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Patent Act

Version of section 38.2 from 2002-12-31 to 2019-10-29:


Marginal note:Amendments to specifications and drawings

  •  (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and the regulations, the specification and any drawings furnished as part of an application for a patent in Canada may be amended before the patent is issued.

  • Marginal note:Restriction on amendments to specifications

    (2) The specification may not be amended to describe matter not reasonably to be inferred from the specification or drawings as originally filed, except in so far as it is admitted in the specification that the matter is prior art with respect to the application.

  • Marginal note:Restriction on amendments to drawings

    (3) Drawings may not be amended to add matter not reasonably to be inferred from the specification or drawings as originally filed, except in so far as it is admitted in the specification that the matter is prior art with respect to the application.

  • 1993, c. 15, s. 41

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