A brief summary of your invention that describes its key important features.
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Written statements defining the boundaries of protection under the patent. It usually includes the essential principles or features of the invention and should relate to the Description.
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A clear and complete disclosure and description of the invention to enable any skilled person in that field of the invention to perform or reproduce the invention.
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The act of making something known through speech, written language or demonstration.
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The process where the invention is examined if it is new, involves an inventive step and capable of industrial application.
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The date issued by the Registry of Patents upon receipt of the patent request, together with an identification of the applicants and a description of the invention.
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The applicant who is the first to file for a patent will have priority over the others.
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The check conducted by the Registry of Patents to ensure that the formal requirements have been met. This includes the check that all necessary documents and forms have been submitted in proper and correct order, such as format, presentation, size and suitable for reproduction in general.
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An improvement that is non-obvious to a person who is skilled in the art in the technological field of the invention.
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The person who is the actual deviser of the invention.
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Having practical application in any industrial field.
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Not known to anyone in any form, anywhere in the world.
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A person who provides professional advice on the measures to take in making any pre-application disclosures, advises on searches on existing inventions, on the patentability of an invention, attends to the drafting of the patent application and the prosecution of the patent application before the Registrar of Patents. If he describes himself as such, he must also be registered as a patent agent with IPOS and have a practising certificate issued by IPOS.
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The date officially established when the applicant first files for a patent application in a country that is a member of the Paris Convention or the World Trade Organisation.
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The process of searching for any relevant information and materials related to the invention.
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The description, claim(s) and drawing(s) (if any) required to support a patent application.
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