Patents
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“letters patent” means an instrument that grants the exclusive
rights of an invention to an individual or a corporation;
“licensee” means a person who has been permitted by a
patentee to exploit the patented article, in accordance with
the terms and conditions specified in a licence contract;
“National Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research”
means the National Institute for Scientific and Industrial
Research established by the establishment of National
Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research Regulations,
1998;
S. I No. 73
of 1998
“national phase” means the period before the expiry of thirtyone months from the priority date when the applicant
submits an application for the grant of a patent as provided
for in section sixty-four;
“non-commercial purposes” means any activity carried out
for non-profit purposes;
“novelty” means the newness of an invention both in form
and function or performance;
“officer” means an employee of the Agency;
“Paris Convention” means the Convention for the Protection
of Industrial Property signed at Paris on March 20, 1883;
“patent” means the letters patent granted for an invention
which meets the requirements specified in section fifteen;
“patentable” means meeting the requirements specified in of
section fifteen (1) and being eligible for protection as a
patent as provided in that section, and the word
“patentability” shall be construed accordingly;
“patented article” means an article in respect of which a patent
has been granted, in accordance with section fifteen, and
which is in force;
“patentee” means a person who is entered in the Register as
the holder of a patent, and includes a successor in title;
“patent agent” means a person who is registered as a patent
agent in accordance with section one hundred and fifteen;
“Patent Cooperation Treaty” means the treaty signed at
Washington on June 19, 1970;
“practitioner” has the meaning assigned to it in the Legal
Practitioners Act;
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