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hich priority is to be requested, (ii) the information and documents that are to be submitted in support of requests for priority, (iii) the period within which that information and those documents are to be submitted, (iv) the withdrawal of requests for priority, and (v) the correction of requests for priority or of information or documents submitted in support of them and the effect of corrections on the duration of the confidentiality period referred to in subsection 10(3); (j.41) respecting the application of subsection 28.4(6); (j.5) respecting divisional applications, including the time period within which divisional applications may be filed and the persons who may file divisional applications; (j.51) defining one invention for the purposes of section 36; (j.6) respecting the deposit of biological material for the purposes of section 38.1; (j.7) respecting the manner in which amendments may be made to specifications or drawings furnished as part of an application for a patent; (j.71) respecting amendments to the specification or drawings for the purposes of subsection 38.2(1); (j.72) respecting the replacement of all or part of the text matter of a specification or drawing contained in an application for a patent that is in a language other than English or French with a translation into English or French, for the purposes of paragraph 38.2(3)(b); (j.73) respecting the conditions set out in subsections 46(5) and 46.2(5), including the circumstances in which subparagraph 46(5)(a)(ii), paragraph 46(5)(b), subparagraph 46.2(5)(a)(ii) and paragraph 46.2(5)(b) do not apply; (j.731) respecting the number of days to be subtracted in determining the duration of an additional term under subsection 46.1(4), including authorizing the Commissioner to make determinations with respect to that number; (j.732) respecting applications under section 46.1 for an additional term, including their form, contents and processing; (j.733) respecting notices to the public in relation to additional terms granted under section 46.1; (j.734) respecting reconsiderations under section 46.3, including applications for a reconsideration and their form, contents and processing; (j.74) establishing a period for the purposes of subsection 55.11(2); (j.75) establishing a period for the purposes of subsections 55.11(3), (7) and (9); (j.76) respecting the reinstatement of applications for patents under subsection 73(3), including the circumstances in which subparagraph 73(3)(a)(ii) and paragraph 73(3)(b) do not apply; (j.77) respecting communications between the Commissioner and any other person; (j.8) authorizing the Commissioner to, during or after the end of the time period fixed under this Act in respect of any business before the Patent Office, for doing anything, extend that time period, subject to any prescribed terms and conditions, if the Commissioner considers that the circumstances justify the extension; (j.81) respecting the correction of obvious errors in documents submitted to the Commissioner or the Patent Office or in patents or other documents granted or issued under this Act, other than under sections 106 to 134, including (i) the determination of what constitutes an obvious error, and (ii) the effect of the correction; (k) prescribing any other matter that by any provision of this Act is to be prescribed; and (l) generally, for carrying into effect the objects and purposes of this Act or for ensuring the due administration thereof by the Commissioner and other officers and employees of the Patent Office. Effect (2) Any rule or regulation made by the Governor in Council has the same force and effect as if it had been enacted herein. R.S., 1985, c. P-4, s. 12; R.S., 1985, c. 33 (3rd Supp.), s. 3; 1993, c. 15, s. 29; 2014, c. 39, s. 118; 2015, c. 36, s. 53; 2017, c. 6, ss. 34, 135, 136; 2018, c. 27, ss. 204, 250, 259 2023, c. 26, s. 487