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Patents
(a) a person claiming to be the inventor of the invention who
owns the invention in respect of Zambia;
(b) an assignee;
(c) a person entitled under subsection (1) of section eight;
(el) the legal representative of any person who immediately
before his death or disability was entitled to make such
application;
and may be made by any above-mentioned person either alone or
jointly with any other person.
.
(As amended by G.N. No. 185 of 1964)
Fonn of
application
12. (1) Every application for a patent shall
(a) be made in the prescribed form, which must be signed by
the applicant or by a person authorised to sign on his
behalf;
(b) be lodged at the Patent Office in the prescribed manner;
(c) state an address for service in Zambia to which all notices
and communications may be sent; and
(el) in so far as they are not already stated for the purposes of
paragraph (c), state the full postal, residential and business
addresses of the applicant.
(2) An assignee or legal representative making or joining in an
application shall furnish such proof of title or authority as the
Registrar may require or as may be prescribed.
(3) Every application form shall
(a) state that the applicant owns the invention in respect of
Zambia;
(b) give the full name of the inventor, and
(c) where the inventor is not the applicant or one of the appli
cants, contain a declaration that the applicant believes him
to be the inventor.
(4) Every convention application, in addition to the requirements
set out in subsection (3), shall state
(a) the convention country in which such application for pro
tection was made;
(b) its number;
(c) the effective date of such application; and
(el) the respect in which the applicant in the convention coun
try and in Zambia qualifies under Article 2 or 3 of the
Convention.
(As amended by G.N. No. 185 of 1964)