Article 14
The Patent Office may, as stipulated in the Regulations, require the
applicant to make any amendments or complements which it shall deem
necessary to comply with the provisions of Article 13. If the applicant
fails to comply within three months of notification, he shall be
considered as having withdrawn his application.
The applicant may, within 30 days and in accordance with the conditions
stipulated in the Regulations, appeal such request by the Patent Office
before the Committee provided for in Article 36.
Article 15
The applicant may, at any time, before the publication of application
acceptance, present a request to amend the description or the drawing
of the invention, with an indication as to the nature of and reasons
for such an amendment, provided that such amendment shall not effect
the substance of the invention. In this connection, the same procedure
as that for patent application shall apply.
Article 16
The Patent Office shall examine the patent application and its annexes
in order to ascertain that the invention is new, involves an inventive
step and is industrially applicable, in conformity with the provisions
of Articles 1, 2 and 3 of this Law.
Where the invention satisfies the aforementioned conditions, and where
the conditions provided for in Articles 12 and 13 are fulfilled in the
patent application, the Patent Office shall publish the application
acceptance, in the Patent Gazette, in the manner prescribed in the
Regulations.
Any concerned party may submit to the Patent Office, within 60 days
from the publication of the application acceptance in the Patent Gazette,
and according to the procedure prescribed by the Regulations, a written
notice to oppose the granting the patent, stating the reasons therefor.
Such an opposition shall be subject to the payment of a fee, to be fixed
by the Regulations, of not less than 100 pounds and not more than 1,000
pounds, which will be reimbursed in case the opposition is accepted.
Oppositions shall be examined by the Committee established under
Article 36, in accordance with the conditions and procedures stipulated
in the Regulations.
Article 17
The Patent Office shall send to the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry
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