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

Regulations

Patent Regulations, 1978

Chapter 1 : Procedure in the patent office

Application for the grant of patents
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22.

(1)An application for a patent shall be made on Form P1 and shall be accompanied by the following documents:
(a)Form P1, in duplicate, one copy of which shall be returned to the applicant as proof of lodging;
(b)Form P2 in duplicate;
(c)a declaration and power of attorney on Form P3;
(d)where the applicant has acquired a right to apply from the inventor, an assignment or other proof, to the satisfaction of the registrar, of the right of the applicant to apply;
(e)a single copy of a provisional specification on Form P6 or two copies of a complete specification on Form P7;
(f)drawings, in the prescribed manner, if drawings are necessary to exemplify the invention; and
(g)an abstract on Form P8, in duplicate, if the application is accompanied by a complete specification.

 

(2)[Subregulation (2) deleted by GN R250 of 26 February 1999.]

 

23.A convention application, if not made by the applicant in the convention country, shall also contain an assignment or other proof, to the satisfaction of the registrar, of the applicant's right to claim priority.

 

24.An application claiming priority under the Act from any prior application to the patent office shall contain a copy, in duplicate, on Form P2 of such prior application as well as the specification lodged in support of such prior application.

 

25.In addition to the documents required under regulations 22 and 23, a convention application shall also contain a copy, certified to the satisfaction of the registrar, of the priority document. If any such document is in a language other than an official language of the Republic, the certified copy shall be accompanied by the translation thereof into one of the official languages, which translation shall be verified to the satisfaction of the registrar. Priority documents shall be lodged within six months of the lodging of the application or within such further period as the registrar may allow on request.

 

26.After grant of a patent an updated copy of Form P2 shall accompany the letters patent.