to do any act or thing, or any 
document or evidence is required to be produced or filed, and it is shown to the sat­
isfaction of the Registrar that from any reasonable cause that person is unable to do 
that act or thing, or that document or evidence cannot be produced or filed, the Reg­
istrar may, upon the production of such evidence and subject to such terms as he 
thinks fit, dispense with the doing of any such act or thing, or the production or filing 
of such document or evidence. 
Filing of evidence. 
102. -( 1) Where under these Rules evidence may be filed, it shall be by statutory 
declaration or affidavit. 
(2) The Registrar may if he thinks fit in any particular case take oral evidence in lieu 
of or in addition to such evidence and shall allow any witness to be cross-examined on 
his affidavit or declaration, unless he directs otherwise. IPINI1/SGP/P/2 
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Statutory declarations and affidavits. 
103. Any statutory declaration or affidavit filed under the Act or these Rules shall be 
made and subscribed as follows: 
(a) in Singapore, before any justice of the peace, or any commissioner or other 
officer authorised by law to administer an oath for the purpose of any legal 
proceedings; 
(b) elsewhere, before an Ambassador or a High Commissioner, a consul or vice­
consul of the Government of Singapore or before a notary public, judge or 
magistrate. 
(b) in any part of the Commonwealth except Singapore, before any judge, justice 
of the peace, or any officer authorised by law to administer an oath for the 
purpose of any legal proceedings; and 
(c) elsewhere, before a Singapore consul or vice-consul, or other person per­
forming the functions of a Singapore vice-consul, or before a notary public, 
judge or magistrate, or any officer authorised by law to administer an oath for 
the purpose of any legal proceedings. 
Admission of documents. 
104. Any document purporting to have affixed, impressed or subscribed thereto or 
thereon the seal or signature of any person authorised by rule 103 to take a declara­
tion, in testimony that the declaration was made and subscribed before him, may be 
admitted by the Registrar without proof of the genuineness of the seal or signature or 
of the official character of the person or his authority to take the declaration. 
Directions as to furnishing of documents. 
105. At any stage of any proceedings before the Registrar, he may direct that such 
documents, information or evidence as he may require shall be furnished within such 
period as he may fix. 
Supporting statements or evidence. 
106. -(1) Where, by virtue of any of the rules mentioned in paragraph (2), any no­
tice or application is required to be supported by a statement or evidence, such a 
statement or evidence shall be filed on, or within 14 days after, the date on which the 
notice is given or the application is made. 
(2) The rules referred to in paragraph (1) are rules 52 (3), 53 (1), 54 (3), 73 (1), 74 
(2), 85 (2) and 91 (5). Appointment of scientific advisers by Registrar. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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107. -(1) The Registrar may at any time and on his own motion nominate a sci­
entific adviser or scientific advisers from a panel of advisers to assist him in any pro­
ceeding under the Act or these Rules, either -
(a) by sitting with the Registrar at the hearing of the proceedings; or 
(b) by inquiring and reporting on any question of fact or opinion not involving a 
question of law or construction, 
as the Registrar may direct. 
(2) Upon the nomination of a scientific adviser under paragraph (1), the Registrar 
shall notify all parties to the proceedings of his nominated adviser. 
(3) The question to be submitted to the nominated adviser and the instructions to be 
given to him shall, failing agreement between the parties, be settled by the Registrar. 
(4) The remuneration of the nominated adviser for assisting in proceedings under the 
Act or these Rules, including his allowance and expenses, shall be as determined by 
the Registrar in accordance with the provisions of the Sixth Schedule. 
(5) Without prejudice to any other order of the Registrar in providing for payment of 
a nominated adviser's remuneration, the party shall be liable, or where there are more 
than one party to the proceedings be jointly and severally liable, to pay the amount 
determined by the Registrar as the nominated adviser's remuneration. 
(6) The payment of the remuneration of the nominated adviser by the party, or where 
more than one party to the proceedings are liable for such remuneration by the parties, 
shall be through such mode and in such manner as the Registrar may direct. 
(7) Where the proceedings under the Act or these Rules is initiated by a party who 
neither resides nor carries on business in Singapore, the Registrar may require the 
party to give security for the remuneration of the nominated adviser, and in default of 
such security being given, may treat the proceedings as being abandoned. 
Alteration of time limits. 
108. -(1) The times or periods prescribed by these Rules for doing any act or taking 
any proceeding thereunder, other than times or periods prescribed in the provisions 
mentioned in paragraph (2), and subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), may be extended by 
the Registrar ifhe thinks fit, upon such notice to the parties and upon such terms as he 
may direct; and such extension may be granted notwithstanding that the time or period 
for doing such act or taking such proceeding has expired. 
(1) The times or periods prescribed by these Rules for doing any act or taking any 
proceedings or specified by the Registrar thereunder, other than the times or periods 
prescribed in the provisions mentioned in paragraphs (2) and (3), may, on written 
request by a party, be extended by the Registrar if he thinks fit, upon such notice to 
the parties and upon such terms as he may direct. IPINIl/SGP/P/2 
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(1A) Any extension may be granted under paragraph (1) notwithstanding that the 
time or period for doing such act or taking such proceedings has expired. 
(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are rules 9 (1), 19 (2), 28 (so far as it 
relates to rule 9 (1)), 46 (4), (5), (8) and (10),49,51 (1), 52 (2), 53 (1), 54 (2), 73 (1), 
74 (1), 75, 85 (1),91 (1),91 (3),91 (4) and paragraph 4 (2) of the Fourth Schedule. 
(3) A time or period prescribed in rule 9 (2) and (5) (including the period therein 
prescribed as substituted by rule 86 (4) (c) or paragraph (a) of the Seventh Schedule), 
18 (1) (including the period therein prescribed as substituted by paragraph (a) of the 
Eighth Schedule), 26, 28 (except so far as it relates to rule 9 (1)), 38, 43 (including the 
period therein prescribed as substituted by paragraph (a) of the Seventh Schedule), 47, 
53 (4), 86 (1), (5) and (7), paragraph 1 (3) of the Fourth Schedule shall, if not 
previously extended, be extended for one month upon filing Patents Form 45 before 
the end of that month; and where in any proceedings more than one such time or 
period expires on the same day (but not otherwise), those times or periods may be 
extended upon the filing of a single such form. 
