Patents Act, 1992
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Publication of application. |
28.—(1) A patent application shall be published in the prescribed manner as soon as practicable after the expiry of the period of eighteen months beginning on the date of filing, or, if priority has been claimed, beginning on the date of priority; provided that at the request of the applicant the application may be published before the expiry of the period aforesaid. | |
(2) Subject to subsection (3), a patent application shall not be published if, before the termination of the technical preparations for publication, it has been finally refused or withdrawn or has been deemed to have been withdrawn. | ||
(3) A patent application which forms the basis for a divisional application under section 24 shall be published with its divisional application unless it has already been published under subsection (1). | ||
(4) The Controller shall advertise the date of publication of a patent application in the Journal. | ||
(5) The Controller may cause to be omitted from the published patent application— | ||
(a) statements or other matter contrary to public order or morality; | ||
(b) statements disparaging the products or processes of any particular person other than the applicant, or the merits or validity of applications or patents of any such person; provided that mere comparisons with the prior art shall not be considered disparaging per se. |