814 No. 40 of 2016] Disclosure and description of invention Patents specification or a provisional specification which shall indicate the title of the subject to which the invention relates. (2) A provisional specification shall give a brief description of an invention for which a grant of a patent is being applied while a complete specification shall give a full and detailed description of the invention. (3) An international application for the grant of a patent shall be accompanied by a complete specification. (4) Subject to this Act, a complete specification lodged with the Registrar after the lodging of a provisional specification, may include claims, not included in the provisional specification, in respect of developments or additions to the invention, which the applicant would be entitled to make in a separate application for the grant of a patent. (5) Where a complete specification does not accompany an application for the grant of a patent at the time of filing, the applicant shall lodge the specification, within a period not exceeding twelve months from the date of filing of the application or within such further period, which period shall not exceed three months as the Registrar may, in writing, allow upon payment of a prescribed fee. (6) If the applicant does not lodge a complete specification within the period specified in subsection (5), the application for the grant of a patent shall lapse and the invention shall form part of the prior art. 32. (1) A complete specification shall— (a) describe the invention fully or in a manner sufficiently clear, concise and complete for the invention to be evaluated, carried out, performed or worked on by a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the invention relates; (b) disclose the best method or mode known to the applicant of performing, working on or carrying out the invention; (c) end with one or more claims defining the subject matter for which protection is claimed or sought; and (d) where the invention relates to a chemical product or process, include a description of internationally recognised chemical denomination of the claimed product or of the product obtainable by the claimed process. (2) Where an application for the grant of a patent is for an invention which is a microbiological process or product, involving

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