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Industrial Property Act
2014
(10) The details of the requirements and the procedure to be
followed under this section shall be prescribed by regulations.
32. Grant, registration, publication and post grant opposition of
a patent.
(1) Unless an application has been rejected or a patent has been
refused under section 31, a patent shall be granted and issued to the
applicant in the prescribed form.
(2) A patent granted under subsection (1) shall be registered, and
shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, be published by the registrar
in the Gazette.
(3) The registrar shall, whenever possible, reach a decision on
the application not later than two years from the commencement of
the examination referred to in section 31.
(4) The registrar shall, upon the request of the owner of the
patent, make any change in the text of drawings of the patent in order
to limit the extent of the protection conferred by it, where the change
would not result in the disclosure contained in the patent going
beyond the disclosure contained in the initial application on the basis
of which the patent was granted.
(5) In the event a patent is granted, any interested party may
petition the registrar to reconsider the grant on the grounds that the
patent fails any requirement of this Act.
(6) The petition under this section must be filed within one
calendar year of the published grant of the patent and shall specify the
grounds thereof.
33. Appeals under Part V.
An applicant who is aggrieved by a decision of the registrar may appeal
within two months to the court against a decision by which the registrar—
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