Patent Act

Marginal note:Applications — filing date October 1, 1996 to before coming-into-force date

78.5 Subject to sections 78.51 and 78.52, an application for a patent whose filing date is on or after October 1, 1996 but before the coming-into-force date shall be dealt with and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this Act, other than the definition filing date in section 2, subsection 27(7), sections 27.01, 28 and 28.01 and subsection 28.4(6).