Patents
[No. 40 of 2016
11. (1) The Registrar may, on application by an applicant for
the grant of a patent or a patentee, made in a prescribed manner
and form or by an order of the court, cause the Register be rectified
by the making of a correction to an entry in the register.
(2) Where the Registrar requires that a correction be made
without any application or order of the court, the Registrar shall
give notice of the need to do so, to the applicant or patentee.
(3) An application for the correction of any document entered
in the Register, after an application for the grant of a patent has
been published or the patent granted, shall be advertised by the
applicant within a prescribed period.
(4) When an application to make a correction is advertised, in
accordance with subsection (2), any interested person may object
to the making of the correction, in a prescribed manner and within
a prescribed period.
(5) Where an objection is made in accordance with subsection
(4), the Registrar shall notify the applicant of the objection and give
the applicant and the person objecting, an opportunity to be heard
before determining the matter.
(6) A person aggrieved by the decision of the Registrar may,
within a prescribed period after receipt of the decision of the
Registrar, appeal to the High Court.
12. (1) Subject to this Act, the Register shall, on payment of
the prescribed fee, be open for inspection by the public during
prescribed hours.
(2) The Register shall be prima facie evidence of any matters
required or authorised by or under this Act to be entered in the
Register.
(3) A copy of any entry in the Register or an extract from the
Register, certified by the Registrar, shall be admitted in evidence
without further proof and without production of the original copy.
13. (1) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, make
regulations for, or with respect to, any matter under this Part that is
to be prescribed or necessary for carrying out or giving effect to
the registration processess and procedures.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), regulations
made in accordance with that subsection may be provide for—
(a) the format of applications for the grant of a patent and
registration of a utility model;
(b) the payment of fees in respect of any matter or anything
done or provided for under this Part;
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Rectification
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Inspection of
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proof
Regulations
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processes
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