Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)Chapter V : Applications for patents42. Notice and publication of acceptance of complete specification |
| (1) | When a complete specification has been accepted, the registrar shall give written notice of that fact to the applicant. |
| (2) | Such notice shall contain— |
| (a) | the date of acceptance of the specification; and |
| (b) | a statement that on publication by the applicant in the journal of the acceptance of the specification, the patent concerned shall be deemed to have been sealed and granted as from the date of such publication. |
| (3) | Unless the acceptance is so published in the journal within the prescribed period or within such further period as the registrar may, on application to him and on good cause shown and on payment of the prescribed fee, allow, the application shall lapse. |