Legislative Implementation of Flexibilities - Liberia

Title:	Sections 11 (3) and 14 of the Industrial Property Act of 20/03/2003
Field of IP:	Patents
Type of flexibility:	Disclosure related flexibilities
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Provisions of Law

11.(3) The description shall disclose the invention in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for the invention to be carried out by a person having ordinary skill in the art, and shall, in particular, indicate at least one mode known to the applicant for carrying out the invention.

Information concerning foreign application

14.( I ) The applicant shall, at the request of the Director General furnish him with the date and number of any application for a patent filed by him abroad ("foreign application") relating to the same or essentially the same invention as that claimed in the application filed with the Office of the Director General,

(2)( a) The applicant shall, at the request of the Director General, furnish him with the following documents relating to one of the foreign applications referred to in subsection (1)

(i) a copy of any communication received by the applicant concerning the results of any search or examination carried out in respect of the foreign application;

(ii) a copy of the patent granted on the basis of the foreign application,

(iii) a copy of any final decision rejecting the foregoing application or refusing the grant requested in the foreign application.

(b) The applicant shall, at the request of the Director General, furnish him with a copy of any final decision invalidating the patent granted on the basis of the foregoing application referred to in paragraph (a)

(3) Subsection (2)(a)ii) and (iii) shall not apply in respect of information relating to the examination of the same International application in another elected office where the Industrial Property Registry is an elected Office in the meaning of Section 21(ii) and has received or will receive an international preliminary examination report.