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Abandoned or void patent applications.
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7.—(1) Where an application for a patent was deemed to have been abandoned under section 16 or became void under section 18 of the Principal Act, during the period beginning on the 3rd day of September, 1939, and ending on the passing of this Act by reason only of the failure of the applicant or of the Controller to comply with any requirement as to time limits of the Acts or the rules made thereunder, the Controller may, up to a date not later than the 30th day of June, 1948, permit the application to proceed.
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(2) An application permitted, under this section, to proceed shall be treated as not having been abandoned or become void and the Controller may allow such extensions as he may think fit of the times limited by or under the Acts or rules in relation to the application.
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