Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00455:section:64
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Provision Reference: s 64
Character Range: 85219–85863

64  Grant: multiple applications
 (1) Subject to this section, where there are 2 or more applications for patents for identical, or substantially identical, inventions, the granting of a patent on one of those applications does not prevent the granting of a patent on any of the other applications.
 (2) Where:
 (a) an application for a standard patent claims an invention that is the same as an invention that is the subject of a patent and is made by the same inventor; and
 (b) the relevant claim or claims in each of the complete specifications have the same priority date or dates;
a standard patent cannot be granted on the application.