Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PATENTS ACT 1990 - SECT 38

             (1)  If an applicant makes a provisional application, the applicant may make one or more complete applications associated with the provisional application at any time within the prescribed period.

             (2)  In this section:

"applicant" includes a person entitled to make a request under section 113 in relation to the relevant patent application.

[ Note: see also section 5 for requirements relating to associated applications .]