Patents
[No. 40 of 2016
THE PATENTS ACT, 2016
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Section
1. Short title and commencement
2. Interpretation
3. Act to bind Republic
PART II
ADMINISTRATION
4. Administration of Act
5. Seal of Agency
6. Registrar
7. Functions of Agency
8. Appointment of other staff
9. Non-warranty and non liability
10. Register of Patents
11. Rectification of Register
12. Inspection of Register and evidentiary proof
13. Regulations on registration processes and procedures
14. Industrial Property Journal
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PART III
PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS
Conditions for patenting of invention and protection
Non-patentable subject matter
Exclusions from patentability
Novelty
Inventive step
Industrial application
Patentability of micro-biological process or product
Temporary exclusion from patent protection
PART IV
PROCESS FOR OBTAINING A PATENT
23. Persons entitled to apply for grant of patent
24. Application by joint inventors
Single copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printer,
P. O. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka. Price K128.00 each
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