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Industrial Property Act
2014
(3) The period of priority under subsection (1) is twelve months
and shall be counted according to the provisions of article 4 of the
Paris Convention.
(4) Where the application contains a declaration under
subsection (1), the registrar may request that the applicant furnish,
within the prescribed time, a copy of the earlier application certified
as correct by the Industrial Property Office with which it was filed.
(5) The registrar shall accept the form and the content of the
certification mentioned in subsection (4) as determined by the
certifying authority.
(6) Where the registrar finds that the requirements under this
section and the regulations relating to those requirements have not
been complied with, the declaration shall be considered not to have
been made.
25. Information concerning corresponding foreign applications
and grants.
(1) At the request of the registrar, an applicant shall furnish the
registrar with the date and number of any application for a patent or
other title of protection filed by the applicant with the office
responsible for registration of industrial property of another country
or with a regional industrial property office, in this Act referred to as
a “foreign application”, relating to the same invention as that claimed
in the application filed with the registrar.
(2) The applicant shall, at the request of the registrar, furnish the
registrar with the following documents relating to one of the foreign
applications within sixty days—
(a) copies of any communication received by the applicant
concerning the results of a search or examination carried
out in respect of the foreign application;
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