Industrial Property Regulations, 2002
the description under section 34(5) of the
Act.
(3) The summary required under paragraph (2)(b)
shall indicate the technical field to which the
invention relates and the principal use or uses of
the invention.
(4) The abstract shall be drafted in a way that it
can be used efficiently for searching in the
relevant technical field and so that it is possible
for a reader to assess, from the abstract, whether
the description should be consulted.
(5) The abstract shall not include statements about
the merits or value of the invention or about uses
that are speculative.
(6) If applicable, the abstract shall include the
formula that best characterizes the invention.
(7) The abstract shall not include a drawing, but if
the application includes drawings —
(a)
the applicant shall indicate which drawing
the applicant suggests should accompany
the publication of the abstract; and
(b)
a feature referred to in the abstract shall, if
the feature is illustrated in a drawing, be
followed, in the abstract, by the reference
sign used in the drawing.
(8) Unless it is impractical, the abstract shall not
contain more than one hundred and fifty words.
General
requirements.
17. (1) This Regulation sets out general requirements for
an application under section 34 of the Act.
(2) All parts of the application shall be in English.
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