Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person may, within the prescribed period after a complete specification filed in relation to an application for a standard patent becomes open to public inspection, notify the Commissioner, in accordance with the regulations, that the person asserts, for reasons stated in the notice, that the invention concerned is not a patentable invention because it does not comply with paragraph 18(1)(b).
(2) The Commissioner must inform the applicant for the patent in writing of any matter of which the Commissioner is notified and send the applicant a copy of any document accompanying the notice.
(3) The Commissioner must otherwise consider and deal with a notice in accordance with the regulations.
(4) A notice and any document accompanying it are open to public inspection.
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