Patents Act, 1992
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Patent under Part II and a short-term patent not to co-exist for same invention. |
64.—Where an application for a patent under Part II and an application for a short-term patent have been filed by the same applicant in respect of the same invention, then— | |
(a) the short-term patent, if granted first, shall be deemed void upon the grant of a patent under Part II , | ||
(b) the short-term patent application shall, if pending on the date of grant of a patent under Part II , be deemed abandoned as of that date. |