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(3) Flow sheets and diagrams shall, for purposes of these Regulations, be
considered to be drawings.
8. (1) An abstract forming part of an application for a patent shall be so
drafted that it can efficiently serve as a scanning tool for purposes of searching
in the particular art.
(2) An abstract shall —
(a) have a summary of the disclosure as contained in the description, the
claim and any drawings indicating the technical field to which the invention
pertains;
(b) be drafted in a way that merely serves as a source of technical information;
and
(c) where applicable, contain the chemical formula which, among all the
formulae contained in the application, best characterises the invention.
(3) An abstract shall be as concise as the disclosure permits, containing not
less than 50 but not more than 150 words.
(4) An abstract shall not contain statements on the presumed merits or value
of the invention or on its speculative application.
(5) Each main technical feature mentioned in the abstract and illustrated
by a drawing in the application shall be followed by a reference sign, placed
between parentheses.
9. (1) In an application for a patent, the following shall be used —
(a) units of weights and measures in terms of the metric system;
(b) temperatures in degrees celsius; and
(c) density in metric units.
(2) For indications of heat, energy, light, sound, and magnetism, as well
as for mathematical formulae and electrical units, rules in general use shall
be observed; and for chemical formulae, the symbols, atomic weights, and
molecular formulae, in general use, shall be observed.
(3) In general, only such technical terms, signs and symbols as are generally
accepted in the art shall be used.
(4) The terminology and the signs shall be consistent throughout the
application.
10. (1) Three copies, or such number as the Registrar may require, of the
application for a patent and any accompanying statements or documents, shall
be filed.
(2) All elements of an application for a patent shall be so presented so as
to enable direct reproduction by photography, electrostatic processes, photo
offset and microfilming.
(3) Only one side of each sheet contained in an application shall be used.
(4) All elements of an application for a patent shall be on paper which is
flexible, strong, white, smooth, non-shiny and durable.
(5) The size of the sheets shall be A4 (29.7 cm x 21 cm), or such other size
as the Registrar may determine.
(6) The minimum margins of sheets shall be as follows —
(a) upper margin of each page, except the first page: 20 mm;
(b) upper margin of the first page: 30 mm;
(c) side margin adjacent to the binding: 25 mm;
(d) other side margin: 20 mm; and
(e) bottom margin: 20 mm.
Abstract
Measures,
terminology
and signs
Number of
copies and
physical
requirements