Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)RegulationsPatent Regulations, 1978Chapter IA : Procedure in the patent office in relation to international applicationsEntering national phase under Chapter II of the Patent Cooperation Treaty |
| 67D. | Where the Republic has, 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 39 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)(a) shall include- |
| (i) | the description (if amended by any amendments annexed to the international preliminary examination report, as so amended); |
| (ii) | the claims (if amended by any amendments annexed to that report, as so amended); |
| (iii) | any textual matter on the drawings (if any and if amended by any amendments annexed to that report, as so amended). |