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PATENTS ACT 1990 - SECT 29

Application for patent--general rules

  (1)   A person may apply for a patent for an invention by filing, in accordance with the regulations, a patent request and such other documents as are prescribed.

  (2)   An application may be a provisional application or a complete application.

  (3)   A patent request in relation to a provisional application must:

  (a)   be in the approved form; and

  (b)   be in English; and

  (c)   be accompanied by a provisional specification.

  (4)   The provisional specification referred to in paragraph   (3)(c) must:

  (a)   be in the approved form; and

  (b)   be in English.

  (4A)   A patent request in relation to a complete application must:

  (a)   be in the approved form; and

  (b)   be in English; and

  (c)   be accompanied by a complete specification; and

  (d)   comply with the formalities requirements determined in an instrument under section   229.

  (4B)   The complete specification referred to in paragraph   (4A)(c) must:

  (a)   be in the approved form; and

  (b)   be in English; and

  (c)   comply with the formalities requirements determined in an instrument under section   229.

  (5)   In this section:

"person" includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not.

[ Note: see also section   5 for requirements relating to associated applications .]


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