12 Reference to patents whose owners’ rights are terminated according to the previous provisions shall be published in the Patent Gazette, in the manner prescribed by the Regulations. Article 27 The Administrative Tribunal shall be competent to consider claims relating to patent decisions. Article 28 The Administrative Tribunal may decide, upon request from the Patent Officer or an interested party, to add any data to the Register, which could have been omitted, or to modify any data included therein which is contrary to the fact or to omit any data unlawfully inscribed therein. The Patent Office, or any interested party, may request the Tribunal to repeal patents granted in violation to Articles 2 and 3. The said Office shall revoke such patents on receipt of a final decision. Article 29 A utility model patent shall be granted, under this Law for any new technical addition in the structure or composition of devices, tools, equipment or their components, or products, processes or means of manufacturing the above, and the like that is in current use. The applicant may convert his application into a patent application, and the patent applicant may also convert his application to a utility model application. In both cases the date of the original application shall prevail. The Patent Office may, spontaneously, convert the application for a utility model to an application for a patent, when the relevant requirements are met. Article 30 The protection period of a utility model shall be for a non-renewable period of seven years starting from the filing date of the application for the utility model with the Patent Office in Egypt. Article 31 A fees shall be payable on filing a utility model application, and a progressive annual fee shall be paid starting from the second year until the expiry of the protection period. The Regulations of this Law shall fix the amount of such fees, which shall not exceed 1,000 pounds for each application, as well as the conditions for the reduction and waiver of such fees.

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