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Functions of the Patents Office.
Unsearched or unexamined international application and lack of novelty.
Provisional protection of published international application.

PART VII
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE APPLICANT OR THE OWNER OF THE PATENT
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Rights and obligations.
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Rights of owner of patent.
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Scope of protection.
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Limitation of rights.

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PART VIII
TERM OF PATENT AND ANNUAL FEES
Term of patent and extension.
Annual fees.

PART IX
CHANGE IN THE OWNERSHIP AND JOINT OWNERSHIP OF APPLICATIONS AND
PATENTS
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Change in ownership of applications and patents.
42.
Joint ownership of applications and patents.
PART X
CONTRACTUAL LICENCES
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Interpretation.
Rights of licensee.
Right of licensor to grant further licences and to use the invention.
Effects of non-grant or invalidation of patent.
Form of licence contracts.
Petition for registration.
Prohibited terms in licence contracts.
Registration of contract, certificate.
Confidentiality.
Remedies.

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PART XI
COMPULSORY LICENCES
Compulsory licences for non-working and similar reasons.
Compulsory licences for interdependence of patents.
Compulsory licences for products and processes of vital importance.
Preconditions to grant of compulsory licences.
Grant and terms of compulsory licences.
Transfer of compulsory licences.
Cancellation of compulsory licences and variation of terms.
Registration of grants, cancellation or variation.
PART XII
LICENCES OF RIGHT

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Licences of right.

PART XIII
EXPLOITATION OF PATENTED INVENTION BY OR THROUGH GOVERNMENT
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Exploitation of patented invention by or through Government.

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