S.L. 417.5 Art. 10Conversion into a national patent application.

(1) A European patent application designating Malta may be converted into a national patent application where the European patent application is deemed to be withdrawn pursuant to Article 77(5) of the Convention or, because the translation of the application under Article 14(2) of the Convention has not been filed in due time, pursuant to Article 90(3) of the Convention.

(2) The applicant shall within two (2) months from the date when the Comptroller invites the applicant to submit the translation into any one of the official languages of the Office pay the prescribed fee.

(3) Where the Comptroller decides that a request for a conversion application is admissible, it shall be treated as an application for registration of a patent under the Act.

(4) A decision of the Comptroller in relation to a conversion application shall be treated as a decision of the Comptroller under the Act.