Publication of official journal The Controller shall publish periodically an official journal which shall contain such information as may be required to be published by or under the provisions of this Act or any rule made thereunder.

Reports of examiners to be confidential The reports of examiners to the Controller under this Act 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 proceeding unless the court certifies that the production or inspection is desirable […]

Restrictions upon publication of specification 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 before the expiration of the period prescribed under sub-section (1) of section 11A or before the same […]

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 the grant of patents under this Act, such fees as may be prescribed by the Central Government. (2) Where a fee is payable in respect of the doing of an […]

Determination of certain contracts (1) Any contract for the sale or lease of a patented article or for licence to manufacture, use or work a patented article or process, or relating to any such sale, lease or licence, may at any time after the patent or all the patents by which the article or process […]

CHAPTER XXIII MISCELLANEOUS   Avoidance of certain restrictive conditions (1) It shall not be lawful to insert— (i)   in any contract for or in relation to the sale or lease of a patented article or an article made by a patented process; or (ii)   in licence to manufacture or use a patented article; or (iii)   […]

Other provisions of Act to apply to convention applications Save as otherwise provided in this Chapter, all the provisions of this Act shall apply in relation to a convention application and a patent granted in pursuance thereof as they apply in relation to an ordinary application and a patent granted in pursuance thereof.

Supplementary provisions as to convention applications (1) Where a convention application is made in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, the applicant shall furnish, when required by the Controller, in addition to the complete specification, copies of the specifications or corresponding documents filed or deposited by the applicant in the patent office of the […]

Multiple priorities (1) Where two or more applications for patents in respect of inventions have been made in one or more convention countries and those inventions are so related as to constitute one invention, one application may be made by any or all of the persons referred to in sub-section (1) of section 135 within twelve […]

Special provisions relating to convention application (1) Every convention application shall— be accompanied by a complete specification; and specify the date on which and the convention country in which the application for protection, or as the case may be, the first of such applications was made; and state that no application for protection in respect […]