Section 16 – THE PATENTS ACT, 1970

Power of Controller to make orders respecting division of application

(1) A person who
has made an application for a patent under this Act may, at any time before the grant of
the patent, if he so desires, or with a view to remedy the objection raised by the Controller
on the ground that the claims of the complete specification relate to more than one
invention, file a further application in respect of an invention disclosed in the provisional or
complete specification already filed in respect of the first mentioned application.
(2) The further application under sub-section (1) shall be accompanied by a complete
specification, but such complete specification shall not include any matter not in substance
disclosed in the complete specification filed in pursuance of the first mentioned
application.
(3) The Controller may require such amendment of the complete specification filed in
pursuance of either the original or the further application as may be necessary to ensure
that neither of the said complete specifications includes a claim for any matter claimed in
the other.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this Act, the further application and the complete
specification accompanying it shall be deemed to have been filed on the date on which
the first mentioned application had been filed, and the further application shall be
proceeded with as a substantive application and be examined when the request for
examination is filed within the prescribed period.

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