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

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Patent Regulations, 1978

Chapter IA : Procedure in the patent office in relation to international applications

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67G.

(1) Where the applicant has failed to comply with rule 17.1 of the regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the applicant shall lodge with the patent office a copy, certified to the satisfaction of the registrar, of the priority document within six months of the applicant complying with section 43E(1) or within such further period as the registrar may on request allow.

 

(2) If the priority document is in a language other than English, a translation thereof into one of the official languages, verified to the satisfaction of the registrar, shall be lodged with the patent office within six months of the applicant complying with section 43E(1) or within such further period as the registrar may on request allow.