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

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Patent Regulations, 1978

Chapter 1 : Procedure in the patent office

Amendment of specifications

 

 

52.

(1) An application to amend a provisional specification shall be made on Form P11.

 

(2) An application to amend a complete specification shall be made on Form P12 or P13, as the case may be, and a supplementary disclosure, if any, shall be made on Form P14.

 

53. If the registrar is satisfied that an application on Form P13 is in compliance with the Act, he may direct the patentee to advertise the amendment once in the journal. An application so advertised may be opposed within two months of the date of such advertisement in terms of Chapter III of these regulations.