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 (aa) provide the name of the inventor of the invention to which the application relates.
 (3) The PCT application must comply with the formalities requirements determined in an instrument under section 229 of the Act.
 (4) The Commissioner may, within one month from the date the applicant complied with subsection 29A(5) of the Act, direct the applicant to do anything necessary to ensure that the requirements mentioned in subregulations (2) and (3) are met.
 (5) The PCT application lapses if:
 (a) the applicant has been given a direction under subregulation (4); and
 (b) the applicant has not complied with the direction within 2 months of the date of the direction.
 (6) If the PCT application lapses under subregulation (5), the Commissioner must:
 (a) advertise that fact in the Official Journal; and
 (b) notify the applicant that the PCT application has lapsed.

3.3  Abstracts
 (1) An abstract must consist of:
 (a) a summary of the disclosure as contained in the description, the claims and any drawings, graphics or photographs, being a summary:
 (i) that indicates the technical field to which the invention pertains; and
 (ii) that is drafted in a way that allows the clear understanding of the technical problem, the gist of the solution of that problem through the invention, and the principal use or uses of the invention; and
 (b) if applicable, any chemical formula that, among all the formulas contained in the specification, best characterises the invention.
 (2) An abstract must be as concise as the disclosure permits, preferably 50 to 150 words.
 (3) An abstract must not contain statements on the alleged merits or value of the claimed invention or on its speculative application.
 (4) Each main technical feature mentioned in the abstract and illustrated by a drawing, graphic or photograph in the specification must be followed by a reference sign placed between parentheses.
 (5) An abstract must be so drafted that it can efficiently serve as a scanning tool for the purposes of searching in the particular art, especially by assisting in the formulation of an opinion on whether there is a need to consult the specification itself for those purposes.
 (6) An abstract is not taken into account in construing the nature of the invention that is the subject of the specification to which the abstract relates.

3.4  Substitute abstracts
 (1) If a filed abstract is not in accordance with these Regulations, the Commissioner may prepare a draft of a new abstract in substitution for the filed abstract.
 (2) A copy of the draft of a new abstract must be given to the applicant who may give the Commissioner written