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National Administrative Register Volume 13/1
Pursuant to the authority granted under Section 7.1(a) of Republic Act No. 8293, the
Rules and Regulations Establishing the Fee Structure of the Intellectual Property Office that
took effect on 08 June 2000, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 1. To correct the erroneous reference made to Section 8.1 instead of 8.0, the
last sentence of Section 8.2 (Re-enlistment) Part III of the IPO Fee Structure is hereby
amended to read as follows:
ìSection 8.2 X X X Thereafter, Section 8.0 shall be observed.î
Section 2. Filing of Certified Copies. The Records Officer is hereby directed to
immediately file three (3) certified copies of these Rules with the University of the Philippines
Law Center, and one (1) certified copy each with the Office of the President, the Senate of
the Philippines, the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court of the Philippines and the
National Library.
Section 3. Effectivity. This amendment shall take effect immediately.
Adopted: 04 Jan. 2002
Approved:
(SGD.) EMMA C. FRANCISCO
Director General
Recommended by:
(SGD.) CARMEN G. PERALTA
Director
Documentation, Information and Technology Transfer Bureau
Date Filed: 18 February 2002
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Office Order No. 13
Amendment to the Philippine Rules on PCT Applications
WHEREAS, the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is, largely, a treaty for rationalization
and cooperation among contracting states with regard to the filing, searching and examination
of patent applications and the dissemination of the technical information contained therein;
WHEREAS, the thirteenth (13th) ordinary session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty
Assembly held from 24 September to 03 October 2001 adopted the modification of Article
22(1) of the treaty in which the time limit for performing the acts necessary to enter the
national phase is changed from 20 to 30 months from the priority date effective 01 April
2002;