Okorie, Chijioke2025-02-192025-02-192025-042024-11*A2025http://hdl.handle.net/2263/101042Mini Dissertation (LLM (Intellectual Property Law))--University of Pretoria, 2024.Various jurisdictions have introduced measures to ensure that exclusive rights are granted to patentees whose patents are of a high-quality and meets the theoretical justification for patent protection. This dissertation sought to determine what are the parameters and/or components of a quality patent. Thereafter, this dissertation evaluated South Africa's patent system to determine whether it grants patents that meet those parameters and/or components of patent quality. Finally, this dissertation looked at foreign jurisdictions to determine whether there were any lessons to be learned, and whether South Africa could find ways of improving its patent system to ensure the grant of higher quality patents.en© 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.UCTDSustainable Development Goals (SDGs)Intellectual propertyReformSubstantive examinationPatent lawPatent qualityMini Dissertationu18129511https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.28442981