The Canadian government has now announced that October 3, 2022, is the date on which significant changes to the Canadian Patent Rules, which we had oreviously reported, will come into force.
The changes will streamline examination procedures by instituting excess claim fees, by instituting a procedure for requesting continued examination, and by introducing conditional notices of allowance, among other changes. Transitional provisions in the Rules provide that certain of these fees/procedures can be avoided in an application as long examination is requested before October 3, 2022. Read more