Singapore legislation
Clause 84
of Patents Bill
Clause 84
Amendments of applications and patents not to include added matter
(1)
An application for a patent which —
is made in respect of matter disclosed in an earlier application, or in the specification of a patent which has been granted; and
discloses additional matter, that is, matter extending beyond that disclosed in the earlier application made under this Act or in the application made under the United Kingdom Patents Act 1977 or the application under the European Patent Convention designating the United Kingdom filed at the European Patent Office from which the filing date and right of priority is sought to be derived, as filed, or the application for the patent, as filed,may be filed under section 20(3), 47(4) or 117(6), or as mentioned in section 26(6), but shall not be allowed to proceed unless it is amended so as to exclude the additional matter.
(2)
No amendment of an application for a patent shall be allowed under section 31 if it results in the application disclosing any matter extending beyond that disclosed in the application as filed.
(3)
No amendment of the specification of a patent shall be allowed under section 38(1), 81 or 83 if it —
results in the specification disclosing any additional matter; or
extends the protection conferred by the patent.