Patents
[CAP.400
by two or more persons jointly, to and in the name
of the assignee jointly with the other applicants or
their assignees.
(2) A patent shall be sealed as soon as may be, but not later than
twenty-two months after the date of lodging of the application there
for:
Provided that
(i) where the Registrar or the High Court has allowed
an extension of the time within which a complete
specification may be lodged or accepted, a corre
sponding extension of the time for the sealing of the
relevant patent shall be allowed;
(iiJ where the sealing is delayed by an appeal or by
opposition to the grant of the patent; the patent may
be sealed at such time as the Registrar may deter
mine;
(iii) where the patent is to be granted to the heir or legal
representative of an applicant" who has died before
the expiration of the time which would otherwise
be allowed for sealing the patent, the patent may be
sealed at such later time as the Registrar may
decide;
(iv) [he Registrar may, on payment of the prescribed
fee, extend the period of twenty-two months for
such further time as may be prescribed;
(V)
where it is proved to the satisfaction of the
Registrar that hardship would arise in connection
with the prosecution of the corresponding applica
tion for a patent in any country outside Zambia
unless the period for the sealing of such patent is
extended, that period may be extended from time to
time by the Registrar to such periods as appear to
him to be necessary in order to prevent the hardship
arising, if an application in that behalf is made to
him and the prescribed fee is paid within th~ first
mentioned period or, in the case of a subsequent
a~plication under this paragraph, within the period
to which such first-mentioned period was extended
on the last preceding application.
(As amended by G.N. No. 185 of 1964
and Act No 18 of 1980)
26. Where, at any time after a patent has been sealed in pur
suance of an application under this Act, the Registrar is satisfied that
the person to whom the patent was granted had died, or, in the case
of a body corporate. had ceased to exist, before the patent was sealed,
Amendment
of patent
granted to
deceased
applicant
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