(3) A time or period prescribed in rules 9 (2), (2A) and (5) (including the period 
therein prescribed as substituted by rule 86 (4) (c) or paragraph (a) of the Seventh 
Schedule), 18 (1) (including the period therein prescribed as substituted by paragraph 
(a) of the Seventh Schedule), 26, 28 (except so far as it relates to rule 9 (1)), 38, 43 
(including the period therein prescribed as substituted by paragraph (l) of the Seventh 
Schedule), 47, 53 (4), 86 (1), (6) and (8), 97 (2) (c) and paragraph 1 (3) of the Fourth 
Schedule shall, if not previously extended, be extended for a period not exceeding 3 
months upon filing Patents Form 45 before the end of the period for which extension 
is sought. 
(3A) Where in any proceedings more than one such time or period referred to in 
paragraph (3) expires on the same day (but not otherwise), those times or periods may 
be extended upon the filing of a single Patents Form 45. 
(4) Without prejudice to paragraph (3), a time or period prescribed in the rules re­
ferred to in that paragraph may, upon request made on Patents Form 46, be extended 
or further extended if the Registrar thinks fit, whether or not the time or period (in­
cluding any extension obtained under paragraph (3)) has expired; and the Registrar 
may allow an extension, or further extension, under this paragraph on such terms as he 
may direct and subject to the furnishing of a statutory declaration or affidavit ver­
ifying the grounds for the request. 
(5) A single request may be made under paragraph (4) for the extension of more than 
one time or period in the same proceedings if the extensions are to be made to a 
common date (but not otherwise). 
(6) If, on consideration of a request under paragraph (4), the Registrar decides that 
the extension requested (or, in a case falling within paragraph (5), any or all of the 
extensions requested) may be granted, he shall notify the applicant accordingly and 
invite him, within 2 months from the date the notification is sent to him, to file Patents IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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Form 47, upon receipt of which the Registrar shall effect the extension or extensions 
in accordance with the decision. 
(7) Where the period within which any party to a dispute may file evidence under 
these Rules is to begin after the expiry of any period in which any other party may file 
evidence under these Rules and that other party notifies the Registrar that he does not 
wish to file any, or any further, evidence, the Registrar may direct that the period 
within which the first-mentioned party may file evidence shall begin on such date as 
may be specified in the direction and shall notify all parties to the dispute of that date. 
(8) Subject to paragraph (10), the time limit of 12 months specified in subsection (6) 
of section 116 for the making of an application under that subsection for the grant of a 
patent under the Act is extended for a period of 50 days, that is to say, the last day for 
the making of an application under that subsection shall be 13th Apri11996. 
(9) Rules 97 (2) and 98 (3), (4) and (5) shall not apply to any application made under 
section 116 (6) for the grant of a patent under the Act during the period of extension 
of time under paragraph (8). 
(10) Any application made under section 116 (6) for the grant of a patent under the 
Act during the period of extension of time under paragraph (8) shall be made on Pat­
ents Form 52, in addition to the requirements of rules 19 and 120, at the time the 
patent application is filed in Singapore. 
Protection and compensation of persons affected by extension of time. 
109. -(1) Where the Registrar has granted an extension of time of more than 3 
months under rule 100 (2) or 108 (1) for any act in relation to an application for a 
patent or in proceedings under the Act or these Rulesrule 100 (2), 108 (1) or 108 (4) 
for any act in relation to an application for a patent that had been published under 
section 27, or in proceedings under the Act or these Rules which has not been so done 
within the time required, he shall publish in the journal a notification of his decision. 
(2) Where the Registrar has granted an extension of time for more than 3 months or 
has refused an application for extension of time for more than 3 months under rule 
100 (2) or 108 (1) for any act in relation to an application for a patent or in proceed­
ings under the Act or these Rulesrule 100 (2), 108 (1) or 108 (4) for any act in relation 
to an application for a patent that had been published under section 27, or in 
proceedings under the Act or these Rules, and where the court reviews the decision of 
the Registrar under section 91 or 92 and decides to vary the decision under review or 
set aside the decision under review and make a decision in substitution for the de­
cision so set aside, the Registrar shall cause to be published in the journal a notifi­
cation of the decision of the court. 
(3) Where a notification referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) has been published, a 
person who availed himself, or took definite steps by way of contract or otherwise to 
avail himself, of the invention the subject of the application for the patent concerned 
by reason of the act or step in relation to which the extension was granted not having 
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himself of the invention but this right does not extend to granting a licence to another 
person in respect of the invention. 
(4) If the person entitled to the right conferred by paragraph (3) availed himself, or 
took the steps to avail himself, of the invention in the course of business, that person 
may-
(a) authorise any partners of his for the time being in that business to avail them­
selves of the invention; and 
(b) assign that right, or transmit it on death (or in the case of a body corporate on 
its dissolution), to any person who acquires that part of the business. 
(5) Where a product is disposed of to another in exercise of the rights conferred by 
paragraph (3) or (4), that other and any person claiming through him may deal with 
the product in the same way as if it has been disposed by the registered proprietor of 
the patent. 
Calculation of times or periods. 
110. -(1) Where, on any day, there is -
(a) a general interruption or subsequent dislocation in the postal services of Sin­
gapore; or 
(b) an event or circumstances causing an interruption in the normal operation of 
the Registry, 
the Registrar may certify the day as being one on which there is an "interruption" 
and, where any period of time specified in the Act or these Rules for the giving, mak­
ing or filing of any notice, application or other document expires on a day so certified 
the period shall be extended to the first day next following (not being an excluded 
day) which is not so certified. 
(2) Any certificate of the Registrar given pursuant to this rule shall be posted on the 
notice board in the Registry. 
(3) Where, in or in connection with an application for a patent ("the application in 
suit"), it is desired to make a declaration specifying for the purposes of section 17 (2) 
an earlier relevant application and the period of 12 months immediately following the 
date of filing the earlier relevant application ends on a day which is an excluded day 
for the purposes of section 111, then if the declaration is made on the first following 
day on which the Registry is open for the transaction of such business, such period 
shall be altered so as to include both the day of filing of the earlier relevant application 
and the day on which the declaration is made in or in connection with the application 
in suit. 
(4) Where it is desired to make such a declaration and the said period of 12 months 
from the date of filing the earlier relevant application ends on a day certified under 
paragraph (1) as being one on which there is an interruption, and if the declaration is 
made on the first day after the end of the interruption, the period shall be altered so as IP/N/1/SGPIPI2 
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to include both the day of filing of the earlier relevant application and the day on 
which the declaration is made in or in connection with the application in suit. 
