SUDAN Patent Law no. 58 of 1971 Part One: Preliminary Provisions Chapter One: Title and Definitions 1. Title: This Act may be cited as “The Patents Act, 1971.” 2. Definitions: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “The Court” means the High Court; (b) “Minister” means the Attorney General; (c) “patent Office” means the Office that the Minister shall establish to perform the functions assigned to it under this Act. Chapter Two: Terms of Patentability 3. Patentable Inventions: (1) Any invention which is new, involves an inventive step and is capable of industrial application shall be patentable. (2) Any invention constituting an improvement upon a patented invention shall be patentable if it is new, involves an inventive step and is capable of industrial application. (3) Principles and discoveries of a scientific nature shall not be considered to be inventions. 4. Novelty: (1) An invention is new if it is not anticipated by prior art, prior art being constituted by everything disclosed to the public, anywhere and at any time whatsoever, by means of a written or oral disclosure, by use, or in