Act 3
Industrial Property Act
2014
(5) Where it is apparent from the report on the international-type
search or from the declaration on the non-establishment of the report,
that—
(a) the description, the claim or, where applicable, the drawings
do not comply, in whole or in part, with the prescribed
requirements to such an extent that no meaningful search
could be carried out;
(b) the application does not comply, in whole or in part, with the
requirements of unity of invention prescribed by section 22
and the rules pertaining to it; or
(c) the invention claimed in the application does not fulfill the
requirements of novelty,
the registrar shall reject the application unless the applicant either
satisfies him or her that the requirements have been fulfilled or amends
or divides the application so as to comply with the requirements.
(6) The details of the requirements and the procedures under this
section shall be prescribed by regulations.
31. Examination as to substance.
(1) The registrar may, by notice in the Gazette—
(a) direct that an application for a patent which relates to a
specified field or specified technical fields shall be subject
to an examination as to substance; or
(b) amend any direction issued under paragraph (a).
(2) Where an application for a patent satisfies the requirements
specified in section 28(1) and the subject matter of the application does not
fall within a technical field specified under subsection (1), the registrar
shall notify the applicant and the applicant shall, within three years from
the filing date of the application, submit a request in the prescribed form
for the examination of the application under subsection (4).
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