Patents Ordinance, 2000 — section 89

89. Fees..—(1) There shall be paid in respect of the grant of patents and applications therefor, and in respect of other matters in relation to patents under this Ordinance, such fees, to the Patent Office, as may be prescribed by the Federal Government.

(2)Any proceedings in respect of which a fee is payable under this Ordinance or the rules shall be of no effect unless the fee has been paid. 90. Restrictions upon publication of specifications, etc. Subject to the provisions of Chapter VII, an application for a patent, and any specification filed in pursuance thereof, shall not, except with the consent of the applicant, be published by the Controller or be open to public inspection at any time before the date of advertisement of acceptance of the application in the official Gazette 1[or in the Patents’ jounal]. 91. Reports of examiners to be confidential. The reports of examiners to the Controller under this Ordinance shall not be open to public inspection or be published by the Controller, and such reports shall not be liable to production or inspection in any legal proceedings unless the Court certifies that the production or inspection is desirable in the interests of justice, and ought to be allowed. 92. Publication of Patented Inventions. The Controller shall issue periodically a publication containing such information relating to patented inventions as the Federal Government may direct.