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Industrial Property Act
2014
29. Publication of application.
(1) The registrar shall publish the application as soon as possible
after the expiration of eighteen months from the filing date or, where
priority is claimed, from the date of priority.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), in the case of applications
claiming priority, the period of eighteen months shall be construed
from the original filing date and in the case of applications with two
or more priority claims, the period shall be construed from the earliest
priority date.
(3) The publication of the patent application shall be effected by
publishing the particulars set out in the regulations, in the Gazette and
a newspaper of wide circulation.
30. International type search.
(1) The registrar may direct that an application which is found in
order as to form be the subject of an international-type search.
(2) When a direction under subsection (1) is made, the registrar
shall request the applicant to pay the prescribed fee; and if the
applicant does not comply with the request, the application shall be
rejected.
(3) Upon receipt of the report on the international-type search,
the registrar may request the applicant to furnish him or her with a
copy of any document cited in the report, and if without lawful reason
any copy is not furnished within the prescribed time limit, the
registrar shall reject the application.
(4) Where it is apparent from the report on the international-type
search or from the declaration on the non-establishment of the report,
that the subject of the application or of any claim or claims is not an
invention, the registrar shall reject the defective application or
consider the defective claim or claims to be withdrawn, as the case
may be, unless the applicant satisfies the registrar that the subject of
the application or claims constitutes an invention.
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