Withdrawal of Notifications of Incompatibility of Certain Modified PCT Rules with National Laws

GB United Kingdom (PCT Rule 49.6)

The United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (an operating name of the Patent Office), in its capacity as designated Office, has notified the International Bureau that it has withdrawn, with effect from 1 January 2005, its notification of incompatibility under PCT Rule 49.6(f) (see PCT Newsletter No. 02/2003, page 5). This means that PCT Rule 49.6(a) to (e) (reinstatement of rights after failure to perform the acts referred to in PCT Article 22), which entered into force on 1 January 2003, applies with respect to that Office with effect from 1 January 2005.  The Office has notified the IB that it applies the "unintentional" criterion in respect of such requests for reinstatement of rights.

The table of “PCT Reservations, Declarations, Notifications and Incompatibilities” (http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/reservations/res_incomp.html) has been updated accordingly.