Singapore legislation
Clause 79
of Patents Bill
Clause 79
Information on result of corresponding international applications
(1)
The Registrar may, on the application of any interested person and on the payment of the prescribed fee, request the proprietor of a patent to furnish to the Registrar, within such period as the Registrar may specify, the prescribed information on all corresponding international applications or corresponding applications for a patent made by him or his predecessor in title at any prescribed patent office with respect to which details had been furnished to the Registrar under section 29(1)(c).
(2)
Where the proprietor of a patent has furnished the prescribed information under subsection (1) or where such information is available at the Registry, the Registrar shall as soon as practicable send to the interested person the prescribed information so furnished or available.
(3)
Where the proprietor of a patent fails without good cause to comply with the request of the Registrar under subsection (1), the Registrar may by order revoke the patent with effect from the date of the grant of the patent.
(4)
For the purpose of this section, “corresponding international application” and “corresponding application” have the same meanings as in section 29(9).