Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)Chapter VA : International applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty43B. 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.]