(iii) the title of the invention;
(b)
a description of the invention, any claim and any drawing and an abstract;
(c)
where the applicant is not the inventor,
applicant's right to the patent; and
(d)
where the applicant's ordinary residence or principal place of business is
outside Mauritius, an address within Mauritius for service of any document.
a
statement
justifying
the
(3)
Any description referred to in subsection (2)(b), shall disclose the invention in a
manner which is sufficiently clear and complete for the invention to be carried out
by a person having ordinary skill in the art, and shall, in particular, indicate at
least one mode known to the applicant for carrying out the invention.
(4)
Any claim shall-
(5)
(a)
define the matter for which protection is sought;
(b)
be clear and concise and fully supported by the description.
The description and the drawings in respect of any patent may be used to interpret
any claim under subsection (4).
15.
(6)
Any abstract, referred to in subsection (2) (b), shall be used for technical
information only and shall not be taken into account for the purpose of
interpreting the scope of the protection.
(7)
Any applicant may, before the application is granted, withdraw the application on
payment of a prescribed fee.
Unity of invention
(1)
Any application shall relate to one invention only or to a group of inventions so
linked as to form a single general inventive concept.
(2)
An applicant may, at any time before the application is granted, amend the
application, provided that the amendment shall not go beyond the disclosure in the
initial application.
(3)
The applicant may, at any time before the application is granted, divide the
application
into
two
or
more
applications,
provided
that
each
divisional
application shall not go beyond the disclosure in the initial application.
16.
(4)
Every divisional application shall be entitled to a
applicable, the priority date of the initial application.
filing
date
and,
where
(5)
Where a patent has been granted following an application that did not comply with
the requirement of unity of invention under subsection (1), such failure to comply
with subsection (I) shall not be a ground for the invalidation of the patent.
Right of priority
(1)
An application may contain a declaration claiming the priority, as provided for in
the Paris Convention, of one or more earlier national, regional or international
applications filed by the applicant or his predecessor in title in or for any State
party to the said Convention or any member of the World Trade Organisation.
(2)
Where the application contains a declaration under subsection (1), the Controller
may require the applicant to furnish, within the prescribed time limit, a copy of
the earlier application certified as correct by the office with which it was filed.