CANADIAN PATENT FILING INSTRUCTIONS

[Please refer to detailed instructions for an explanation for each category:]

(A)

TO: BARRIGAR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

[Which office? Please select one.]

(B)

FROM: Your address

(C)

Your File No:

(D)

Name and post office address of applicant(s):

(E)

Is the applicant a small entity?:

(F)

Is a request for examination to be filed at time of filing:

(G)

Name and addresses of inventor(s):

(H)

Title of Invention:

(I)

Convention priority claim based on

Country:

Application Serial No:

Filing Date:

(J)

Counterpart PCT Application

International Application No:

International Filing Date:

Proceed via Chapter I or II:

(K)

DOCUMENTS	ENCLOSED	TO FOLLOW
Petition
Abstract
Disclosure
Claims
Formal Drawing(s)
Informal Drawing(s)
Assignment(s)
File Copies

(L)

Special Instructions:

DETAILED PATENT INSTRUCTIONS

(A) Addresses for offices of Barrigar Intellectual Property Law:

Please send instructions to the office of your choice, and if you wish, to the individual practitioner of your choice:

Addresses for offices:

Barrigar Intellectual Property Law

Suite 2000, 777 Hornby Street

Vancouver, BC

V6Z 1S4

Facsimile: (604) 689-9265

Phone: (604) 689-9255

Barrigar Intellectual Property Law

Suite 201, 1007 Fort Street

Victoria, BC

V8V 3K5

Facsimile: (250) 389-2659

Phone: (250) 389-0387

(B)

Please include your full address, your telephone and fax numbers, and your e-mail address if you wish us to communicate by e-mail.

(C)

Please include your file reference.

(D)

Please include full name and post office address of the applicant. If the applicant is a corporation, please state the jurisdiction of incorporation.

(E)

Please note that the U.S. "small entity" definition does not apply in Canada. A "small entity" for Canadian purposes is either a university or is an entity employing 50 or fewer employees. A small entity must not have transferred nor licensed the rights in the patent application (nor be obliged to do so) to an entity not qualifying as a small entity.

(F)

The applicant must file a request for substantive examination and pay the official examination fees within five years of the Canadian filing date. Please advise whether we should request examination when we file the application, or defer filing such request for now.

(G)

Please provide full name(s) and address(es) of the inventor(s).

(H)

Please provide the title of the invention.

(I)

Please fill in the country, application serial number and filing date of every priority application. If only partial priority applies in respect of any prior application, please provide particulars.

(J)

Please provide the international application number, international filing date and whether the application is proceeding via Chapter I or II of the PCT.

(K)

Please check off which documents you are including with the form.

(L)

Please provide any additional instructions you may have for filing purposes.

Please note the following:

1) A certified copy of a priority document is not ordinarily required.

2) Barrigar Intellectual Property Law can sign the Petition and obtain a filing date without a signed appointment of agent.

3) Unless the application is the national phase entry of a PCT application, a complete filing must include an abstract, disclosure, claims, and any necessary drawings. If the application is a PCT national phase entry, all we need is the cover sheet of the published PCT application, or of the particulars on that sheet, excluding the abstract. Note that we can prepare the Petition or National Phase Entry form. An assignment, if needed, can be filed later. Informal drawings may be filed originally, but must be replaced by formal drawings during prosecution. Retyping, if necessary, can frequently be deferred until allowance.

If you have any questions with respect to the patent instruction form, or if you wish to have a schedule of our fees mailed to you, please contact one of the Barrigar Intellectual Property Law offices listed above. When the form has been completed, please fax or mail the patent instructions together with any accompanying materials to an office designated above.

When the form has been completed, please fax, e-mail or mail the trademark instructions together with any accompanying materials to a Barrigar Intellectual Property Law office designated above. Please note that e-mail despatch is not secure; we can advise as to choice of encryption techniques upon request.