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Patents Act 1990
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#### 38 Time for making complete application
(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.
(1A) A Convention application must be made 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.
\[Note: see also section 5 for requirements relating to associated applications.\]