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The Patents Rules 1995

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Applications for the grant of patents under sections 14 and 15

16.—(1) A request for the grant of a patent shall be made on Patents Form 1/77.

(2) The specification contained in an application for a patent made under section 14 shall state the title of the invention and continue with the description and the claim or claims and drawings, if any, in that order.

(3) The title shall be short and indicate the matter to which the invention relates.

(4) The description shall include a list briefly describing the figures in the drawings, if any.

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