Act 3 Industrial Property Act 2014 (3) Where no request is made under subsection (2) within the prescribed period, the application shall be taken to be abandoned. (4) Where a request is filed under subsection (2), the registrar shall cause an examination of the application to be made as to whether— (a) the invention in respect of which the application is made is patentable within the meaning of this Act; and (b) the application complies with the requirements of section 22(5) and (6). (5) For the purposes of the examination under subsection (4), the registrar may submit the application together with the relevant documents to an examiner or other competent authority for examination as to the patentability of the claimed invention and the examiner or other competent authority shall submit a report of the findings of the examinations to the registrar and the registrar shall submit a copy of it to the applicant. (6) Except where an application is subject to an internationaltype search under section 30, the registrar shall cause an examination to be carried out as to whether the application complies with the requirements of unity of invention prescribed under section 22 and the rules pertaining to it. (7) Where the registrar is of the opinion that the requirements of unity of invention have not been complied with, the registrar shall request the applicant to restrict or divide the application. (8) Where, taking due account of the conclusions of a report referred to in subsection (6), the registrar is of the opinion that any of the conditions referred to in subsection (2) are not fulfilled, the registrar shall notify the applicant accordingly and request him or her to submit his or her observations and, where applicable, to amend his or her application. (9) Where, in spite of any observation or amendment submitted by the applicant, the registrar finds that any of the conditions referred to in subsection (2) are not fulfilled, the registrar shall refuse to grant a patent and notify the applicant accordingly. 35