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PATENTS ACT 1990 - SECT 148

Lapsing etc. of applications

  (1)   Where:

  (a)   the Commissioner receives a copy of a certificate under subsection   147(2) in relation to an application; and

  (b)   the certificate includes a direction under subsection   147(3);

then, upon receipt by the Commissioner of that copy:

  (c)   if the application is not a relevant international application--the application lapses; or

  (d)   if the application is a relevant international application--the application must cease to be treated as an international application.

  (2)   Where an application has lapsed under this section, the Commissioner must publish a notice to that effect in the Official Journal .


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