Section 18(5)
PA 1977
Patents Act 1977 · United Kingdom
Where two or more applications for a patent for the same invention having the same priority date are filed by the same applicant or his successor in title, the comptroller may on that ground refuse to grant a patent in pursuance of more than one of the applications.
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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04