(5) Where an application for a patent is filed upon the day immediately following a 
day which is certified under paragraph (1) as being one on which there is an inter­
ruption or which is an excluded day for the purposes of section 111, the period of 12 
months specified in section 14 (4) shall be computed from the day after the next pre­
ceding day which is neither so certified nor so excluded. 
(6) If in any particular case the Registrar is satisfied that the failure to give, make or 
file any notice, application or other document within -
(a) any period of time specified in the Act or these Rules for such giving, making 
or filing; 
(b) the period of 12 months following a disclosure of matter constituting an in­
vention falling within paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of section 14 (4); or 
(c) the period of 12 months referred to in paragraph (3), 
was wholly or mainly attributable to a failure or undue delay in the postal services in 
Singapore, the Registrar may, ifhe thinks fit-
(i) extend the period of time for the giving, making or filing so that it ends on the 
day of the receipt by the addressee of the notice, application or other 
document (or, if the day of such receipt is an excluded day, on the first fol­
lowing day which is not an excluded day); 
(ii) determine that the period of 12 months referred to in sub-paragraph (b) shall 
be altered so that it begins on the day of the disclosure and ends on the day of 
receipt by the Registry of the application for the patent (or, if the day of such 
receipt is an excluded day, on the first following day which is not an 
excluded day); or 
(iii) determine that the period of 12 months referred to in paragraph (3) shall be 
altered so as to include both the day of filing of the earlier relevant appli­
cation and the day on which the declaration specifying that application is 
received by the Registry (or, if the day of such receipt is an excluded day, the 
first following day which is not an excluded day), 
as the case may be, in each case upon such notice to other parties and upon such 
terms as he may direct. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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Copies of documents. 
111. -(1) Where a document, other than a published Singapore specification or 
application, is referred to in any reference, notice, statement, counter-statement or 
evidence required by the Act or these Rules to be filed at the Registry or sent to the 
Registrar, copies of the document shall be furnished to the Registry within the same 
period as the reference, notice, statement, counter-statement or evidence in which they 
are first referred to may be filed and in the following number: 
(a) where the document in which they were so referred to had to be filed or sent 
in duplicate or the original document had to be accompanied by a copy 
thereof, in duplicate; and 
(b) in all other cases, one. 
(2) Where a copy of any evidence is required by the Act or these Rules to be sent 
direct to any person, a copy of any document referred to in that document shall also be 
sent direct to that person. 
Translations. 
112. -(1) Subject to the provisions ofmles 9, 42 and 86, and paragraph (4), where 
any document or part of a document which is in a language other than English is filed 
at the Registry or sent to the Registrar in pursuance of the Act or these Rules, it shall 
be accompanied by a translation into English of the document or that part, verified to 
the satisfaction of the Registrar as corresponding to the original text. 
(2) Where the document is or forms part of an application for a patent, the Registry 
shall not, in the absence of such a translation, take any further action in relation to that 
document, unless the Registrar otherwise directs. 
(3) Where more than one copy of that document is required to be so filed or sent, a 
corresponding number of copies ofthe translation shall accompany it. 
(4) Where any document which, or any part of which, is in a language other than 
English-
(a) is referred to in a search report drawn up under Article 18 of the Patent Co­
operation Treaty; or 
(b) is cited in the statement contained in an international preliminary examination 
report established under Article 35 of that Treaty, 
and any such report is filed at the Registry in relation to the provisions of section 86, 
a translation into English of that document or part verified to the satisfaction of the 
Registrar as corresponding to the original text thereof shall, if the Registrar so directs, 
be filed within 2 months from the date on which such direction is given. 
(5) The Registrar may refuse to accept any translation which is in his opinion in­
accurate and thereupon another translation of the document in question verified as 
aforesaid shall be furnished, together with the appropriate number of copies thereof. Publication and sale of documents. IP/NI1 ISGP/P/2 
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113. The Registrar may arrange for the pUblication and sale of copies of specifica­
tions and other documents in the Registry and of indexes to, and abridgements or ab­
stracts of, such documents. 
Journal. 
114. -( 1) The Registrar shall publish a journal containing particulars of applications 
for and grant of patents and other proceedings under the Act and any other in­
formation that he may deem to be generally useful or important. 
(2) The journal shall be entitled "The Patents Journal". 
(3) Unless the Registrar otherwise directs, the journal shall be published monthly. 
(4) The fee payable for the journal shall be as follows: 
(a) Patents Journal A ... $4$10 per issue; and 
(b) Patents Journal B ... $30$36 per issue. 
(4) The fee payable for the journal shall be specified in the Eighth Schedule. 
Reports of cases. 
115. The Registrar may from time to time publish reports of­
(a) cases relating to patents decided by him; and 
(b) cases relating to patents (whether under the Act or otherwise) decided by any 
court or body (whether in Singapore or elsewhere), 
being cases which he considers to be generally useful or important. 
INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS 
Filing of international applications. 
116. -(1) Where the Registry is the competent receiving Office under the Patent 
Co-operation Treaty, an international application shall be filed at it in English in 
triplicate. 
(2) If less than 3 copies of the international application are so filed, upon preparation 
by the Registry of the number of copies of it required to bring the total to 3, the 
applicant shall on demand pay to the Registry the appropriate charge for the prepa­
ration of the additional copies required. IPINIl/SGP/P/2 
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Transmittal, basic, designation and search fees. 
117. -(1) Subject to paragraph (6), payment of the prescribed transmittal fee shall 
be made and shall be accompanied by Patents Form 48 to the Registry not later than 
one month from the date on which the application to which it relates is filed at the 
Registry. 
(1 A) Where, in accordance with rule 19 (4) (a) of the Regulations under the Patent 
Co-operation Treaty, an international application is considered to have been received 
by the Registry on behalf of the International Bureau as receiving Office, the 
transmittal of the application by the Registry shall be subject to a payment of a fee as 
provided by rule 19 (4) (b) of the said Regulations. 
(2) Subject to paragraph (6), payment of the basic fee referred to in rule 15.1 (i) of 
the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty and of the search fee referred to 
in rule 16.1 of the said Regulations shall be made within the times prescribed in rules 
15.4 and 16.1 of the said Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty. 
