Marginal note:Information respecting application for patent
16 Unless otherwise required by law, the Commissioner and the Patent Office must not provide any information in respect of an application for a patent that is not open to public inspection at the Patent Office to any person other than
(a) the applicant or, if there are joint applicants, any of the applicants;
(b) a patent agent appointed in respect of that application who resides in Canada; or
(c) a person authorized by
(i) the applicant, if there is a single applicant,
(ii) the common representative, if there are joint applicants, or
(iii) a patent agent appointed in respect of that application who resides in Canada.
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