Paragraph 1
Functions conferred by or under any of the following provisions of the Patents Act:
(a)
section 14(7) (consideration and reframing of abstract);
(b)
section 19(2) (amendment of an application for a patent before grant);
(c)
section 21(1) (consideration of observations by third parties on patentability); and
(d)
section 117 (correction of errors) except insofar as it relates to correction of errors in any specification of a patent or any document filed in connection with a patent.