When the application for invention patent is published. the applicant must lodge a request for another examination whether the invention fulfills the qualification of patent ability, namely, novelty, Inventive step and industrial applicability within five years as from the publication. Should the process is involved with an opposition and an appeal, the applicant must lodge the request within one year after the ruling of the Patent Committee becomes final. The failure to file the request within the above mentioned duration shall be deemed the abandonment of the application.
The examiner shall report the examination of the invention to the Director-General who will order the registration or the application as the case may be. In the latter case, the applicant may appeal to the Patent Committee within sixty days otherwise the Director-General’s order shall be deemed final.