(3) Subject to paragraph (6), payment of the designation fees referred to in rule 15.1 
(ii) of the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty in respect of designations 
made under rule 4.9 thereof shall be made to the Registry in the amount provided for 
in rule 15.2 (b) thereof-
(a) where the international application does not contain a date to be treated by 
virtue of section 87 (1) (b) as the declared priority date, within 12 months 
from the date of filing the application at the Registry; and 
(b) where the international application contains a date to be treated by virtue of 
section 87 (1) (b) as the declared priority date, within 12 months from that 
priority date or within one month from the date of filing the application at the 
Registry, whichever is the later. 
(4) Payment of designation fees and of confirmation fees referred to in rule 15.5 (a) 
in respect of designations made under rule 4.9 (b) of the Regulations under the Patent 
Co-operation Treaty shall be made to the Registry in the respective amounts provided 
for in rule 15.2 ( b) and rule 15.5 (a) thereof not later than 15 months from the date to 
be treated by virtue of section 87 (1) (b) as the declared priority date, or, where there 
is no declared priority date, the date on which the application to which they relate is 
filed at the Registry. 
(5) Subject to paragraph (6), payment of the search fee referred to in rule 16.1 of the 
said Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty shall be made to the Registry in 
the amount published in the Journal. 
(6) Where payment ofa fee pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) has not been 
made to the Registry, in the case of transmittal, basic and designation fees, within the 
periods prescribed by paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4), and in the case of search fees, 
within the period referred to in rule 16.1 (f) of the Regulations under the Patent Co­
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(a) the Registry shall give notice to the applicant requiring the applicant to pay 
the Registry the outstanding fee and a late payment fee calculated in accor­
dance with rule 16 bis.2 of the said Regulations within one month from the 
date on which the notice is sent to the applicant; and 
(b) the specified period shall be treated in respect of the outstanding fee as not 
expiring until the end of the one month period referred to in sub-paragraph 
(a). 
Certified copies. 
118. A request under rule 20.9rule 17.1 or rule 20.9 of the Regulations under the 
Patent Co-operation Treaty for a certified copy of an international application as filed 
with the Registry as receiving Office and of any corrections thereto shall be made on 
Patents Form 27Patents Form 26 and shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee. 
Fee currency. 
119. The fees referred to in rules 117 and 118 shall be paid in Singapore dollars. 
Modified application of Act and Rules to United Kingdom and European Patent 
Office applications. 
120. The Seventh Schedule shall have effect in respect of applications for patents 
filed under section 116 (6) and patents granted thereon. 
FIRST SCHEDULE 
FEES PAYABLE 
Matter of Proceeding 
1. On payment of filing fee to request the grant 
of a patent 
2. On filing a request for the grant of a patent 
3. On reference under section 20 (1) or 47 (1) 
4. On filing a counter-statement in each of the 
following cases: 
(a) Opposing the making of an order under sec 
tion 20 or 47 
(b) Opposing a request under section 22 
(c) In respect of a reference under section 23 
(5) 
(d) Opposing an application under section 24 Amount $ 
160 
320350380 
40 Rule 3. 
Corresponding 
Form No. 
1 
2 
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(e) In answer to a notice of opposition under 
section 38 
(f) In answer to a notice of opposition under 
section 40 
(g) In respect of a reference under section 48 
(5) 
(h) In respect of an application under section 
53 (3) 
(i) In answer to a notice of opposition under 
section 54 (6) 
(j) In respect of a reference under section 67 
(3) 
(k) On contesting an application under section 
78 for declaration of non-infringement 
(l) On contesting an application under section 
80 for revocation of a patent 
(m) In answer to a notice of opposition under 
section 107 (2) to the correction of an er 
ror, clerical error or mistake 
5. On application under section 20 (5) or 47 (3) 353841 
for authorisation by Registrar 
6. On request for directions under section 22 320350380 
7. On reference under section 23 (5) or 48 (5) 320350380 
to determine the question of a licence 
8. On application to the Registrar under section 320350380 
24 (1) and/or (3) 
9. On filing a statement of inventorship and of 
right to the grant of a patent 
10. On request for early publication under sec 50 
tion 27 (1) 
11. On request for a search report or a supple 1,140 
mentary search report 1,370 
12. On request for a search and examination re 1,570 
port under section 29 (1) (b) or (5) (b) 1,940 
13. On request for an examination report under 800 
section 29 (3), (5) (a) or (8) 
14. On request to amend application before 
grant 
15. On request for issuance of certificate of 150 
grant 
16. On payment of renewal fee --
(a) Before the expiration of the 4th year from 150 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(b) Before the expiration of the 5th year from 150 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 (c) Before the expiration of the 6th year from 150 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(d) Before the expiration of the 7th year from 250 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(e) Before the expiration of the 8th year from 250 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(j) Before the expiration of the 9th year from 250 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(g) Before the expiration of the 10th year from 350 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(h) Before the expiration of the 11th year from 350 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(i) Before the expiration of the 12th year from 350 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(j) Before the expiration of the 13th year from 450 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(k) Before the expiration of the 14th year from 450 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(l) Before the expiration of the 15th year from 450 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(m) Before the expiration of the 16th year from 550 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(n) Before the expiration ofthe 17th year from 550 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(0) Before the expiration of the 18th year from 550 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(P) Before the expiration of the 19th year from 650 
the date of filing ofthe application for the 
patent 
17. On payment of an additional fee for renew 16 
al under section 36 (3) 
(a) Not exceeding one month .................. 50 
(b) Each succeeding month .................... 100 
(but not exceeding 6 months) 
18. On application to amend specification after 100 17 IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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grant 
19. On notice of opposition to amendment of 480 
specification after grant 
20. On application for the restoration of a 300 
patent 
20 On application for the restoration of a 500 
patent 
21. On payment of additional fee on the appli 300 
cation for the restoration of a patent 
22. On filing an offer to surrender a patent 70 
23. On notice of opposition to offer to surren 200 
der a patent 220 
24. On request for alteration of name, address 10 
or address for service in the register, for each 12 
patent or application 
25. On application to register or give notice of 
a transaction, instrument or event affecting the 
rights in a patent or an application for a patent 
(a) On each application covering more than 50 
one patent or application for a patent, the 
devolution of title being the same as in 
the first patent or application for a patent 
(b) For each additional request 
25 On application to register or give notice of a 
transaction, instrument or event affecting the 
rights in a patent or an application for a patent 
for each patent or application for a patent 
affected by such transaction, instrument or 
event 
26. For each patent or application for a patent, 
on 
(a) each alteration of name or alteration or cor 
recti on of address or address for service; 
(b) each correction of an error in the register or 
any connected document; or 
(c) each correction of an error of translation or 
transcription or clerical error or mistake 
in the specification of a patent, in an ap 
plication for a patent or in any document 
filed in connection with a patent or such 
an application 
27. On request for the furnishing of or access 
to miscellaneous information 
(a) For inspecting the file of documents relat 
ing to a patent or patent application 50 
50 
58 
63 
10 
12 
For each file..................... 56 
(b) For inspecting information or documents 
kept in an electronic data base at the Reg 18 
19 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
24 
23 
25 istry 
For every half an hour ............... . 
