Act 3 Industrial Property Act 2014 (3) The period of priority under subsection (1) is twelve months and shall be counted according to the provisions of article 4 of the Paris Convention. (4) Where the application contains a declaration under subsection (1), the registrar may request that the applicant furnish, within the prescribed time, a copy of the earlier application certified as correct by the Industrial Property Office with which it was filed. (5) The registrar shall accept the form and the content of the certification mentioned in subsection (4) as determined by the certifying authority. (6) Where the registrar finds that the requirements under this section and the regulations relating to those requirements have not been complied with, the declaration shall be considered not to have been made. 25. Information concerning corresponding foreign applications and grants. (1) At the request of the registrar, an applicant shall furnish the registrar with the date and number of any application for a patent or other title of protection filed by the applicant with the office responsible for registration of industrial property of another country or with a regional industrial property office, in this Act referred to as a “foreign application��, relating to the same invention as that claimed in the application filed with the registrar. (2) The applicant shall, at the request of the registrar, furnish the registrar with the following documents relating to one of the foreign applications within sixty days— (a) copies of any communication received by the applicant concerning the results of a search or examination carried out in respect of the foreign application; 29

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