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26. After according a filing date, and if the application is not withdrawn, the Registrar shall examine the application to deter mine whether
(a) it complies with the requirements of section 17(1), (2), (3) and (10) and the Regulations pertaining thereto;
(b) it complies with the requirements of this Act;
(C) it complies with the requirements of the Regulations as have been designated by the Regulations to be formal requirements; and
(d) information requested under section 23, ifany, has been provided.
27. (1) Subject to section 25(2) to (4), where the Registrar is not satisfied that the requirements of the Act and the Regulations have been complied with, he shall refuse the application and so inform the applicant in writing, stating the reasons for the refusal.
(2) Where two or more patent applications for the same invention, having the same filing date or the same priority date, are filed by the same applicant or his successor in title, the Registrar may, on that ground, refuse to grant a patent in respect of more than one of the applications.
(3) Where the Registrar refuses an application under sub section (2) he shall so inform the applicant in vlriting, stating the reasons for his refusal.
(4) Where the Registrar is satisfied that the application, as originally filed or as amended complies with the requirements of section 26, he shall grant the applicant a patent.
(5) Where the Registrar grants a patent, he shall
(a) publish, in the Journal, a notice of the grant of the patent;
(b) issue a certificate of the grant of the patent and a copy of the patent to the applicant; and
(c) record the patent in the Register.
(6) The Registrar shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, make a copyofany patentgranted under this section available to any person who requests such copy.