(1) The applicant shall, at the request of the Registrar, furnish the Registrar with the date and number of any foreign application.

(2) The applicant shall, at the request of the Registrar, furnish the Registrar with the following documents relating to any of the foreign applications referred to in subsection (1)

(a) a copy of any communication received by the applicant concerning the results of any search or examination carried out in respect of the foreign application;

(b) a copy of the patent granted on the basis of the foreign application;

(c) a copy of any final decision rejecting the foreign application or refusing the grant requested in the foreign application.

(3) The applicant shall, at the request of the Registrar, furnish the Registrar with a copy of any final decision invalidating the patent granted on the basis of the foreign application referred to in subsection (2).

(4) For the purposes of this section "foreign application" means any application filed by the applicant abroad which relates to the same or essentially the same invention as that claimed in the application filed with the Patent Office.