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These time limits shall start from the
receipt, by the competent Ministry, of the
In any event, once it has been established
filing of the application.
that a patent application has already been
the subject of a filing in a foreign country
of
on which a decision has not yet been taken,
admissibility, any applicant may modify
the competent Ministry shall postpone the
his application and submit new wording
grant of title.
for his claims. Unless the applicant decides
otherwise,
the
Art.31. Patents and incentive certificates
application for a patent or an incentive
shall be granted without prior examination
certificate shall not be made public prior to
of the merits, at the risk of the applicant
the expiration of the abovementioned time
and with no guarantee as to the reality,
limit.
novelty or merits, depending on the case,
and as to the accuracy of the description,
Art.29.
Art.30.
During
the
After
the
file
an
period
concerning
administrative
without prejudice to the rights of third
examination of the file, the Minister
parties.
responsible for industrial property shall
rule on the admissibility of the application
Without prejudice to the provisions of the
or reject the application.
previous paragraph, the grant of patents or
incentive certificates concerning the food
In case of rejection, notification shall be
or pharmaceutical sectors shall be subject
given to the applicant.
to a prior examination on the merits.
Notwithstanding, subject to what is
In any event, at the express request of the
stipulated in paragraph 4 of this Article, if
applicant, the Ministry responsible for
an application does not comply with the
industrial
conditions and arrangements of form, as
competent body examine said filing, at the
defined by this Law and its enabling
applicant’s expense.
measures, the Minister responsible for
industrial property may invite the applicant
Art.32. Only a single patent or incentive
to regularize said application within six
certificate may be granted for the same
months, starting from the modification of
invention or discovery.
this invitation.
property
may
have
any