8 No. 10 Patents and Industrial Designs Act 2012 9 2012 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. Patents and Industrial Designs Act (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. No. 10 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.