(c) For inspecting the register 
For every half an hour 
(d) For furnishing information contained in the 
register 2 
S 224/96 we! 1.6. 96. 
2 
S 224/96 we! 1.6.96. 
For each application for a patent or a 5 
patent .................... 6 
(e) For photocopying/reproducing 
For each sheet.. ................ .. 0.30 
(e) For any document placed in the public 
search room 
(i) self-service photocopying of each page or 0.15 
part thereof using a stored-value card 
(ii) photocopying of each page or part thereof 0.30 
by the staff of the Registry 
(f) For photocopying of each page or part 0.30 
thereof of any other document by the staff of 
the Registry 
(g) For each page of computer print-out from 0.30 
an electronic database of the Registry 
28. On request for certificate of the Registrar 
(a) by impressed stamp ...................... . 1012 
(b) sealed and attached to documents ......... 2022 
(c) in respect of a priority document pursuant 50 
to Rule 17.1 (b) of the Regulations under 
the Patent Co-operation Treaty ......... 
(d) in respect of a certified copy of the intema 2528 
tional application made pursuant to rule 
118 .......................... .. 
29. On app I ication for entry of order of court in 10 
the register 
30. On application by proprietor for entry to be 70 
made in the register to the effect that licences 
under the patent are to be available as of right 
31. On application for settlement of terms ofli 320360380 
cence of right 
32. On application under section 54 (1) or sec 70 
tion 54 (3) for cancellation of entry in the reg 
ister 
33. On notice of opposition to an application 708090 
under section 54 (1) or 54 (3) for cancellation 
of entry in the register 26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
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34. On reference to the Registrar of a dispute 200 32 
as to infringement 220 
35. On application for declaration of non-in 200 33 
fringement 220 
36. On application under section 79 (1) for in 100 34 
formation on corresponding applications for a 
patent 
37. On application under section 80 for the re 390430 35 
vocation of a patent 
38. On request for re-examination of a patent 900 36 
in response to the Registrar's direction 
39. On payment of prescribed fee for entry into 160 37 
the national phase under section 86 (3) 
40. On payment of prescribed fee and request 70 38 
for publication of translation 
41. On application to Registrar for an intema 160 39 
tional application to be treated as an applica 
tion under the Act 
42. On request for the exercise of the discre 100 40 
tionary power of the Registrar 
43. On declaration of authorisation where 10 41 
agent appointed or in substitution for another 
44. On payment of the advertisement fee upon 15 42 
receipt of the Registrar's request under rule 91 18 
(3) 
45. On notice of opposition to the correction of 80 43 
an error, clerical error or mistake 85 
46. On request for information relating to a 202224 44 
patent or an application for a patent 
47. On request for extension of each time or 200 45 
period under rule 108 (3) 
47 On request for extension of each time or pe 200 45 
riod under rule 108 (3) for each month or part 
of a month for which the extension is sought 
48. On request for extension of each time or 200 46 
period under rule 108 (4) 
49. On payment of additional fee for extension 200 47 
of each time or period under rule 108 (6) for 
each month, or part of a month, for which the 
extension is granted 
50. On payment of transmittal fee under Rule 120135 48 
14 of the Regulations under the Patent Co-op 
eration Treaty 
51. On request for certificate authorising re 15 49 
lease of sample of micro-organism 
52. On notice of intention to restrict availabili 15 50 
ty of samples of micro-organisms to experts 
53. On request for certificate authorising re 15 51 lease of sample of micro-organism to an expert 
54. On application for the grant of a patent un 
der section 116 (6) during the period of exten 
sion of time under rule 108 (8) 
55 On payment of renewal fee under section 53 
or 54 
(a) Before the expiration of the 4th year from 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(b) Before the expiration of the 5th year from 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(c) Before the expiration of the 6th year from 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(d) Before the expiration of the 7th year from 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(e) Before the expiration of the 8th year from 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(f) Before the expiration of the 9th year from 
the date offiling of the application for the 
patent 
(g) Before the expiration of the 10th year from 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(h) Before the expiration of the 11th year from 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(i) Before the expiration of the 12th year from 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(j) Before the expiration of the 13th year from 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(k) Before the expiration of the 14th year from 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(T) Before the expiration of the 15th year from 
the date offiling of the application for the 
patent 
(m) Before the expiration of the 16th year from 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(n) Before the expiration of the 17th year from 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
(0) Before the expiration of the 18th year from 
the date of filing of the application for the 500 
75 
75 
75 
125 
125 
125 
175 
175 
175 
225 
225 
225 
275 
275 
275 52. 
53. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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patent 
(P) Before the expiration of the 19th year from 325 
the date of filing of the application for the 
patent 
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RuleS. 
1. A person who has paid a fee prescribed in these Rules in relation to proceedings before the 
Registrar shaH be paid the amount of the fee. 
2. A person attending proceedings before the Registrar shall be paid -
a a reasonable amount for expenses incurred for transport between the usual place of residence 
of the person and the place that he attends for that purpose; and 
b if the person is required to be absent overnight from his usual place of residence, a reasonable 
amount as allowances up to a daily maximum of $250 for meals and accommodation. 
3. A person who, because of his professional, scientific or other special skill or knowledge, is 
summoned to appear before the registrar as a witness shall be paid -
a if the person is remunerated in his occupation by wages, salary or fees, an amount equal to the 
amount of wages, salary or fees not paid to the person because of his attendance before the 
Registrar for that purpose, but such amount should not exceed $150 per day; or 
b in any other case, an amount of not less than $100 but not more than $150.00 for each day on 
which he so attends. 
FOURTH SCHEDULE 
Rules 20, 28 and 108. 
MICRO-ORGANISMS 
Applications. 
