!NDUSTRIAL PROPERTY -NOVEMBER 1983 Forms Nos. 3 or 4, respectively, which are annexed to these Regulations, subject to the payment of the pre­ scribed fee. (Use of Foreign Languages) 9. Where necessary, the Registrar may authorize the applicant to use a foreign language. If the foreign lan­ guage used is not comprehensible to the Registrar, the LAWS AND TREATfES patent agents in the Sudan, as indicated in Form No. 11 annexed to these Regulations. (4) Where an agent fails to pay the renewal fee within 30 days following notification in writing by registered letter, his name shall be cancelled from the Register; the date on which the registered letter is sent shall be con­ sidered as the beginning of the notification period. (5) The Minister may withdraw the license of a patent latter may request that the applicant join a translation agent or limit it; as he deems necessary, where doing so into Arabic or English to his application. is in the public interest. (Patent Register) (Grant of a Patent Application Certificate) 10. The Registrar shall maintain a Patent Register in 14.-(1) A patent applicant may request that he be which he shall record all patents granted in the Demo­ delivered a certificate proving the fact that he filed his cratic Republic of the Sudan, as indicated in Form application in the Sudan, where he wishes to lodge an No. tO, which is annexed to these Regulations. application for a patent abroad. The certificate shall (To Obtain a Copy of a Patent) granted and shall be accompanied by a copy of the pat­ contain an indication of the purpose for which it was 11.-(1) Any person may obtain copies of patents registered at the Patent Office on payment of the pre­ scribed fee. (2) The Registrar shall sign and set the seal of the Patent Office on the copies of patents he issues, if it is intended that they be used abroad. (Persons Authorized to Work as Patent Agents) 12. The following persons may work as patent agents: (a) lawyers authorized to work in the Sudan under the Legal Profession Act, 1970, or any substitute act; {b) chartered accountants authorized to work in the Sudan; (c) nationals of the Sudan graduated from a Sudanese University or in possession of an equivalent degree; (d) any Sudanese national with at least five years of experience in the fieid of patents. ent application and its annexes. The application shall be made on Fonn No. 5, which is annexed to these Regu­ lations, and the applicant shall pay the prescribed fee. (2) The Registrar shall issue the certificate on Form No. 8, in accordance with the provisions of para­ graph (1). (Correction of Written Errors) 15. The patentee may ask the Registrar to correct any written error in the patent applkation, the description, the patent document or in any statement mentioned in the Patent Register. If the patentee is responsible for such an error, he shall pay the prescribed fee. (Request for Information Concerning the Contents of Patents) 16. The Registrar shall request patent applicants or their agents to furnish the information relating to the contents of patents provided for in Section 19(1) of the Act in Arabic or English for publication in the Official (Licensing of Patent Agents) Gazette on payment of the prescribed fee. 13.-(1) Any person entitled to work as a patent agent who wishes to work as such shall make an appli­ (Publication of Assignment and Transfer by Succession cation for a license to the Registrar on Form No. 2, of Patent Applications) which is annexed to these Regulations, and shall include 17. The Registrar shall publish in the Ofticial Gazette all necessary qualifications and documents, as well as any assignment and transfer by succession of a patent the prescribed fee. application or of the patent itself, registered under Sec­ (2) The licensing of patent agents shall be renewed annuaiJy during the month of January on payment of the prescribed fee. (3) The Registrar shall maintain a register in which he shall record the names of those entitled to work as so tion 26(3) of the Act on payment of the prescribed fee. (Publication of Contractual Licenses) 18. The Registrar shall publish in the Official Gazette SUDAN- Text 2-002. page 003