30. Grant of patent

the conditions in subsection (2) are satisfied before the end of the prescribed period or any extension thereof; and

the conditions in subsection (3) have been satisfied.

that all the formal requirements have been complied with;

that the Registrar has received —

the search report referred to in section 29(3) and the examination report referred to in section 29(5);

the search and examination report referred to in section 29(6);

the search report referred to in section 29(2)(c)(i), the examination report referred to in section 29(5) and, where the search report is not in the English language, an English translation of the search report;

the prescribed information referred to in section 29(2)(c)(ii) or (d)(ii) and, where the prescribed information includes any document that is not in the English language, an English translation of such document;

the international search report referred to in section 29(2)(d)(i) or (e)(i), the examination report referred to in section 29(5) and, where the international search report is not in the English language, an English translation of the international search report; or

in the case of an international application for a patent

the notice referred to in section 29(2)(e)(ii);

an international search report in respect of that application;

an international preliminary report on patentability in respect of that application; and

where any report referred to in sub-subparagraph

or (C) is not in the English language, an

that the prescribed documents for the grant of the patent have been filed; and

that the prescribed fee for the grant of the patent has been paid.

that —

the document or documents received by the Registrar under subsection (2)(b) do not disclose any unresolved objection on the ground that the claim or claims in the application do not relate to one invention or to a group of inventions which are so linked as to form a single inventive concept; or

if any such objection is disclosed, the applicant has satisfied the Registrar that the objection has been resolved;

where the applicant relies on any examination report referred to in section 29(5), any search and examination report referred to in section 29(6) or any international preliminary report on patentability referred to in subsection (2)(b)(vi), that each claim in the application at the time the prescribed documents for the grant of the patent were filed and the prescribed fee for the grant of the patent

which has been examined; and

which is referred to in the report;

where the applicant relies on the prescribed information relating to a corresponding application referred to in section 29(2)(c)(ii) or the prescribed information relating to a corresponding international application referred to in section 29(2)(d)(ii), at the time the prescribed documents for the grant of the patent were filed and the prescribed fee for the grant of the patent was paid, that each claim in the application is related to at least one claim —

which is set out in the prescribed information relating to the corresponding application or corresponding international application, as the case may be; and

which has been examined to determine whether the claim appears to satisfy the criteria of novelty, inventive step (or non-obviousness) and industrial applicability (or utility);

that the invention is not an invention referred to in section 13(2); and

that there is —

no other application for a patent for the same invention having the same priority date filed by the same applicant or his successor in title; and

no earlier grant of a patent for the same invention having the same priority date to the same applicant or his successor in title.

an appeal is filed in court in respect of an application; and

the applicant applies to the court to extend that period while the appeal is pending,

the Registrar shall send a notification to the applicant setting out the grounds for the Registrar’s objection to granting a patent;

the applicant shall have the right to respond to the

unless the Registrar withdraws his objection, the applicant shall, within a period specified by the Registrar and subject to section 81, amend the specification of his application in accordance with the prescribed conditions, with a view to satisfying the conditions in subsection (3); and

if any condition in subsection (3) remains unsatisfied at the end of the period referred to in paragraph (c), the applicant is deemed to have abandoned his application at the end of that period.