(2)
The Controller shall, on payment of the fee, furnish or send to the applicant or to
the owner of the patent, a receipt acknowledging payment.
(3)
The annual maintenance fee shall be paid not less than 2 weeks before the expiry
of the yearly period.
(4)
Where the annual maintenance fee has not been paid within the period specified
in paragraph (3), the application for the registration of the patent shall be deemed
to have been withdrawn and the patent shall lapse.
(5)
32.
The Controller shall record and publish a notification of the lapse of a patent.
On being notified of the final decision of the Tribunal under section 25(4) of the Act, the
Controller shall, within one month of the notification, cause a reference to the decision to
be published.
PART II - INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
33.
The Controller shall apply the latest version of the Locarno Agreement of 1968,
establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs, for the registration and
publication of industrial designs.
34.
(1)
The application for the registration of an industrial design shall be -
(a)
made in the form specified in the Ninth Schedule;
(b)
accompanied by the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule; and
(c)
signed by the applicant or by all applicants, where it is a joint
application.
(2)
Regulation 19 shall apply mutatis mutandis to an application for registration of
an industrial design