1. -(1) The specification of an application for a patent, or of a patent, for an invention which 
requires for its performance the use of a micro-organism -
(a) which is not available to the public at the date of filing ofthe application; and 
(b) which cannot be described in the specification in such a manner as to enable the invention to 
be performed by a person skilled in the art, 
shall, in relation to the micro~organism itself, be treated for the purposes of the Act as disclosing the 
invention in such a manner only if one of the conditions set out in sub~paragraph (2), is satisfied. 
(2) The conditions referred to in sub~paragraph (1) are-IP/N/l/SGP/P/2 
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(a) a condition that-
(i) not later than the date of filing of the application, a culture of the micro-organism has been 
deposited with any international depositary authority which is able to furnish a 
sample of the micro-organism; and 
(ii) the name of the international depositary authority, the date when the culture was deposited 
and the accession number of the deposit are given in the specification of the 
application ,and a copy of the receipt issued by the international depositary authority 
in accordance with rule 7 of the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty is filed; and 
(b) a condition, in the case of an international application for a patent (Singapore) which is 
treated, by virtue of section 85 as a patent under the Act, or, as the case may be, an ap­
plication for a patent under the Act, that the corresponding provisions of the Implementing 
Regulations to the Patent Co-operation Treaty have been complied with, 
and where a new deposit is made under paragraph 4, a further condition that the applicant or pro­
prietor makes a new deposit in accordance with that paragraph. 
(3) Where the condition of sub-paragraph (2) (a) (ii) is not satisfied at the time the application for a 
patent is filed, it shall be satisfied -
(a) within 16 months from-
(i) the declared priority date; or 
(ii) the date of filing the application where there is no declared priority date; 
(b) where, on a request made by the applicant, the Registrar publishes the application before the 
end of the period prescribed for the purposes of section 27 (1), before the date of the 
request; or 
(c) where the Registrar sends notification to the applicant that, in accordance with section 108 
(4), he has received a request by any person for information and inspection of documents 
under subsection (1) of that section, before the end of one month after his sending to the 
applicant notification of his receipt of the request, 
whichever is the earliest. 
(4) The giving of the information specified in sub-paragraph (2) (a) (ii) shall constitute the un­
reserved and irrecoverable consent of the applicant to the international depositary authority with 
which a culture (including a deposit which is to be treated as having always been available by virtue 
of paragraph 4 (2» is from time to time deposited making the culture available on receipt of the Reg­
istrar's certificate authorising the release to the person who is named therein as a person to whom the 
culture may be made available and who makes a valid request therefor to the authority. 
Availability of cultures. 
2. -(1) Subject to paragraph 3, a request that the Registrar certify a person as a person to whom 
an international depositary authority may furnish a sample of a micro-organism -
(a) before publication of the application for a patent, to a person who has made a request under 
section 108 (1) in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph 1 (3) (c); and 
(b) at any later time, to any person, 
shall be made on Patents Form 49 (which shall be filed in duplicate) together with the form provided 
for by the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty. 
(2) The Registrar shall send a copy of any form lodged with him under sub-paragraph (1) and of 
his certificate authorising the release ofthe sample -
(a) to the applicant for, or proprietor of, the patent; (b) to the international depositary authority; and 
(c) to the person making the request. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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(3) A request under sub-paragraph (1) shall comprise, on the part of the person to whom the re­
quest relates, undertakings for the benefit of the applicant for, or proprietor of, the patent-
(a) not to make the culture, or any culture derived from it, available to any other person; and 
(b) not to use the culture, or any culture derived from it, otherwise than for experimental pur­
poses relating to the subject matter of the invention, and-
(i) subject to sub-paragraph (iii), both undertakings shall have effect during any period before 
the application for a patent has been withdrawn, has been treated as having been 
abandoned, has been refused or is treated as having been refused (including any 
further period allowed under rule 100 or 108 (1) or (4) but excluding, where an 
application is reinstated under either of those rules, the period before it is reinstated); 
(ii) if a patent is granted on the application, the undertaking set out in sub-paragraph (a) shall 
also have effect during any period for which the patent is in force and during the 
period of 6 months referred to in section 36 (3); and 
(iii) the undertaking set out in paragraph (b) shall not have effect after the date of publication 
in the journal of a notice that the patent has been granted, 
and, in this sub-paragraph, references to a culture derived from a deposited culture of a micro-or­
ganism are references to a culture so derived which exhibits those characteristics of the deposited 
culture essential for the performance of the invention. 
(4) For the purpose of enabling any act specified in section 63 to be done in relation to the culture 
for the services of the Government, the undertakings specified in sub-paragraph (3)-
(a) shall not be required from any Government department or person authorised in writing by a 
Government department for the purposes of this paragraph; and 
(b) shall not have effect in relation to any such person who has already given them. 
(5) An undertaking given pursuant to sub-paragraph (3) may be varied by way of derogation by 
agreement between the applicant or proprietor and the person by whom it is given. 
(6) Where, in respect of a patent to which the undertaking set out in sub-paragraph (3) (a) has 
effect-
(a) an entry is made in the register under section 53 to the effect that licences are to be available 
as of right; or 
(b) a compulsory licence is granted under section 55, 
that undertaking shall not have effect to the extent necessary for effect to be given to any such licence. 
Availability of cultures to experts. 
3. -(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where, before the preparations for publication under section 
27 of an application for a patent have been completed, the applicant gives notice to the Registrar on 
Patents Form 50 of his intention that a sample ofthe micro-organism should be made available only to 
an expert, the provisions of this paragraph shall have effect. 
(2) The Registrar-
(a) shall at the time of publication of the application under section 27, publish a notice in the 
journal that the provisions of this paragraph have effect; and 
(b) notwithstanding paragraph 2, shall not, until the patent is granted or the application has been 
withdrawn, has been treated as having been abandoned, has been refused or is treated as IP/N/I/SGP/PI2 
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having been refused, issue any certificate authorising release of a sample otherwise than 
under this paragraph. 
(3) In the case of an international application for a patent (Singapore), the applicant may, for the 
purpose set out in sub-paragraph (1) give notice in writing to the International Bureau under rule 13 
bis 3 of the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty before the technical preparations for 
international publication of the application are complete of his intention that a sample of the micro­
organism should be made available only to an expert and he shall be treated by the Registrar for the 
purposes of this paragraph as having complied with the conditions in sub-paragraph (l) and sub­
paragraph (2) (a) shall not apply. 
