Patents and Designs Act 1907

5Time for leaving complete specification

(1)If the applicant does not leave a complete specification with his application, he may leave it at any subsequent time within six months from the date of the application.

Provided that, where an application is made for an extension of the time for leaving a complete specification, the comptroller shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, grant an extension of time to the extent applied for but not exceeding one month.

(2)Unless a complete specification is so left, the application shall be deemed to be abandoned.