Click Here & Upgrade PDF Complete Expanded Features Unlimited Pages Documents PATENT ACT, 1978 PATENT REGULATIONS, 1978 as published in Government Notice R2470 in Government Gazette 6247 of 15 December 1978 as amended by (as corrected by Government Notice R697 in Government Gazette 6379 of 30 March 1979) Government Notice R1110 in Government Gazette 9242 of 30 May 1984 Government Notice R1613 in Government Gazette 9346 of 3 August 1984 Government Notice R1364 in Government Gazette 10321 of 4 July 1986 Government Notice R1482 in Government Gazette 11436 of 29 July 1988 Government Notice R2703 in Government Gazette 12216 of 15 December 1989 Government Notice R3038 in Government Gazette 12919 of 28 December 1990 Government Notice R687 in Government Gazette 13096 of 28 March 1991 Government Notice R1566 in Government Gazette 13382 of 5 July 1991 Government Notice R3163 in Government Gazette 13695 of 27 December 1991 Government Notice R3433 in Government Gazette 14498 of 31 December 1992 Government Notice R2514 in Government Gazette 15389 of 31 December 1993 Government Notice R478 in Government Gazette 16332 of 31 March 1995 Government Notice R49 in Government Gazette 16930 of 19 January 1996 Government Notice R309 in Government Gazette 17812 of 28 February 1997 Government Notice R963 in Government Gazette 18143 of 11 July 1997 Government Notice R250 in Government Gazette 19775 of 26 February 1999 Government Notice R327 in Government Gazette 19845 of 12 March 1999 Government Notice R824 in Government Gazette 20248 of 28 June 1999 Government Notice R1270 in Government Gazette 20565 of 21 October 1999 Government Notice R1552 in Government Gazette 20790 of 30 December 1999 Government Notice R1432 in Government Gazette 21960 of 29 December 2000 Government Notice R309 in Government Gazette 22187 of 30 March 2001 Government Notice R746 in Government Gazette 22560 of 17 August 2001 Government Notice R1032 in Government Gazette 22750 of 19 October 2001 Government Notice R216 in Government Gazette 23156 of 1 March 2002 Government Notice 567 in Government Gazette 24800 in 23 April 2003 Government Notice 721 in Government Gazette 24934 of 29 May 2003 Government Notice 904 in Government Gazette 27713 of 1 July 2005 Government Notice R989 in Government Gazette 28104 of 10 October 2005 Government Notice R1181in Government Gazette 29413 of 1 December 2006 ----------------------------------------------------------The Minister of Economic Affairs has, by virtue of the powers vested in him in terms of section 91 of the Patents Act, 1978 (Act 57 of 1978), made the following regulations and with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance prescribed the matters in respect of which fees shall be payable and the tariff of such fees set forth in Schedule 1 hereto: 1. Definitions (1) In these regulations the expression 'the Act' means the Patents Act, 1978, and, unless the context otherwise indicates, an expression used in these regulations to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall bear the meaning so assigned and­ “access code” means the unique identification particulars, whether alphanumeric, biometric or otherwise, enabling the CIPRO system to identify a person; “CIPRO” means the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office that constitutes a combined administrative office for the various registration offices