address.
(3) Where the application is made by an agent, it shall be accompanied by
a signed power of attorney; authentication or certification of the signature
shall not be necessary.
(4) The details of the formal requirements with which an application for a
patent must comply shall be prescribed in the Regulations.
13. Contents of the Description and Claims:
(1) The description shall disclose the invention in a of the manner
sufficiently clear and complete for it to be carried out by a person skilled
in the art.
(2) The claim or claims shall define the matter for which protection is
sought.
(3) The claims shall not exceed the contents of the description.
14. Unity of the Invention:
(1) An application for a patent shall relate to one invention only.
(2) Subject to the preceding subsection, an application for a patent may
include, in particular:
(a) apart from claims for one or more products, claims for one or more
manufacturing processes for the product or products, and claims for one
or more applications of the product or products;
(b) apart from claims for one or more manufacturing processes, claims for
means of working the process or processes, claims for the product or
products which result from that working, and claims for the application of
such products.
15. Right of Priority:
The applicant for a patent who wishes to avail himself of the priority of an
earlier application made in another country shall be required to append to
his application a written declaration indicating the date and number of the
earlier application, the country in which he or his predecessor in title made
such application and the name of the applicant, and shall, within a period
of three months from the date of the later application, furnish a copy of
the earlier application, certified as correct by the Patent Office of the
country where it was made.
16. Payment of Fees:
An application for a patent shall not be accepted unless the fee prescribed
for this effect has been paid.