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Patents

CHAPTER 400
THE PATENTS ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I
PRELIMINARY

Section
1.

Short title

2.

Interpretation
PART II
ADMINISTRATION

3. Establishment of Patent Office
4.

Appointment of officers

5.

Seal.

6.

Register of patents
PART III
INTERNATIONAL PROVISIONS

7.

Convention arrangements

8. Convention applications
9. Special provisions as to vessels, aircraft and land vehicles
10.	 Protection of inventions communicated under international
agreements

lOA. ARIPO Patents
PART IV
APPLICATIONS GENERALLY

11. Persons entitled to make application
12. Form of application
13. Complete and provisional specifications
14. Contents of specification
15. Effective date of claims of complete specification
16. Examination of applications and specifications
17. Ante-dating and post-dating of applications

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