Title: | Section 22 of the Industrial Property Act No. 14 of 21/08/1996 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Substantive examination |
Summary table: |
22. (l) After according a filing date to an application, the Registrar Examination shall examine that application to determine whether such application of applications complies with the requirements of section 13(1) and (2) and the regulations pertaining thereto.
(2) The Minister may, by regulations, prescribe the categories of inventions in respect of which an examination under this section shall not cover the requirements of novelty and inventive step.