Regulation 21. Declaration claiming priority. (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 21. Declaration claiming priority.

(1) A declaration claiming priority under section 27 (1) of the Act shall state-

(a) the date of each earlier application;

(b) subject to subregulation (2), the number of each earlier application,

(c) subject to subregulation (3), the symbol, if any, of the International Patent Classification which has been allocated to each earlier application;

(d) the name of the State in which each earlier application was filed or, where the earlier application is a regional or an international application, the name of the State or States for which it was filed; and

(e) where the earlier application is a regional or an international application, the office with which it was filed.

(2) Where at the time of filing the declaration referred to in subregulation (1) the number of any earlier application is not known, that number shall be furnished within three months from the date on which the application containing the declaration was filed.

(3) When a symbol of the International Patent Classification has not been allocated to the earlier application or had not yet been allocated at the time of filing the declaration referred to in subregulation (1), the applicant shall state this fact in the declaration.

(4) Where the priorities of two or more earlier applications are claimed in accordance with subregulation (1), the information relating to those earlier applications may he included in a single declaration.

(5) (Deleted)