Patents Bill

70 Acceptance of complete specification

• (1) The Commissioner must, after the applicant has complied with the requirements referred to in sections 67(1) and 69, accept the complete specification relating to a patent application if the Commissioner is satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that—

  • (a) the application and the specification comply with the requirements of this Act and of the regulations; and

  • (ab) the applicant has complied with all requirements imposed on the applicant by or under this Act that are prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph; and

  • (b) the invention, so far as claimed, is a patentable invention under section 13; and

  • (c) there is no other lawful ground of objection to the grant of a patent in respect of the application.

  (2) The Commissioner must, after acceptance of a complete specification,—

  • (a) give notice of the acceptance to the applicant; and

  • (b) publish the acceptance in the journal.

  (3) For the purposes of this Act, date of the publication of the accepted complete specification means the date of publication of the journal containing the publication under subsection (2)(b).

  (4) This section is subject to sections 67, 68, and 71.

  Compare: 1953 No 64 s 20(1), (2)