Section 55

Section 78o of the principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1a)  If the applicant designates Malaysia for the purpose of obtaining a patent under this Act for an international application that involves a micro-organism which is not available to the public and cannot be described in the application for a patent in such a manner as to enable the invention to be carried out by a person having ordinary skill in the art, a sample of such micro-organism shall be deposited by the applicant or any other person with a National Depositary Authority or an International Depositary Authority not later than the filing date of the international application.”.

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