Singapore legislation
Clause 28
of Patents Bill
Clause 28
Examination as to form
(1)
Where an application for a patent has a date of filing and is not withdrawn or treated as having been abandoned, the Registrar shall as soon as practicable after the end of the prescribed period examine the application so as to determine whether the application complies with those requirements of this Act and the rules which are designated by the rules as formal requirements for the purposes of this Act.
(2)
Where after an examination under subsection (1) it is determined that not all the formal requirements are complied with, the Registrar shall give the applicant an opportunity to make observations and to amend the application within such period as the Registrar may specify so as to comply with those requirements (subject, however, to section 84), and, if the applicant fails to do so, the Registrar may refuse the application.