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to Parent. Nannng of inventor !{Iglil 10 (5) Inventions the commercial exploitation of which would be contrary public order or moralitv shall not be patentable I O( I) The right to a patent shall belong to the inventor (2) If two or more persons have jom: 'y made an invention, the right to the patent shall belong to them jointly (3) If and to the extent to which two or more persons have made the same invention independently of each other, the person whose application has the earliest filing date or, if priority is claimed, the earliest validly claimed priority date shall have the right to the patent, as long as the said application IS not withdrawn, abandoned or rejected (4) The right to a patent may be ass.gned, or may be transferred by succession (5) Where an invention is made in execution of an employment contract, the right to the patent shall belong, In the absence of contractual provisions to the contrary, to the employer (6) The inventor shall be named as such in the patent, unless in a special written declaration signed by him and addressed to the Registrar he indicates that he wishes not to be named Any promise or undertaking by the inventor made to any person to the effect that he w:11 make such a declaration shall be without legal effect Applicauon I I.( 1) The application for a patent shall be filed with the Director general and shall contain a request, a description, one or more claims, one or more drawings (where required), and an abstract It shall be subject to the payment of the prescribed application fee (2)(a) The request shall contain a petition to the effect that a patent be granted, the name of and other prescribed data concerning the applicant, the inventor and the agent, ifany, and the title ,fthe invention (b) Where the applicant is not the inventor, the request shall be accompanied by a statement justifying the applicant's right to the patent. (3) The description shall disclose the invention in a manner sufficiently clear and complete for the invention to be carried out by a person having ordinary skill in the art, and shall, in particular, indicate at least one mode known to the applicant for carrying out the invention. (4)(a) The claim or claims shall define the matter for which protection is sought The description and the drawings J11?y be used to interpret the claims (b) Claims shall be clear and concise They shall be fully supported by the description (5) Drawings shall be required when they are necessary for the understanding of the Invention (6) The abstract shall merely serve the purpose oftechnical information; ill particular, it shall not be taken into aCCOLu1t for the purpose of interpreting the scope of the protection

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