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14. The applicant may, up to the time when the application is in Amendment
of
order for grant, amend the application, provided that the amendment application.
does not go beyond the disclosure in the initial application.
(6) The appointment of an agent shall be indicated by the
designation of the agent in the request or the furnishing of a power
of attorney signed by the applicant and where subsection (2) applies,
the agent shall be designated in the request.
15. The applicant may, up to the time when the application is in Division of
application.
order for grant, divide the application into two or more applications
(hereafter referred to as "divisional applications"), but each divisional
application shall not go beyond the disclosure in the initial application.
(7) The description shall disclose the invention in a manner
sufficiently clear and complete for the invention to be carried out by
a person having ordinary skill in the art, and shall, in particular, indicate
at least one mode known to the applicant for carrying out the invention.
16. (1) An application may contain a declaration claiming the Right of
priority.
priority, as provided for in the Paris Convention, of one or more
earlier national, regional or international applications filed by the
applicant or his predecessor-in-title in or for any State party to the
Paris Convention or the World Trade organisation.
(9) The description and drawings may be used to interpret
the claims.
(10) The abstract shall merely serve the purpose of
technical information; but it shall not be taken into account for the
purpose of interpreting the scope of the protection.
Unity of
invention.
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(5) Where the applicant is not the inventor, the request
shall be accompanied by a statement justifying the applicant's right
to the patent.
(8) The claim or claims shall define the matter for which
protection is sought and shall be clear and concise and fully supported
by the description.
Withdrawal
of
application.
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12. The applicant may, up to the time when the application is in
order for grant, withdraw the application at any time during its
pendency.
13. (1) The application shall relate to one invention only or to
a group of inventions so linked as to form a single general inventive
concept.
(2) The fact that a patent has been granted on an
application that did not comply with the requirement of unity of
invention under subsection (1) shall not be a ground for the
invalidation of the patent.
(2) Where the application contains a declaration under
subsection (1), the Registrar may request that the applicant furnish,
within the prescribed time limit, a copy of the earlier application
certified as correct by the Agency with which it was filed, or where
the earlier application filed is an international application under the
Patent Co-operation Treaty, by the receiving Agency with which the
application is filed.
(3) The effect of the declaration shall be as provided in
the Paris Convention
(4) If the Registrar finds that the requirements under this
section have not been fulfilled, the declaration shall be considered to
be void.
(5) The relevant provision of the Paris Convention on the
purpose of this section are set out in the Schedule.
17. (1) The applicant shall, at the request of the Registrar, furnish Information
relating to
the Registrar with the date and number of any foreign application. corresponding
foreign
applications
and patents.