(4) Any person wishing to have a sample of the micro-organism made available ("the requester") 
(a) shall apply to the Registrar on Patents Form 51 (which shall be filed in duplicate together 
with the form provided for by the Regulations under the Patent Co-operation Treaty 
nominating the person ("the expert") to whom he wishes the sample to be made available; 
and 
(b) shall at the same time file undertakings by the expert as set out in paragraph 2 (3) in accor­
dance with the provisions of that paragraph. 
(5) The Registrar shall send a copy of Patents Form 51 filed under sub-paragraph (4) to the ap­
plicant for the patent and shall specify the period within which the applicant may object, in accor­
dance with sub-paragraph (6), to a sample of the micro-organism being available to the expert. 
(6) Unless, within the period specified by the Registrar under sub-paragraph (5) (or within such 
longer period as the Registrar may, on application made to him within that period, allow), the ap­
plicant for the patent sends notice in writing to the Registrar that he objects to a sample of the micro­
organism being made available to the expert and gives his reasons for his objection, the Registrar shall 
send a copy of any form lodged with him under sub-paragraph (4) (a) and of his certificate authorising 
the release of the sample -
(a) to the applicant for the patent; 
(b) to the international depositary authority concerned; 
(c) to the requester; and 
(d) to the expert. 
(7) Where, in accordance with sub-paragraph (6), the applicant for the patent sends notice to the 
Registrar of his objection to the issue of a certificate in favour of the expert, the Registrar-
(a) shall decide, having regard to the knowledge, experience and technical qualifications of the 
expert and to any other factors he considers relevant, whether to issue his certificate in 
favour of the expert; and 
(b) if he decides to authorise the release of the sample to the expert, shall send to the persons 
referred to in sub-paragraph (6) a copy of any form lodged with him under sub-paragraph 
(4) (a) and of his certificate authorising the release of the sample to the expert. 
(8) Before making a decision in accordance with sub-paragraph (7), the Registrar shall afford the 
applicant and the requester the opportunity of being heard. 
(9) If the Registrar decides under sub-paragraph (7) not to issue his certificate in favour of the 
expert, the requester may, by notice in writing to the Registrar and the applicant, nominate another 
person as the expert for the purposes of this paragraph; and the Registrar shall give such directions as 
he shall think fit with regard to the subsequent procedure. 
(10) Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the rights under section 61 of any Government de­
partment or of any person authorised in writing by a Government department. New deposits. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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4. -( 1) Where the international depositary authority with which a deposit or a new deposit of a 
culture has been made under this Schedule -
(a) notifies the applicant or proprietor that it -
(i) cannot satisfy a request made in accordance with paragraph 2 (1) or 3 (4); or 
(ii) is not able lawfully, to satisfy such a request, for the culture to be made available; 
(b) ceases temporarily or permanently to carry out the functions of an international depositary 
authority; or 
(c) ceases for any reason to conduct its activities as an international depositary authority in an 
objective and impartial manner, 
subject to sub-paragraph (3), the applicant or proprietor may, unless the culture has been transferred to 
another international depositary authority which is able to make it available, make a new deposit of a 
culture of the micro-organism. 
(2) For the purposes of paragraph 1 and of this paragraph, the deposit shall be treated as always 
having been available if, within 3 months of the receipt of such notification or of the international 
depositary authority ceasing to perform the functions of an international depositary authority or to 
conduct its activities as such an authority in an objective and impartial manner, the applicant or pro­
prietor-
(a) in a case where the deposit has not already been transferred, makes the new deposit; 
(b) furnishes to the international depositary authority with which the new deposit is made a 
declaration that the culture so deposited is of the same micro-organism as was the culture 
originally deposited; and 
(c) requests amendment of the specification under section 31 or 38, as the case may be, so as to 
indicate the accession number of the transferred or new deposit and, where applicable, the 
name of the international depositary authority with which the deposit has been made. 
(3) The new deposit referred to in sub-paragraph (1)-
(a) shall, subject to sub-paragraph (b), be made with the same international depositary authority 
as was the original deposit; or 
(b) in the cases referred to in sub-paragraphs (1) (a) (ii), (b) and (c), shall be made with another 
international depositary authority which is able to satisfy the request. 
Definitions. 
5. In this Schedule -
"Budapest Treaty" means the Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro­
organisms for the purposes of Patent Procedure done at Budapest in 1977; 
"depositary institution" means an institution which, at all relevant times-
(a) carries out the functions of receiving, accepting and storing micro-organisms and the 
furnishing of samples thereof; and 
(b) conducts its affairs in so far as they relate to the carrying out of those functions in an 
objective and impartial manner. 
"international depositary authority" means a depositary institution which has acquired the status 
of international depositary authority as provided in Article 7 of the Budapest Treaty. IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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FIFTH SCHEDULE 
PATENTS ACT 
(CHAPTER 221) 
CERTIFICATE OF GRANT OF PATENT Rule 50. 
In accordance with section 35 of the Patents Act, it is hereby certified that a patent 
having the Specification No. has been granted in respect of an invention 
having the following particulars: 
Title: 
Application Number: 
Date of Filing: 
Priority Data: 
Name ofInventor: 
Name of Proprietor of the Patent: 
Address: 
Date of Grant: 
Dated this day of 19 . 
Registrar 
Singapore. of 
FIFTH SCHEDULE 
THE PATENTS ACT 
(CHAPTER 221) 
CERTIFICATE OF GRANT OF PATENT Patents, 
Rule 50. 
In accordance with section 35 of the Patents Act, it is hereby certified that a patent 
having the P-No. has been granted in respect of an invention having the 
following particulars: 
Title: 
Application Number: 
Date of Filing: Priority Data: 
Name ofInventor(s): 
Name(s) and Address(es) ofProprietor(s) of the Patent: 
Date of Grant: 
Dated this 
Registrar 
Singapore. of 
SIXTH SCHEDULE 
REMUNERATION OF SCIENTIFIC ADVISERS IP/N/1/SGP/P/2 
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Patents, 
Rule 107. 
1. A person appointed as a scientific adviser to assist the Registrar in proceedings under the Act 
and who attends the proceedings before the Registrar shall be paid -
(a) a reasonable amount for expenses incurred for transport between his usual place of residence 
and the place where the proceedings take place; and 
(b) if the scientific adviser is required to be absent overnight from his usual place of residence, a 
reasonable amount as allowance for meals and accommodation up to a daily maximum of 
$250. 
