application, specification, drawing or other document shall not be
divulged without the written permission of the Minister of Defence.
80.
(5)
The patent for any such invention may be made out in the name of the
proprietor and sealed, but such patent shall be delivered to the
Minister of Defence and not to such proprietor and shall be the
property of the State, and no proceedings shall lie for the revocation of
the patent.
(6)
The communication of any such invention to the Minister of Defence
or to any person authorized by him to inquire into the invention shall
not, nor shall anything done for the purpose of the inquiry by such
person, be deemed to be publication or use of the invention so as to
prejudice the grant or validity of any patent for the invention.
(7)
The Minister of Defence may by notice in writing to the registrar direct
that any invention directed to be kept secret need no longer be kept
secret, and thereupon the specification and drawings may be
published.
(8)
The said Minister shall pay to the proprietor of the invention or patent
such reasonable compensation as may be agreed upon or as may, in
default of agreement, be determined by arbitration or, if the parties so
agree, by the commissioner.
Minister may require
circumstances.
inventions
to
be
kept
secret
in
certain
(1)
If the Minister is of opinion that in the national interest an application,
specification, drawing or other document relating to any invention
should be kept secret, he may order the registrar to keep the invention
secret and to notify the applicant accordingly, and if any Minister of
State desires to acquire such invention on behalf of the State, the
provisions of section 79 shall as far as applicable apply, and for that
purpose the reference in section 79 to the Minister of Defence shall be
deemed to be a reference to the said Minister of State.
(2)
Whenever any order issued by the Minister under this section is
withdrawn, any steps which were prior to the date of that order taken
under this Act in connection with the application which was the subject
of that order, and which were interrupted in consequence of that order,
may be proceeded with as if the interruption had not occurred, and
any period which may have elapsed between the date on which that
order was lodged with the registrar and the date of withdrawal thereof
shall not be taken into account in the computation of any period of
time prescribed by or under this Act.
(3)
If the proprietor of an invention has suffered loss or damage by reason
of that invention having been kept secret in pursuance of an order
under subsection (1), the Minister shall pay to him such reasonable
compensation as may be agreed upon or as may, in default of
agreement, be determined by arbitration or, if the parties so agree, by
the commissioner.
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