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Versions of s. 38.2(2)

P-4 — Patent Act · 2 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2019-10-30 to present available View Source
    The specification and drawings contained in an application, other than a divisional application, may not be amended to describeadd matter notthat cannot reasonably to be inferred from the specification or drawings as originally filed, except in so far as it is admittedcontained in the specificationapplication thaton theits matterfiling is prior art with respect to the application.date.
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    The specification and drawings contained in an application, other than a divisional application, may not be amended to add matter that cannot reasonably be inferred from the specification or drawings contained in the application on its filing date.

  2. 2002-12-31 to 2019-10-30 View Source

    The specification may not be amended to describe matter not reasonably to be inferred from the specification or drawings as originally filed, except in so far as it is admitted in the specification that the matter is prior art with respect to the application.