2. A person appointed as a scientific adviser to assist the Registrar in proceedings under the Act 
shall, apart from the expenses and allowances referred to in paragraph 1, be paid an amount of not less 
than $650 but not more than $2,000 for each day or part thereof for which he hears the case or works 
on the report pursuant to an inquiry referred to him under rule 107 (1) (b). 
3. A person appointed as a scientific adviser to sit with the Registrar at the hearing of any pro­
ceedings may, apart from the expenses and allowances referred to in paragraph 1, be paid an amount 
not less than $650 but not more than $2,000 if he is subsequently not required to hear the proceedings 
with the Registrar. 
SEVENTH SCHEDULE 
Rules 108 and 120. 
MODIFIED APPLICATION OF THE ACT AND RULES TO UNITED 
KINGDOM AND EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE APPLICATIONS 
Where an application for a patent under the United Kingdom Patents Act 1977 or an application 
designating the United Kingdom filed at the European Patent Office (the foreign application) is 
pending on the appointed day of the Act and the applicant makes an application under section 116 (6) IP/N/lISGP/P/2 
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for the grant of a patent, the provisions of the Act and these Rules shall apply to the foreign ap­
plication with the following modifications: 
(a) where the application under section 116 (6) is filed after the 16-month period prescribed in 
rule 9 or 18-
(i) that all the requirements of rules 9 and 18, except for the prescribed period of 16 months, 
shall be complied with within the same day of filing the application; and 
(ii) the requirements of paragraph 1 (2) (a) (ii) and (3) of the Fourth Schedule, in a case to 
which they apply, shall be complied with no later than the time ascertained under the 
said paragraph 1 (3) and the time of filing the applicationon or before the time 
ascertained under the said paragraph 1 (3) or the time of filing the application, 
whichever is the later; 
(b) the application for the patent shall, notwithstanding rule 19, be treated as having been 
abandoned unless -
(i) the description, claims and drawings required to be filed are identical with those as filed 
with the foreign application; 
(ii) the application is accompanied by a certified copy of the description, claims and drawings 
as filed with the foreign application; and 
(iii) a declaration stating that the foreign application was pending on the appointed day of the 
Act is made within the same day of filing the application; 
(e) the requirements of section 26 (1) are modified to the extent that the application shall be 
accorded, under section 116 (6), the same date of filing as the date of filing of the foreign 
application, when the following considerations are satisfied in relation to the application: 
(i) the considerations of section 26 (1) (a) and (b); and 
(ii) the documents filed at the Registry contain a description of the invention which is iden­
tical with that as filed with the foreign application as of its filing date; 
(d) the period prescribed for the purposes of section 28 (1) shall be the period which expires on 
the actual date of filing of the application; 
(e) the requirements of rule 29 are modified to the extent that the 18-month period commences 
from the actual date of filing the application; 
(f) the requirements of rule 33 (1) are modified to the extent that the requirements of rule 19 as 
modified by paragraph (b) also apply; 
(g) the requirements of rule 38 are modified to the extent that the 16-month period commences 
from the actual date of filing the application; 
(h) the requirements of section 29 (1) (a) are modified to the extent that instead of filing a re­
quest for a search report, the applicant may file a copy of the search report which is issued 
in respect of the foreign application, provided that the application in Singapore relates to 
the same or substantially the same invention as the foreign application at the time of search; 
(i) the requirements of section 29 (1) (b) are modified to the extent that instead of filing a request 
for a search and examination report, the applicant may file a copy of the search report and 
the substantive examination report which is issued in respect of the foreign applicationthe 
examination report resulting from an examination as to substance which is issued in respect 
of the foreign application, provided that the application in Singapore relates to the same or 
substantially the same invention as the foreign application at the time of search and at the 
time of examination, respectively; 
(;) section 29 (9) is modified to the extent that "corresponding application" includes the foreign 
application; IP/N/l/SGP/P/2 
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(k) the conditions of section 30 (2) (c) are modified to the extent that the search report and the 
substantive examination report which is issued in respect of the foreign application can be 
substituted for -
(i) the search and examination report referred to in section 30 (2) (c) (i); or 
(ii) the search report and the examination report referred to in section 30 (2) (c) (ii) or (iii), 
as the case may be; 
(I) the requirements of rule 43 are modified to the extent that the 22-month period commences 
from the actual date of filing the application; 
(m) the requirements of rule 46 (8) are modified to the extent that the 39-month period com­
mences from the actual date of filing the application under section 116 (6); 
(n) the requirements of rule 47 (1) are modified to the extent that the 42-month period com­
mences from the actual date of filing the application; and 
(0) the date prescribed for the purposes of section 36 (1) shall be the date of filing of the ap­
plication accorded under section 116 (6). 
EIGHTH SCHEDULE 
FEES PAYABLE FOR THE JOURNAL 
PART I 
PATENTS JOURNAL A 
Mode of Delivery Rate 
(1 )Self-collection $10 
(2)By post to destination country groups: 
(a)Singapore $16 
(b )Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia $25 
(c )Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand $28 
(d)Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka and Taiwan $34 
(e)Australia (including Norfolk Island, Cocos (Keeling) Island and $37 
Christmas Island), People's Republic of China and New 
Zealand 
(f)India, Japan and other destinations in Asia and territories in the $38 
Pacific 
(g)Germany, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Netherlands and $41 
Switzerland 
(h)Canada and the United States of America (including Hawaii, $40 
Puerto Rico, Guantanamo Bay [US Naval Station], Virgin Is 
land of USA) 
(i)Other destinations in Middle East, Africa, Europe and Amer ica $44 Rule 114 (4) IP/N/1/SGP/PI2 
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PART 11 
PATENTS JOURNAL B 
Mode of Delivery Rate 
(1 )Self-collection $36 
(2)By post to destination country groups: 
(a)Singapore $43 
(b)Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia $55 
(c )Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand $60 
(d)Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka and Taiwan $66 
(e)Australia (including Norfolk Island, Cocos (Keeling) Island and $71 
Christmas Island), People's Republic of China and New 
Zealand 
(f)India, Japan and other destinations in Asia and territories in the $73 
Pacific 
(g)Germany, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Netherlands and $78 
Switzerland 
(h)Canada and the United States of America (including Hawaii, $79 
Puerto Rico, Guantanamo Bay [US Naval Station], Virgin Is 
land of USA) 
(i)Other destinations in Middle East, Africa, Europe and America $86. 