Refusal or grant of patent

(1) Subject to section 25(2) to (4), where the Registrar is not satisfied that the requirements of the Act and the Regulations have been complied with, he shall refuse the application and so inform the applicant in writing, stating the reasons for the (2) Where two or more patent applications for the same invention, having the same filing date or the same priority date, are filed by the same applicant or his successor in title, the Registrar may, on that ground, refuse to grant a patent in respect of more than one of the applications. (3) Where the Registrar refuses an application under sub- section (2), he shall so inform the applicant in writing, stating the reasons for his refusal. (4) Where the Registrar is satisfied that the application, as originally filed or as amended, complies with the requirements of section 26, he shall grant the applicant a patent. (5) Where the Registrar grants a patent, he shall23 (a) publish, in the Journal, a notice of the grant of the patent; (b) issue a certificate of the grant of the patent and a copy of the patent to the applicant; and (c) record the patent in the Register. (6) The Registrar shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, make a copy of any patent granted under this section available to any person who requests such copy. (7) The Registrar shall, upon the request of the owner of the patent, amend the text or drawings of the patent in order to limit the extent of the protection conferred thereby, provided that the amendment would not result in the disclosure contained in the patent going beyond the disclosure contained in the initial application on the basis of which the patent was granted. (8) The patent shall be deemed to be granted on the date on which the Registrar publishes a notice of the grant of the patent in the Journal.