Intellectual Property Act 2003 · As enacted · Part IV · Chapter
82. Inspection of files
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
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Any person may, after the grant of a patent, inspect, subject to subsections (2) and (3), the file relating to any patent and may obtain certified extracts therefrom on payment of the prescribed fee.
The file relating to a patent application may be inspected before the grant of the patent only with the written permission of the applicant :
Provided that before the grant of the patent the Director-General may divulge the following information to any person—
the name, address and description of the applicant and the name and address of the agent, if any ;
the number of the application ;
the filing date of the application and, if priority is claimed, the priority date, the number of the earlier application and the name of the State in which the earlier application was filed or, when the earlier application is a regional or an international application, the name of the State or States for which and the office with which, it was filed ;
the title of the invention ;
any change in the ownership of the application and any reference to a licence contract appearing in the file relating to the application.
Where the provisions of the proviso to subsection (2) of section 79 are applicable, the reference to the grant of a patent in subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall be deemed to be a reference to the publication of the notice referred to in the said proviso.
No person employed in or at the Office may make a patent application or be granted a patent or acquire or hold in any manner whatsoever any right relating to a patent during the period of his employment in or at the office and for one year after the termination of such employment.
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DURATION OF PATENT
Part V