Industrial Property Regulations, 2002 Confidentiality of application before publication. 26. (1) The Managing Director shall ensure that information about a patent application is kept confidential until the application is published. (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the following — (a) the application number; (b) the name of the applicant; (c) the filing date of the application; (d) if priority is claimed, the priority date and the name of the state in which or for which the earlier application was filed and the number of the earlier application; and (e) the title of the invention. International-type search. 27. (1) This Regulation prescribes the details of the requirements and procedure under section 43 of the Act. (2) Within thirty days after receiving a report on an international-type search, the Managing Director shall send a copy of the report to the applicant. (3) The time limit, referred to in section 43(3) of the Act, for the applicant to furnish a requested copy of a document, is ninety days after the date of the request. (4) If an applicant has a lawful reason under section 43(3) of the Act for not furnishing a requested copy of a document, the applicant shall inform the Managing Director of that reason within ninety days after the date of the request. (5) If the Managing Director rejects an application under subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) of section 43 of the Act, the Managing Director shall, within thirty days after doing so, send the applicant a 19