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PATENTS ACT 1990 - SECT 29

Application for patent

             (1)  A person may apply for a patent for an invention by filing, in accordance with the regulations, a patent request and such other documents as are prescribed.

             (2)  An application may be a provisional application or a complete application.

             (3)  A patent request in relation to a provisional application must be in the approved form and accompanied by a provisional specification.

             (4)  A patent request in relation to a complete application must be in the approved form and accompanied by a complete specification.

             (5)  In this section:

"person" includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not.

[ Note: see also section 5 for requirements relating to associated applications .]



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