Act 3 Industrial Property Act 2014 (10) The registrar may, before granting the patent, require the description in a foreign patent application to be adapted to the ordinary skill in the art of the citizens of Uganda so as to ensure technology dissemination. (11) The abstract, which must be concise and precise, shall only serve the purpose of technical information; and shall not be taken into account when interpreting the scope of the protection. (12) The abstract shall only serve the purpose of providing technical information; and it shall not be taken into account when interpreting the scope of the protection sought. (13) The applicant may, at any time before the grant of the patent, withdraw the application. (14) Where the application has been withdrawn without having being opened to public inspection, and— (a) no priority rights have been claimed by virtue of that application; and (b) no rights are outstanding in Uganda in connection with the application, a subsequent application may be filed in Uganda in respect of the same invention. (15) The subsequent application shall be regarded as the first application in Uganda in respect of that invention. (16) Priority rights shall not be claimed on the withdrawn application after the lodging of the subsequent application. (17) The details of the requirements with which the application must comply shall be prescribed by regulations made under this Act. 27