Patents Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Applications for Patents
27. Publication of application
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject to section 32, where an application has a date of filing, then, as soon as possible after the end of the prescribed period, the Registrar shall, unless the application is withdrawn in the prescribed manner, treated as having been abandoned or refused before preparations for its publication have been completed by the Registry, publish it as filed (including not only the original claims but also any amendment of those claims and new claims subsisting immediately before the completion of those preparations).
date of filing
“date of filing”, in relation to — (a) an application for a patent made under this Act, means the date of filing that application by virtue of section 26; and (b) any other application, means the date which, under the law of the country where the application was made or in accordance with the terms of a treaty or convention to which that country is a party, is to be treated as the date of filing that application in that country or is equivalent to the date of filing an application in that country (whatever the outcome of the application);
The Registrar may, if so requested by the applicant, publish the application as mentioned in subsection (1) during the prescribed period, and in either event shall publish the fact and date of its publication in the journal.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Patents and includes any Deputy Registrar of Patents holding office under this Act;
The Registrar may omit from the specification of a published application for a patent any matter —
published
“published” means made available to the public (whether in Brunei Darussalam or elsewhere) and a document shall be taken to be published under any provision of this Act if it can be inspected as of right at any place in Brunei Darussalam by members of the public, whether on payment of a fee or not, and “republished” shall be construed accordingly;
which in his opinion disparages any person in a way likely to damage him; or
the publication or exploitation of which would in his opinion be generally expected to encourage offensive, immoral or anti-social behaviour.
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Terms defined in s 2
date of filing
Defined · s 2“date of filing”, in relation to — (a) an application for a patent made under this Act, means the date of filing that application by virtue of section 26; and (b) any other application, means the date which, under the law of the country where the application was made or in accordance with the terms of a treaty or convention to which that country is a party, is to be treated as the date of filing that application in that country or is equivalent to the date of filing an application in that country (whatever the outcome of the application);
patent
Defined · s 2“patent” means a patent under this Act and includes a patent in force by virtue of section 114(4);
published
Defined · s 2“published” means made available to the public (whether in Brunei Darussalam or elsewhere) and a document shall be taken to be published under any provision of this Act if it can be inspected as of right at any place in Brunei Darussalam by members of the public, whether on payment of a fee or not, and “republished” shall be construed accordingly;
Registrar
Defined · s 2“Registrar” means the Registrar of Patents and includes any Deputy Registrar of Patents holding office under this Act;
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Property in Patents and Applications for Patents and Registration
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