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

Chapter VA : International applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty

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[Chapter VA inserted by s. 38 of Act No. 38 of 1997.]

In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates—

(a)	any word or expression defined in the Patent Co-operation Treaty shall have the same meaning as in that Treaty; and

(b)	"national phase of international application" means an application for a patent in the Republic contemplated in section 43B, in respect of which the applicant has complied with section 43E.

[Section 43A substituted by section 3 of Act No. 58 of 2002.]