Industrial Property Regulations, 2002 PART VI - RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE APPLICANT OR THE OWNER OF THE INVENTION Clarification of application to new use. 36. For greater certainty, section 54(1)(b) of the Act applies with respect to a patent that has been granted in respect to a new use as though the new use were a process. “Parallel importation”,. 37. The limitation on the rights under a patent in section 58(2) of the Act extends to acts in respect of articles that are imported from a country where the articles were legitimately put on the market. PART VII - ANNUAL FEES Annual fees. 38. (1) This Regulation applies with respect to annual fees under section 61 of the Act. (2) A fee shall be paid by submitting the fee along with Form IP 16. (3) At least one month before a fee is due, the Managing Director shall send a reminder that the fee is due to the applicant or the owner of the patent. (4) A fee paid after it was due but within the grace period granted under section 61(2) of the Act shall be paid by submitting it along with — (a) the form required under paragraph (2); and (b) the prescribed surcharge. (5) If, under section 61(3) of the Act, an application is deemed to have been withdrawn or a patent lapses, the Managing Director shall send a notification to the persons specified in paragraph (6), within thirty days after the 26

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