Patents
[No. 40 of 2016
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the use of a micro-organism which cannot be sufficiently disclosed
in the specification, in such a way as to enable the invention to be
carried out by a person skilled in the art and such material is not
available to the public, the specification shall be supplemented by a
deposit of such material with an international depository institution
established in accordance with the Budapest Treaty.
33. (1) An application for a grant of a patent may contain
one or more claims which shall define, in a prescribed manner, the
issues specified in subsection (2).
Claim
(2) A claim contained in an application for a grant of a patent
shall—
(a) define the subject matter of the invention for which the
protection is sought;
(b) be clear and concise;
(c) be supported by the description of the invention or based
on the matter described in the specification; and
(d) relate to one invention only or to a group of inventions
which are so linked as to form a single inventive concept.
34. (1) Where an applicant for a grant of a patent makes
reference to drawings in a description or claim, such drawings shall
accompany the application at the date of filing.
Drawings
(2) Where drawings referred to in subsection (1) are not
submitted by the applicant at the time of filing the application, the
Registrar shall notify the applicant to lodge such drawings within a
period not exceeding three months from the date of notification.
(3) If an applicant does not comply with the notification referred
to in subsection (2), the Registrar shall proceed with processing
the application and the drawings referred to in the description or
claim shall be considered to be non-existent.
35. An abstract shall consist of a summary of a disclosure of
an invention as contained in the description and shall merely serve
the purpose of providing technical information and not as an
interpretation of the scope of the protection sought.
36. (1) An application for a grant of a patent shall relate to
one invention only or to a group of inventions so linked as to form a
single general inventive concept.
(2) Where several independent inventions, which do not form
a single general inventive concept, are claimed in one application,
the Registrar may require that the application for the grant of a
patent be restricted to a single invention.
Abstract
Unity of
invention