Anticipation by use and publication after provisional specification (1) Where a complete specification is filed or proceeded with in pursuance of an application which was accompanied by a provisional specification or where a complete specification filed along with an application is treated by virtue of a direction under sub-section (3) of section 9 as a […]

Anticipation by public working An invention claimed in a complete specification shall not be deemed to have been anticipated by reason only that at any time within one year before the priority date of the relevant claim of the specification, the invention was publicly worked in India— (a) by the patentee or applicant for the […]

Anticipation by public display, etc. An invention claimed in a complete specification shall not be deemed to have been anticipated by reason only of— (a) the display of the invention with the consent of the true and first inventor or a person deriving title from him at an industrial or other exhibition to which the […]

Anticipation by previous communication to Government An invention claimed in a complete specification shall not be deemed to have been anticipated by reason only of the communication of the invention to the Government or to any person authorized by the Government to investigate the invention or its merits, or of anything done, in consequence of […]

CHAPTER VI ANTICIPATION   Anticipation by previous publication (1) An invention claimed in a complete specification shall not be deemed to have been anticipated by reason only that the invention was published in a specification filed in pursuance of an application for a patent made in India and dated before the 1st day of January, […]

Mention of inventor as such in patent (1) If the Controller is satisfied, upon a request or claim made in accordance with the provisions of this section,— (a) that the person in respect of or by whom the request or claim is made is the inventor of an invention in respect of which application for […]

In cases of “obtaining” Controller may treat the patent as the patent of opponent (1) Where in any opposition proceeding under this Act the Controller finds that— (a) the invention, so far as claimed in any claim of the complete specification, was obtained from the opponent in the manner set out in clause (a) of […]

CHAPTER V OPPOSITION PROCEEDINGS TO GRANT OF PATENTS   Opposition to the patent (1) Where an application for a patent has been published but a patent has not been granted, any person may, in writing, represent by way of opposition to the Controller against the grant of patent on the ground— (a) that the applicant […]

Time for putting application in order for grant (1) An application for a patent shall be deemed to have been abandoned unless, Within such period as may be prescribed, the applicant has complied with all the requirements imposed on him by or under this Act, whether in connection with the complete specification or otherwise in […]

Powers of Controller to make orders regarding substitution of applicants, etc. (1) If the Controller is satisfied, on a claim made in the prescribed manner at any time before a patent has been granted, that by virtue of any assignment or agreement in writing made by the applicant or one of the applicants for the […]