Secton 16 of the patent act covers division of application.
The salient features of Secton 16 and division of application
are the following
1. Division of application can be made at any time before the grant of the patent.
2. Division of application is made to remedy the objection of complete specification relating to more than one invention.
3. Division of application accompanies complete specification.
4. The complete specification should not include any matter disclosed in the first application.
5. Neither of the complete specifications should include claim for any matter claimed in the other.
6.Divisional application is deemed to have been filed on the date on which the first mentioned application had been filed.
7. Divisional application is proceeded with as a substantive application
8. Divisional application is examined when the request for examination is filed within the prescribed period.
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