[15 Date of filing application]
Patents Act 1977 (1977 c 37) | Legislation

[15  Date of filing application]

[(1)     Subject to the following provisions of this Act, the date of filing an application for a patent shall be taken to be the earliest date on which documents filed at the Patent Office to initiate the application satisfy the following conditions—

(a)     the documents indicate that a patent is sought;

(b)     the documents identify the person applying for a patent or contain information sufficient to enable that person to be contacted by the Patent Office; and

(c)     the documents contain either—

(i)     something which is or appears to be a description of the invention for which a patent is sought; or

(ii)     a reference, complying with the relevant requirements of rules, to an earlier relevant application made by the applicant or a predecessor in title of his.

(2)     It is immaterial for the purposes of subsection (1)(c)(i) above—

(a)     whether the thing is in, or is accompanied by a translation into, a language accepted by the Patent Office in accordance with rules;

(b)     whether the thing otherwise complies with the other provisions of this Act and with any relevant rules.

(3)     Where documents filed at the Patent Office

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