Conversion of a Patent Application into an Application for Registration of a Utility Model and Vice Versa. (a) At any time prior to the grant of a patent or the rejection of his patent application, a patent applicant may, after payment of the prescribed fee, convert his application into an application for registration of a utility model, which shall be accorded the filing date of the original application. (b) At any time prior to the grant of a certificate of registration of a utility model or the rejection of his application, the applicant for registration of a utility model may, after payment (a) Where a patent application has been converted under paragraph (1)(a) above into an application for registration of a utility model, it shall be deemed to have been withdrawn and the Organization shall enter a “withdrawn” notice in the Register of Patents.
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Samples: Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement on the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization, Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement on the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization, Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement on the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization
