(1) The Registry shall, unless any agreement is in force under subsection (2),
act as a receiving office in respect of any international application filed with it by a
resident or national of Uganda.
(2) The Registry may make an agreement of the kind referred to in rule 19 1(b)
of the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty by which an
intergovernmental organisation or the national office of another Contracting State of
the Patent Cooperation Treaty shall act instead of the Registry as receiving office
for applicants who are residents or nationals of Uganda.
24D. Filing of international applications with the Registry.
An international application filed with the Registry as receiving office shall be
filed in English and the prescribed transmittal fee shall be paid to the Registry within
one month from the date of receipt of the international application.
24E. The Registry as designated office.
The Registry shall act as a designated office in respect of an international
application in which Uganda is designated for the purposes of obtaining a national
patent or utility certificate under this Statute.
24F. The Registry as elected office.
The Registry shall act as an elected office in respect of an international
application in which Uganda is designated as referred to in section 24E if the
applicant elects Uganda for the purposes of international preliminary examination
under Chapter II of the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
24G. National processing.
The Registry as a designated office or an elected office shall not commence
processing of an international application designating Uganda before the expiration
of the time limit referred to in section 24H except where the applicant complies with
the requirements of that section and files with the Registry an express request for
early commencement of such processing.
24H. Entering national
The applicant in respect of an international application designating Uganda
shall, before the expiration of the time limit applicable under Article 22 or 39 of the
Patent Cooperation Treaty or of such later time limit as may be prescribed in the
regulations—
(a) pay the prescribed fee to the Registry; and
(b) if the international application was not filed in, and has not been
published under the Patent Cooperation Treaty as a translation into, a
prescribed language, file with the Registry a translation of the
international application, containing the prescribed contents, into that
language.