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(vii) an abstract of the technical contents.
The Djibouti Office of Industrial and Commercial Property shall not grant third parties
access to the content of the patent application or furnish any information on its
contents to third parties prior to the publication of the announcement referred to in
subparagraph (a).
Article 45
Only the owner(s) of the patent application or his (their) agent, to whom the report
has been conveyed or notified, may obtain, subject to a written request submitted
during the time period laid down in Article 44 above, an official copy of the original
description and, where applicable, the drawings, issued by the Djibouti Office of
Industrial and Commercial Property.
Section II – Grant of the patent
Article 46
Patents shall be granted after the period of three months following the publication of
the patent application has expired, if there is no opposition in accordance with Article
44.
Article 47
Patents for which the application has not been rejected or has not been the subject of
opposition shall be granted without prior examination, at the applicants’ risk and
without guarantee as to the reality of the invention, the faithfulness or accuracy of the
description or the merits of the invention.
Article 48
An invention patent shall be granted by the Djibouti Office of Industrial and
Commercial Property and conveyed to the applicant or his agent, accompanied by
the description, the claim(s) and, where applicable, the drawings.
The number of the patent and the date of its grant shall be entered in the National
Register of Patents referred to in the first paragraph of Article 58 below. As from the
date of this entry, anyone may acquaint himself with the patent and receive a copy
thereof.
Article 49
The descriptions, claims and drawings for the invention patents and certificates of
addition granted shall be conveyed by the Djibouti Office of Industrial and
Commercial Property to anyone wishing to obtain an official copy thereof.