The Patents Act, 1970 11BChapter IV · Publication and Examination of Applications
Section 11B · Request for examination
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1[11B. Request for examination.--2[(1) No application for a patent shall be examined unless the
applicant or any other interested person makes a request in the prescribed manner for such examination
within the prescribed period.]
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4[(3) In case of an application in respect of a claim for a patent filed under sub-section (2) of section 5 before the 1st day of January, 2005 a request for its examination shall be made in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed period by the applicant or any other interested person.]
(4) In case the applicant or any other interested person does not make a request for examination of the application for a patent within the period as specified under sub-section (1)5*** or sub-section (3), the application shall be treated as withdrawn by the applicant:
6[Provided that--
(i) the applicant may, at any time after filing the application but before the grant of a patent, withdraw the application by making a request in the prescribed manner; and
(ii) in a case where secrecy direction has been issued under section 35, the request for examination may be made within the prescribed period from the date of revocation of the secrecy direction.]
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4[(3) In case of an application in respect of a claim for a patent filed under sub-section (2) of section 5 before the 1st day of January, 2005 a request for its examination shall be made in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed period by the applicant or any other interested person.]
(4) In case the applicant or any other interested person does not make a request for examination of the application for a patent within the period as specified under sub-section (1)5*** or sub-section (3), the application shall be treated as withdrawn by the applicant:
6[Provided that--
(i) the applicant may, at any time after filing the application but before the grant of a patent, withdraw the application by making a request in the prescribed manner; and
(ii) in a case where secrecy direction has been issued under section 35, the request for examination may be made within the prescribed period from the date of revocation of the secrecy direction.]
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