Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PATENTS ACT 1990 - SECT 47

             (1)  Where:

                     (a)  a complete application for a standard patent has been made; and

                     (b)  a patent has been granted in a prescribed foreign country in respect of a prescribed application made in that country;

the applicant may, instead of asking for an examination, ask for a modified examination of the patent request and specification relating to the application.

             (2)  The applicant may withdraw a request for a modified examination at any time before acceptance of the patent request and specification and ask for an examination under section 44 instead.