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Regulation 65: Filing verified English translations of Treaty applications
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Section 9: Disclosure to be disregarded in certain circumstances
1) For the purposes of section 8, the disclosure of matter constituting an invention must be disregarded if one or more of the following applies: (a) that disclosure occurred during the 1-year period immediately preceding the filing date of the patent application and the disclosure…
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