the Malaysian IP Office’s (MyIPO) current practice is to require the Applicant to execute a Statutory Declaration confirming that
they will either furnish a sample of the material to any person requesting a sample or if a deposit has been made,
to provide the requestor with a Declaration authorizing the authority to furnish the requestor with a sample. This requirement has occasionally been interpreted overly broadly by patent examiners such that a Declaration is requested for at the mere mention of biological materials in the specification, regardless of whether that material is actually needed for performance of the claimed invention.