Patents [No. 40 of 2016 (i) that, the claims in the complete specification do not sufficiently define the subject matter for which protection is sought; (j) that an invention described in a complete specification is not the same with the one described in a provisional specification; (k) that in the case of a convention application, the application was not made within twelve months from the date of the first application for protection of an invention made in a convention country by the applicant or a person from whom the applicant derives title; (l) that the complete specification does not disclose or wrongly mentions the source or the geographical origin orbiological material used for the invention; (m) that an invention claimed the complete specification is anticipated, having regard to the knowledge, oral or otherwise, available within any traditional community in Zambia or elsewhere; (n) that the application is frivolous in that it claims an invention which is contrary to well established natural laws; (o) that the use of the invention would be contrary to law or morality; (p) that the application for the grant of a patent contains a material misrepresentation or a false statement which the patentee knew of at the time when the declaration was made; (q) that the application for a grant of a patent is in contravention of the rights of the person giving such notice or of any persons under or through whom the person claims; (r) that an application for the grant of the patent does not satisfy the requirements of this Act; or (s) that the application is for an invention which is traditional knowledge. 57. (1) A person shall file, with the Registrar, a notice opposing the grant of a patent which shall be accompanied by a statement of the particulars of the facts alleged in support of any of the stated grounds opposing the grant. (2) Where an applicant for a grant of a patent wishes to contest a notice opposing the grant of a patent, as specified in subsection (1), the applicant shall, within the prescribed period or any such further period as the Registrar may allow, file, with the Registrar, a counterstatement, setting out particulars of the grounds on which the notice is contested. 827 Opposition procedure for grant of patent

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