Act 3 Industrial Property Act 2014 (10) The details of the requirements and the procedure to be followed under this section shall be prescribed by regulations. 32. Grant, registration, publication and post grant opposition of a patent. (1) Unless an application has been rejected or a patent has been refused under section 31, a patent shall be granted and issued to the applicant in the prescribed form. (2) A patent granted under subsection (1) shall be registered, and shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, be published by the registrar in the Gazette. (3) The registrar shall, whenever possible, reach a decision on the application not later than two years from the commencement of the examination referred to in section 31. (4) The registrar shall, upon the request of the owner of the patent, make any change in the text of drawings of the patent in order to limit the extent of the protection conferred by it, where the change would not result in the disclosure contained in the patent going beyond the disclosure contained in the initial application on the basis of which the patent was granted. (5) In the event a patent is granted, any interested party may petition the registrar to reconsider the grant on the grounds that the patent fails any requirement of this Act. (6) The petition under this section must be filed within one calendar year of the published grant of the patent and shall specify the grounds thereof. 33. Appeals under Part V. An applicant who is aggrieved by a decision of the registrar may appeal within two months to the court against a decision by which the registrar— 36

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