The Industrial Property Act, 2001 Amendment and division of application 21 36. (1) The applicant may amend the application, provided that the amendment shall not go beyond the disclosure in the initial application. (2) The applicant may divide the initial application into one or more applications (hereinafter referred to as “divisional applications”) provided that each divisional application shall not go beyond the disclosure in the initial application. Right of priority 37. (1) The application may contain a declaration claiming the priority as provided for in the Paris Convention of one or more earlier national, regional or international applications filed by the applicant or his predece ssor in title in or of any state party to the Paris Convention. (2) The Managing Director may, at any time after the expiration of three months from the filing of an application containing the declaration, require that the applicant furnish a copy of the earlier application, certified as correct by the Institute with which it was filed or, where the earlier application is an international application filed under the Patent Co-operation Treaty, by the International Bureau. Information concerning corresponding foreign applications and grants 38. (1) At the request of the Managing Director, the applicant shall furnish him with the date and number of any application for a patent or other title of protection filed by the applicant with a national industrial property office of another country or with a regional industrial property office (in this Act referred to as a “foreign applications”), relating to the same invention as that claimed in the application filed with the Managing Director. (2) The applicant shall, at the request of the Managing Director, furnish him with the following documents relating to one of the foreign applications: (a) copies of any communication received by the applicant concerning the results of any search or examination carried out in respect of the foreign applications; (b) a copy of the patent or other title of protection granted on the foreign application; and (c) a copy of any final decision rejecting the foreign application or refusing the grant requested in the foreign application. (3) The applicant shall, at the request of the Managing Director, furnish him with a copy of any decision revoking or invalidating the patent or any other title of protection granted by the applicant on the basis of the foreign application. (4) The applicant shall, at the request of the Managing Director, furnish him with copies of any communication received by the applicant concerning the results of any search or examination carried out in respect of any foreign application other than the one referred to in subsection (2).