Section 56

by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1)  The Registrar may, upon a request made by an applicant for a patent in accordance with any regulations made under this Act, amend the patent application, or any document submitted at the Patent Registration Office in relation to the application, for the purpose of—

correcting a clerical error or an obvious mistake;

or

changing the name or address of the applicant or inventor.”;

by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsections:

“(1a)  The request for an amendment referred to in paragraph (1)(b) shall not be allowed if the Court proceedings in relation to the right to the patent application under section 19 is pending.

The Registrar may, upon a request made by an applicant in accordance with any regulations made under this Act, amend the description, claim or claims, drawing, or abstract, of the patent application, provided that the amendment shall not go beyond the disclosure in the initial application as filed.”; and