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In forceGrant: multiple applications
Chapter 6Grant and term of patents
Part 1Grant
64 Grant: multiple applications
(1)
Subject to this section, where there are 2 or more applications for patents for identical, or substantially identical, inventions, the granting of a patent on one of those applications does not prevent the granting of a patent on any of the other applications.
(2)
Where:
(a)
an application for a standard patent claims an invention that is the same as an invention that is the subject of a patent and is made by the same inventor; and
(b)
the relevant claim or claims in each of the complete specifications have the same priority date or dates;
a standard patent cannot be granted on the application.
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