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Industrial Property Act
2014
(3) A person who files or causes to be filed an application for the
grant of a patent in contravention of this section commits an offence
and is liable on conviction, to a fine not exceeding forty eight
currency points or imprisonment not exceeding two years or both.
(4) In this section—
(a) a reference to an application for a patent includes a
reference to an application for other protection for an
invention; and
(b) a reference to either kind of application is a reference to an
application under this Act, under the law of any country
other than Uganda or under any international treaty or
convention to which Uganda is a party.
16. Patents relating to micro-biological processes or products.
(1) Where an invention concerns a micro-biological process or
the product of that process and involves the use of a micro-organism
which is not available to the public and which cannot be described in
the patent application in such a manner as to enable the invention to
be carried out by a person skilled in the art, the invention shall only
be regarded as disclosed if—
(a) a culture of the micro-organism has been deposited with a
depository institution not later than the date of filing of the
application;
(b) the application as filed gives such relevant information as is
available to the applicant on the characteristics of the
micro-organism; and
(c) the depository institution and the file number of the culture
deposit are stated in the application.
(2) The information referred to in subsection (1)(b) may be
submitted within sixteen months after the date of filing of the
application or, if priority is claimed, after the priority date.
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