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Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)

Chapter VA : International applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty

43B. Effect of international application designating Republic

 

 

Subject to this Chapter, an international application designating the Republic shall be deemed to be an application for a patent lodged at the patent office in terms of this Act.

 

[Section 43B inserted by section 38 of Act No. 38 of 1997.]