(1) Subject to subregulations (2), (3) and (4) of this regulation, any
person may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, obtain copies or extracts
from the register.
(2) The file relating to an application for a patent may be inspected
and extracts obtained from the file before the grant of the patent only with the
written permission of the applicant.
(3) Even before the grant of the patent, the registrar shall, on request,
communicate the following bibliographic data—
(a) the name and address of the applicant and the name and address
of the agent;
(b) the number of the application;
(c) the filing date of the application and, if priority is claimed, the
priority date, the numbers of the earlier application and the name
of the State in which the earlier application was filed; or where
the earlier application is a regional or international application,
the name of the States for which it was filed;
(d) the title of invention; and
(e) any change in the ownership of the application and any reference
to a licence contract appearing in the file of the application.
(4) Where an application is withdrawn in accordance with regulation
26 of these Regulations, the file relating to it may be inspected only with the
written permission of the person who withdrew the application, and
subregulation (3) of this regulation shall not apply.
(5) The inspection of files of the registry by the courts shall be by the
provision of the relevant documents or extracts of the relevant entries.
16. Contents of application.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
The application for a patent shall contain—
a request;
a description;
one or more claims;
one or more drawings where necessary; and
an abstract.
(2) The application shall be accompanied by an application fee.