Examination
of
application for a
patent
all subsequent communications relating to
that application.
(4) On receipt of every subsequent document
relating to an application, the Registrar
General shall mark it with the application
number and the date of receipt of that
document and shall also mark the original
application with the description of the
subsequent document and its date of receipt.
19. (1) Upon receipt of an application for a
patent, the Registrar General shall examine
whether the application complies with section
10(1) of the Act.
(2) Where the Registrar General considers
that section 10(1) of the Act has not been
complied with, or that the applicant has failed
to include the required drawings, he or she
shall request the applicant to make the
necessary corrections or to furnish the missing
documents, as the case may be.
(3) A request under subregulation (2) shall
(a) be made in form P4;
(b) specify the correction to be made or
the missing drawing to be filed;
(c) state the fees to be paid, if any; and
(d) state the date within which the
corrections are to be effected or the
missing documents are to be filed.
(4) Where the correction is not made or the
document is not filed within the date specified
in subregulation (3), the application shall be
deemed not to have been filed.
(5) Subject to subregulation (2), the Registrar
General shall notify the applicant in writing of
the filing date as soon as he or she is satisfied
that section 10 of the Act has been complied
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