Section 17A
Application
ActIn forceProvision 16 of 141
Section 17A
(1)
Except as otherwise provided in this Part, the provisions of this Act, subject to the modifications in the Second Schedule, shall apply to utility innovations in the same manner as they apply to inventions.
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(2)
Sections 11, 15, 26, Part X, and sections 89 and 90 shall not apply to utility innovations.
Conversion from an application for a patent into an application for a certificate for a utility innovation, and vice versa