CHAPTER XIV PATENT OFFICE AND ITS ESTABLISHMENT   Controller and other officers (1) The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks appointed under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999), shall be the Controller of Patents for the purposes of this Act. (2) For the purposes of […]

Register to be open for inspection (1) Subject to the provisions contained in this Act and any rules made thereunder, the register shall at all convenient times be open to inspection by the public; and certified copies, sealed with the seal of the patent office, of any entry in the register shall be given to […]

Rectification of register by Appellate Board (1) The Appellate Board may, on the application of any person aggrieved— (a) by the absence or omission from the register of any entry; or (b) by any entry made in the register without sufficient cause; or (c) by any entry wrongly remaining on the register; or (d) by […]

Power of registered grantee or proprietor to deal with patent Subject to the provisions contained in this Act relating to co-ownership of patents and subject also to any rights vested in any other person of which notice is entered in the register, the person or persons registered as grantee or proprietor of a patent shall […]

Registration of assignments, transmissions, etc (1) Where any person becomes entitled by assignment, transmission or operation of law to a patent or to a share in a patent or becomes entitled as a mortgagee, licensee or otherwise to any other interest in a patent, he shall apply in writing in the prescribed manner to the […]

Assignments, etc., not to be valid unless in writing and duly executed An assignment of a patent or of a share in a patent, a mortgage, licence or the creation of any other interest in a patent shall not be valid unless the same were in writing and the agreement between the parties concerned is […]

CHAPTER XIII REGISTER OF PATENTS   Register of patents and particulars to be entered therein (1) There shall be kept at the patent office a register of patents, wherein shall be entered— (a) the names and addresses of grantees of patents; (b) notifications of assignments, extension, and revocations of patents; and (c) particulars of such […]

Revocation of patent in public interest Where the Central Government is of opinion that a patent or the mode in which it is exercised is mischievous to the State or generally prejudicial to the public, it may, after giving the patentee an opportunity to be heard, make a declaration to that effect in the Official […]

Revocation of patent or amendment of complete specification on directions from Government in cases relating to atomic energy (1) Where at any time after grant of a patent, the Central Government is satisfied that a patent is for an invention relating to atomic energy for which no patent can be granted under sub-section (1) of […]

Revocation of patents (1) Subject to the provisions contained in this Act, a patent, whether granted before or after the commencement of this Act, may, be revoked on a petition of any person interested or of the Central Government by the Appellate Board or on a counter-claim in a suit for infringement of the patent […]