examination and on paying to the registrar the prescribed fee, be
registered by him as a patent agent.
21.
(2)
Any person registered or deemed to be registered as a patent agent
under the repealed law at the commencement of this Act, shall be
deemed to have been registered as a patent agent under this Act, and
any person entitled at the commencement of this Act to be so
registered, shall be entitled to be so registered under this Act.
(3)
Any person entitled to practise as an attorney in the Republic may, on
passing the prescribed examination and on paying the prescribed fee
to the registrar, be registered by him as a patent attorney.
(4)
Any person registered or deemed to be registered as a patent agent
under this Act and entitled to practise as an attorney may, on
application and without the payment of any fee, be registered by the
registrar as a patent attorney.
Patent Examination Board.
(1)
(2)
(3)
There is hereby established a board to be called the Patent
Examination Board.
The board shall consist of—
(a)
the registrar of patents or his nominee, as the Minister may
determine, who shall be chairman;
(b)
at least one person nominated by the law societies and
appointed by the Minister;
(c)
at least one full-time lecturer in law at a university, who shall
be appointed by the Minister;
(d)
at least two persons nominated by the South African Institute
of Intellectual Property Law and appointed by the Minister; and
(e)
such other persons as the Minister may appoint.
(a)
The board may—
(i)
prescribe the syllabuses of instruction for the
prescribed examination mentioned in section 20;
(ii)
prescribe the minimum qualifications required from
candidates for admission to such prescribed
examination;
(iii)
prescribe the period of academic and practical
instruction that any such candidate shall undergo;
(iv)
grant exemptions to such candidates in respect of all or
any of the prescribed courses of instruction by virtue of
examinations passed in connection with such courses
and set by any body recognized by the board;
(v)
grant recognition as the prescribed examination
mentioned in section 20, to any examination conducted
by a university;
(vi)
in co-operation with any body or person, arrange for the
training, instruction or testing of candidates mentioned
in subparagraph (ii);
(vii)
make disciplinary rules regarding the behaviour,
training and instruction of such candidates, and provide
for the enforcement thereof;