Section 30
Anticipation by previous communication to Government.
About this Act
An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to patents.
An invention claimed in a
complete specification shall not be deemed to have been anticipated by reason only of the communication
of the invention to the Government or to any person authorised by the Government to investigate the
invention or its merits, or of anything done, in consequence of such a communication, for the purpose of
the investigation.