Cap. 417 Art. 28Rights conferred by a patent application after publication.

(1) A patent application shall, where published under article 23, provisionally confer upon the applicant from the date of such publication the same rights in respect of the subject matter of the application as are conferred by article 27 in respect of the subject-matter of a patent.

(2) A patent application shall be deemed never to have had the effects set out in subarticle (1) if it is withdrawn, or deemed to be withdrawn or finally refused.