Title: | Section 11 of the Patents Act (Chapter 26:03) No. 26 of 1971 as last amended by Act 20/1994 (S.7) |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Substantive examination |
Summary table: |
Examination of applications and specifications
11.-(1) An application for a patent, including any specification and other document accompanying such application or subsequently lodged within such time as may be prescribed at the Patent Office in pursuance of such application, shall be examined by an examiner for the purpose of ascertaining
(a) whether the application, specification and accompanying documents comply with the requirements of this Act, including whether any of the grounds of opposition specified in subsection (1) of section seventeen are applicable; and
(b) in the case of a complete specification lodged after a provisional specification or of a Convention application, whether the matter claimed is substantially the same as that disclosed in the provisional specification or in the application lodged in the Convention country, as the case may be.
(2) An examination or investigation required by this Act shall not be deemed to warrant the validity of any patent and no liability shall be incurred by the State, the Minister, the Registrar or any examiner or other officer of the Patent Office by reason of or in connection with any such examination or investigation or report or other proceeding consequent thereon.