Act 3
Industrial Property Act
2014
(10) The registrar may, before granting the patent, require the
description in a foreign patent application to be adapted to the
ordinary skill in the art of the citizens of Uganda so as to ensure
technology dissemination.
(11) The abstract, which must be concise and precise, shall only
serve the purpose of technical information; and shall not be taken into
account when interpreting the scope of the protection.
(12) The abstract shall only serve the purpose of providing
technical information; and it shall not be taken into account when
interpreting the scope of the protection sought.
(13) The applicant may, at any time before the grant of the
patent, withdraw the application.
(14) Where the application has been withdrawn without having
being opened to public inspection, and—
(a) no priority rights have been claimed by virtue of that
application; and
(b) no rights are outstanding in Uganda in connection with the
application,
a subsequent application may be filed in Uganda in respect of the
same invention.
(15) The subsequent application shall be regarded as the first
application in Uganda in respect of that invention.
(16) Priority rights shall not be claimed on the withdrawn
application after the lodging of the subsequent application.
(17) The details of the requirements with which the application
must comply shall be prescribed by regulations made under this Act.
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