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Patent Rules

Version of section 16 from 2021-06-28 to 2024-03-06:


Marginal note:Information respecting application for patent

 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; 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.

  • SOR/2021-131, s. 5

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