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(c) � the requisite fees have not been paid.
(6) The details of the requirements and the procedure
under this section shall be prescribed.
Internationaltype search.
19. (1) The Registrar may direct that any application found in
order as to form shall be the subject of an international-type search.
(2) When a direction under subsection (1) is made, the
Registrar shall invite the applicant to pay the prescribed fees: and if
the applicant does not comply with the invitation, the application
shall be rejected by the Registrar.
(3) Upon receipt of the report on the international-type
search, the Registrar may request the applicant to furnish the Registrar
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
application shall be rejected.
(4) If it is apparent from the international-type search or
from the refusal to furnish 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be withdrawn, as the case may be, unless the applicant satisfies the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.
(5) Where it is apparent from the report on the internationaltype search or from the refusal to furnish the report, that (a) � the description, claims 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; or
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(b) � the application does not comply, in whole or
in part, with the requirement of unity of
invention prescribed in section 12 and the
Regulations pertaining to it,
the Registrar shall reject the application unless the applicant either
satisfies the Registrar 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.
20. (1) Where the Registrar is satisfied that the conditions Grant of
patent.
referred to in section 18 are fulfilled, the Registrar shall grant the
patent, otherwise, he shall refuse the application and notify the
applicant of that decision.
(2) � Where the Registrar grants a patent, he shall (a) � publish a reference to the grant of the patent;
(c) � issue to the applicant a certificate of the grant
of the patent and a copy of the patent;
(d) � record the patent in the Register; and
(e) � make available copies of the patent to the
public, on payment of the prescribed fee.
21. The Registrar shall, upon request of the owner of the Changes in
patent
patent, make changes in the text or drawings of the patent in order to
limit the extent of the protection conferred by the patent: but the
change should 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.
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