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

Regulations

Purchase

67C.	Where the Republic has not, before the expiration of 19 months from the priority date referred to in article 2(xi) of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, been elected for the purposes of international preliminary examination-

(a)	the time limit applicable under article 22 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, as referred to in section 43E(1), shall be 31 months from the priority date;

(b)	the contents of the translation referred to in section 43E(1)(b) shall include-

(i)	the description;

(ii)	the claims (if amended under article 19 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, as so amended); and

(iii)

any textual matter on the drawings, if any.