Title: | Section 16 of the Patent Act of 1958(Chapter 400) as last amended by Act No. 26 of 28/12/1987 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Substantive examination |
Summary table: |
Examination of applications and specifications
16. (I) The Registrar shall examine every application for a patent and every specification accompanying such application or lodged at the Patent Office in pursuance of such application, in order to ascertain-
(a) whether such application or specification complies with the requirements of this Act;
(b) in the case of a complete specification lodged after a provisional specification , or of a convention application, whether the invention 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) Any examination or investigation required in terms of subsection
(1) may, on the direction of the Registrar, be undertaken by an examiner who shall report his findings on any such examination or investigation to the Registrar.
(3) An examination or investigation required by the provisions of this Act shall not be deemed to warrant the validity of any patent, and no liability shall be incurred by the Government, the Minister, the Registrar or any officer of the Patent Office by reason of or in connection with any such examination or investigation or report or other proceeding consequent thereon.