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Disclosure
and
description
of invention
Patents
specification or a provisional specification which shall indicate the
title of the subject to which the invention relates.
(2) A provisional specification shall give a brief description of
an invention for which a grant of a patent is being applied while a
complete specification shall give a full and detailed description of
the invention.
(3) An international application for the grant of a patent shall
be accompanied by a complete specification.
(4) Subject to this Act, a complete specification lodged with
the Registrar after the lodging of a provisional specification, may
include claims, not included in the provisional specification, in respect
of developments or additions to the invention, which the applicant
would be entitled to make in a separate application for the grant of
a patent.
(5) Where a complete specification does not accompany an
application for the grant of a patent at the time of filing, the applicant
shall lodge the specification, within a period not exceeding twelve
months from the date of filing of the application or within such
further period, which period shall not exceed three months as the
Registrar may, in writing, allow upon payment of a prescribed fee.
(6) If the applicant does not lodge a complete specification
within the period specified in subsection (5), the application for the
grant of a patent shall lapse and the invention shall form part of the
prior art.
32. (1) A complete specification shall—
(a) describe the invention fully or in a manner sufficiently
clear, concise and complete for the invention to be
evaluated, carried out, performed or worked on by a
person having ordinary skill in the art to which the
invention relates;
(b) disclose the best method or mode known to the applicant
of performing, working on or carrying out the invention;
(c) end with one or more claims defining the subject matter
for which protection is claimed or sought; and
(d) where the invention relates to a chemical product or
process, include a description of internationally
recognised chemical denomination of the claimed
product or of the product obtainable by the claimed
process.
(2) Where an application for the grant of a patent is for an
invention which is a microbiological process or product, involving