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(51 The Director General shall take into account, for the purposes of subsection
(4)
Grant of Parent;
Changes in Patents
(i)
the results of any international search report and any
International preliminary examination report
established under the PACT in relation to the
application, and/o:
(it)
any search and examination report submitted under
Section 14(2)(i) relating to, or a final decision
submitted under Section 14(2)(iii) on the refusal to
grant a patent on, a corresponding foregoing
application; arid/or
(iii)
any search and examination report which was carried
out upon his request by an external search and
examination authoriiv
16(1) Where the Director General finds that the conditions referred to in
Section 15(3) and (4) are fulfilled, he shall grant the patent. Otherwise, he
shall refuse the application and notify the applicant of that decision.
(2) When he grants a patent, the Director General shall
(i)
publish a reference to the grant of the patent;
(ii)
Issue to the applicant a certificate of the grant of the
patent and a copy of (he patent;
(iii)
record the patent;
(iv)
make available copies of the patent to the public, on
payment of the prescribed fee.
(3) The Director general shall, whenever possible, reach a final decision
on the application not later than two years after the commencement of the
examination referred to in Section 15(4).
(4) The Director General shall, upon request of the owner of the patent,
make changes in the text or drawings of the patent in order to limit the extent
ofthe protection conferred thereby provided that the change would not result
in the disclosure contained in the patent going beyond the disclosure
contained in the initial application on the basis of which the patent was
granted
Rights Conferred
Patent: (ARIPO
Patents)
17.(1) The exploitation of the patented invention in Liberia by persons other
than the owner of the patent shall require the latter's agreement
(2) For the purposes of this Act, "exploitation" of a patented invention
means any of the following acts;
(a) when the patent has been granted in respect of a product.
(i) ,
making, importing, offering for sale, sellingand using
the product;