Regulation 19. Unity of invention. (PATENTS REGULATIONS 1986

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P.U.(A) 327/86
PATENTS REGULATIONS 1986

PART II - APPLICATION AND PROCEDURE FOR GRANT AND DURATION OF PATENT.

Regulation 19. Unity of invention.

(1) For the purposes of section 26 of the Act, the same patent application may include-

(a) in addition to an independent claim for a given product, an independent claim for a process specially adapted for the manufacture of the product, and an independent claim for a use of the product; or

(b) in addition to an independent claim for a given process, an independent claim for an apparatus or means specifically designed for carrying out the process; or

(c) in addition to an independent claim for a given product, an independent claim for a process specially adapted for the manufacture of the product, and an independent claim for an apparatus or means specifically designed for carrying out the process.

(2) Subject to section 26 of the Act, an application may contain two or more independent claims of the same category which cannot he covered readily by a single generic claim.

(3) Subject to section 26 of the Act, an application may contain a reasonable number of dependent claims claiming specific forms of the invention claimed in an independent claim even when the features of any dependent claim could be considered as constituting in themselves an invention.