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(b) Form P2 in duplicate;
(c) a declaration and power of attorney on Form P3;
(d) where the applicant has acquired a right to apply from the inventor, an
assignment or other proof, to the satisfaction of the registrar, of the right of
the applicant to apply;
(e) a single copy of a provisional specification on Form P6 or two copies of a
complete specification on Form P7;
(f)
drawings, in the prescribed manner, if drawings are necessary to exemplify
the invention; and
(g) an abstract on Form P8, in duplicate, if the application is accompanied by a
complete specification.
(2) ...... [Subreg. (2) deleted by GN R250 of 26 February 1999]
23. A convention application, if not made by the applicant in the convention country, shall
also contain an assignment or other proof, to the satisfaction of the registrar, of the
applicant's right to claim priority.
24. An application claiming priority under the Act from any prior application to the patent
office shall contain a copy, in duplicate, on Form P2 of such prior application as well as
the specification lodged in support of such prior application.
25. In addition to the documents required under regulations 22 and 23, a convention
application shall also contain a copy, certified to the satisfaction of the registrar, of the
priority document. If any such document is in a language other than an official language
of the Republic, the certified copy shall be accompanied by the translation thereof into
one of the official languages, which translation shall be verified to the satisfaction of the
registrar. Priority documents shall be lodged within six months of the lodging of the
application or within such further period as the registrar may allow on request.
26. After grant of a patent an updated copy of Form P2 shall accompany the l etters
patent.
27. Provisional specification
A provisional specification shall commence on Form P6 and be continued on a new
page with a description of the invention and shall be signed at the end of the description
by the applicant or his agent.
28. Complete specification
A complete specification shall commence on Form P7 and shall be signed at the end
thereof by an agent.
28bis. (1) A complete specification which claims as an invention a microbiological process
or a product thereof shall, where no samples of the micro-organism in question
are available to the public as required by section 32 (6) of the Act, only to be
deemed fully to describe, ascertain and disclose the invention in terms of section
32 (3) (b) and (c) if before acceptance of the application
(a) a culture of the micro-organism has been deposited in a culture collection
recognised by the European Patent Office for the purpose of rule 28 of the
implementing regulations to the convention on the granting of European
Patents;