Title: | Article 2 of the Patents (Public Officers) Regulations |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Security exceptions |
Summary table: |
2. Application for Provisional Protection.
(1) Any officer in the employment of the Government who has made an invention
(a) may, at his or her own expense, and
(b) shall, at the expense of the Government if so required by the Minister, lodge an application for provisional protection with the Registrar of Patents, and shall at the same time send a copy of the application to the Minister through the head of his or her department.
(2) The Minister shall decide as expeditiously as possible whether the invention shall be regarded as secret, and the decision shall be forthwith communicated to the head of the officer's department for the information of the officer.