Singapore legislation

Clause 30

Grant of patent

(1)

Where before the end of the prescribed period the conditions in subsection (2) are satisfied, the Registrar shall grant the applicant a patent.

(2)

The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are —

(a)

that all the formal requirements have been complied with;

(b)

in the case of an international application for a patent (Singapore) where Singapore has been elected in accordance with Chapter II of the Patent Co-operation Treaty, that the international preliminary examination report of the application has been received by the Registrar;

(c)

in any other case, that the following reports or information have been received by the Registrar:

(i)

the search and examination report referred to in section 29(6);

(ii)

the search report and the examination report referred to in section 29(3);

(iii)

the search report referred to in section 29(5) and the examination report referred to in section 29(7);

(iv)

the examination report referred to in section 29(8); or

(v)

the prescribed information relating to any one of the corresponding international applications or other corresponding applications referred to in section 29(4); and

(d)

that the prescribed fee for the grant of a patent has been paid.

(3)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Registrar may refuse to grant a patent —

(a)

in pursuance of more than one application where two or more applications for a patent for the same invention having the same priority date have been filed by the same applicant or his successor in title; or

(b)

in respect of any invention referred to in section 13(3).

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