THE PATENTS ACT, 1970

Reports of examiners to be confidential The reports of examiners to the Controllerunder 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 proceedingunless the court certifies that the production or inspection is desirable in the interests […]

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 theexpiration of the period prescribed under sub-section (1) of section 11A or before thesame is open to public

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 feesas may be prescribed by the Central Government.(2) Where a fee is payable in respect of the doing of an act by the

Determination of certain contracts —(1) Any contract for the sale or lease of a patentedarticle or for licence to manufacture, use or work a patented article or process, orrelating to any such sale, lease or licence, may at any time after the patent or all thepatents by which the article or process was protected at

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 articlemade by a patented process; or(ii) in licence to manufacture or use a patented article; or(iii) in a licence to work any process protected

Other provisions of Act to apply to convention applications Save as otherwise providedin this Chapter, all the provisions of this Act shall apply in relation to a conventionapplication and a patent granted in pursuance thereof as they apply in relation to anordinary application and a patent granted in pursuance thereof. Practice area’s of B K

Supplementary provisions as to convention applications (1) Where a conventionapplication is made in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, the applicant shallfurnish, when required by the Controller, in addition to the complete specification,copies of the specifications or corresponding documents filed or deposited by theapplicant in the patent office of the convention country as referred

Multiple priorities —(1) Where two or more applications for patents inrespect of inventions have been made in one or more convention countries and thoseinventions are so related as to constitute one invention, one application may be made byany or all of the persons referred to in sub-section (1) of section 135 within twelve monthsfrom the

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

Convention applications —(1) Without prejudice to the provisions contained in section 6,where a person has made an application for a patent in respect of an invention in aconvention country (hereinafter referred to as the “basic application”), and that personor the legal representative or assignee of that person makes an application under thisAct for a patent