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| (1) Any person may, after the grant of a patent, inspect the file relating to the patent and, subject to subsection (2), the file relating to any patent application and may obtain certified extracts therefrom on payment of the prescribed fee. |
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| (2) The file relating to a patent application may be inspected before the grant of the patent only with the written permission of the applicant: |
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| (3) No person employed in or at the Registry may make a patent application or be granted a patent or acquire or hold in any manner whatsoever any rights relating to a patent during the period of his employment in or at the Registry and for one year after the termination of such employment. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts