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(i) either be replaced by an international-type search in accordance with Article 51 of
the Ordinance;
(ii) or be drawn up by an authority other than the Office;
(iii) or be replaced by a search report drawn up in respect of an application for a patent
or a certificate relating to the same invention.
Section III
Patentability Examination
40.—(1) In the case of international applications, the Office shall carry out a
patentability examination in accordance with Article 25(1) to (3) of the Ordinance, subject to
a preliminary international examination having been carried out under Article 33 of the PCT.
(2) For other applications, the patentability examination in accordance with
Article 25(1) to (3) of the Ordinance shall be initially limited to checking the compliance of
the application with the provisions of Articles 8 and 18 of that Ordinance.
Section IV
Issue and Registration of Patent or Inventor’s Certificate
41.—(1) Where the application for a patent or an inventor’s certificate satisfies the
conditions laid down by the Ordinance and by this Decree, the Office shall register the patent
and, subject to Article 26(2) of the Ordinance, the inventor’s certificate.
(2) The Office shall notify in writing the decision to register the patent or inventor’s
certificate to its owner.
(3) The patent or inventor’s certificate shall be signed by the Director General of the
Office or by his representative.
42.—(1) The patent or inventor’s certificate shall be drawn up in three copies.
(2) The original of the patent or inventor’s certificate shall be handed to the owner, his
successor in title, his agent or his representative.
43. A patent or inventor’s certificate as issued and registered shall contain, in addition
to the particulars and documents referred to in Articles 11 and 12 of this Decree, the following
elements:
(a) its definitive number;
(b) the nature of the industrial property title issued;
(c) the symbol or symbols of the international patent classification;
(d) the date of issue.
Section V
Publication
44.—(1) In accordance with Article 26(4) of the Ordinance, the Office shall proceed,
after issue and registration of the patent or inventor’s certificate, with its publication in the
Official Gazette of Industrial Property.