LAWS OF MALAWI
Patents
(Subsidiary)
Cap. 49:02
Patents Regulations
FIRST SCHEDULE
SECOND SCHEDULE
THIRD SCHEDULE
PATENTS REGULATIONS
Under s. 96
PRELIMINARY
1.
G.N.
251/1957 (F)
206/1959 (F)
363/1960 (F)
203/1962 (F)
5/1964 (M)
166/1967
71/1992
These Regulations may be cited as the Patents Regulations.
Citation.
2.
In these Regulations, unless inconsistent with the context:
“agent” means a patent agent registered as such in terms of section 68 of the
Act, and includes a legal practitioner;
Interpretation
“Office” means the Patent Office;
“Tribunal” means the Patents Tribunal
PART I
APPLICATION FOR PATENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS
3.
(1) An application, other than a convention application, shall be made in form
No. 1.
(2)
A convention application shall be made in form No. 2.
(3)
An application for a patent of addition shall be made in form No. 3.
(4)
An application in terms of section 31(2) of the Act for the grant of a
patent of addition instead of an independent patent shall be made in
form No. 4.
(5)
Every application (other than a convention application) shall be
accompanied by either a provisional specification in duplicate in form
No. 5 or a complete specification in duplicate in form No. 6; and
every convention application shall be accompanied by a complete
specification in duplicate in form No. 6.
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Appropriate
application forms
to be used.