Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00944:reg:6:p12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00944
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 12/73)
Character Range: 183427–186213

disclose matter that extends beyond that disclosed in the following documents taken together:
 (a) the provisional specification as filed;
 (b) an abstract that was filed with the provisional specification;
 (c) a missing part of a provisional specification that was incorporated into the specification in accordance with regulation 3.5A.
 (2) An amendment of an abstract is not allowable.
Note: An abstract may be substituted under regulation 3.4.

10.4  Commissioner to refuse request for leave to amend
  The Commissioner must refuse the request for leave to amend, if:
 (a) he or she reasonably believes that a proposed amendment is not allowable, other than for the reasons mentioned in subregulation 10.2C(3); or
 (b) the applicant or patentee has not complied with a request of the Commissioner under subregulation 10.1(3); or
 (c) in the case of a proposed amendment of a complete specification relating to a patent—the patentee has not complied with a request of the Commissioner under subregulation 10.1(4).

10.5  Commissioner to grant leave to amend
 (1) The Commissioner must grant leave to amend a patent request, complete specification or other filed document:
 (a) if the report on the proposed amendments under subregulation 10.2(1) is not an adverse report; and
 (b) in the case of amendments that are proposed in anticipation of, or in response to, a report relating to an examination under section 45 of the Act and that do not relate to matters mentioned in paragraph 6(c) of the Act—if the Commissioner is satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that the proposed amendments would remove all lawful grounds of objection to the patent request and complete specification; and
 (c) in the case of amendments that are proposed in anticipation of, or in response to, a report relating to an examination under section 101B of the Act—if the Commissioner is satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that the proposed amendments would remove all lawful grounds for revocation of the innovation patent.
 (2) If the Commissioner grants leave to amend, he or she must publish a notice of that fact in the Official Journal, where:
 (a) the patent request and complete specification to which the leave to amend relates have been accepted under section 49 of the Act, or a decision to certify has been made under section 101E of the Act; and
 (b) the proposed amendments are in respect of:
 (i) the complete specification; or
 (ii) the patent request or another filed document and the proposed amendments would materially alter the meaning or scope of the request or document.
 (3) The Minister or another person may oppose allowance of an amendment if a notice is published under subregulation (2).
 (4) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), if:
 (a) a request for leave