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(a) if licenses or encumbrances have been entered in the National Register of
Patents referred to in the first paragraph of Article 58 below, the declaration of
withdrawal shall be entertained only if it is accompanied by the written consent of the
owners of the rights concerned;
(b) if the patent application is jointly owned, the application may only be withdrawn if
such withdrawal is requested by all of the joint owners.
A reference to the withdrawn application shall be entered by the Djibouti Office of
Industrial and Commercial Property in the National Register of Patents referred to in
the first paragraph of Article 58 below.
Article 41
A patent application shall be refused if:
(a) its subject matter clearly does not meet the conditions referred to in Articles 21
and 22;
(b) it clearly does not meet the requirements for novelty provided for in Article 26 or a
relevant disclosure has arisen outside the framework provided for in Article 27;
(c) its subject matter is an invention that is clearly non-patentable under Article 23;
(d) the subject matter cannot be considered an invention under the terms of Article
24;
(e) it does not meet the conditions provided for in Article 32;
(f) it has not been amended in accordance with Article 32;
(g) its description or claims clearly do not meet the conditions provided for in Articles
34 and 35, particularly where claims are not based on the description;
(h) it does not clearly and concisely indicate the title of the invention as provided for
in Article 36;
(i) it contains foreign elements, denigrating statements or those contrary to public
order or morality under the terms of Article 37;
(j) it has not been divided in accordance with Article 38;
(k) it concerns a divisional application or a correction provided for in Article 39 whose