Patents Act, 1992
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PART XI Miscellaneous | ||
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Correction of errors. |
110.—(1) (a) The Controller may, in accordance with the provisions of this section, correct any linguistic error, error of transcription, clerical error or mistake in any specification of a patent, any application for a patent, or any document filed in pursuance of such an application, or any error in the register. | |
(b) The power conferred on the Controller by paragraph (a) of this subsection is in addition to the powers conferred on him by section 86 (7). | ||
(2) A correction may be made in pursuance of this section either upon a request made in the prescribed manner by any person interested and accompanied by the prescribed fee, or without such a request. | ||
(3) Where the Controller proposes, or a request is made, to make a correction referred to in subsection (1), he shall before determining the matter give notice of the proposal or the request to the proprietor of or applicant for the patent, as the case may be, and to any person, other than the person by whom a request is made, who appears to him to be concerned. |