
1 
These Rules may be cited as the Patents (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 1999 and shall come into force on 4th May 1999.
2 
Part A of the Schedule to the Patents (Fees) Rules 1998 shall be amended as follows.
3 
In respect of the item, the patents form relating to which is Form 9/77, and the fee specified in respect of it, there shall be substituted the following:“
9/77 On request for preliminary examination and search under section 17(1)–
(a) in respect of an international application for a patent (UK) falling to be treated as an application for a patent under the Act which has already been the subject of a search by the International Searching Authority in accordance with the Patent Co-operation Treaty 100
 
(b) in respect of any other application 130
 On request for a further search under section 17(6) or payment for a supplementary search under section 17(8) 130”.
4 
The fee to be paid in respect of the following item shall be as specified below–
On entry of an international application for a patent (UK) into the national phase (section 89A(3)) “10”.
Kim Howells
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs,
Department of Trade and Industry
29th March 1999We consent to the making of these Rules.
Jim Dowd
David Jamieson
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
31st March 1999