(8) For the purposes of subsection (7), the Registrar shall take into account
(a) the results of any international search report and any international preliminary
examination report established under the Treaty in relation to the application; or
(b) a search and an examination report submitted under section 8(2)(a) which relates to a
corresponding foreign application; or
(c) a final decision submitted under section 8(2)(c) on refusal to grant a patent on a
corresponding foreign application; or
(d) a search and an examination report which was carried out upon the request of the
Registrar by an external search and an examination authority.
Section 10—Grant of Patent; Changes in Patents.
(1) Where the Registrar finds that
(a) the application complies with the requirements under section 9 (6) and (7), the
Registrar shall grant the patent;
(b) the application does not comply with the requirements under section 9 (6) and (7), the
Registrar shall refuse the application and notify the applicant of the refusal.
(2) When the Registrar grants a patent, the Registrar shall
(a) publish a reference of the grant of the patent in the prescribed manner;
(b) issue to the applicant a certificate of the grant of patent and a copy of the patent;
(c) record the patent;
(d) make available copies of the patent to the public, on payment of the prescribed fee.
(3) The Registrar shall, whenever possible, give a final decision on the application not
later than two years after the commencement of the examination referred to in section 9
(7).
(4) The Registrar shall, upon the request of the owner of the patent, make changes in the
text or drawings of the patent in order to limit the extent of the protection.
(5) The Registrar shall not make any change where the change would result in the
disclosure contained in the patent going beyond the disclosure contained in the initial
application on the basis of which the patent is granted.
Section 11—Rights Conferred by Patent.