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(1)An application for a patent (the later application) shall not be allowed to be filed under section 8(3), 12, or 37(4) above or as mentioned in section 15(4) above, in respect of any matter disclosed in an earlier application or the specification of a patent which has been granted, if the later application discloses matter which extends beyond that disclosed in the earlier application, as filed, or the application for the patent, as filed.
(2)No amendment of an application or the specification of a patent shall be allowed under any of the provisions of this Act to which this subsection applies if it—
(a)results in the application or specification disclosing any such matter, or
(b)(where a patent has been granted) extends the protection conferred by the patent.
(3)Subsection (2) above applies to the following provisions of this Act, namely, sections 17(3), 18(3), 19(1), 27(1), 73 and 75.
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