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Industrial Property Act
2014
(3) The deposited culture shall be made available upon request
of any person having the right to inspect the files.
(4) Where a deposited micro-organism ceases to be available
from the institution with which it was deposited because—
(a) the micro-organism is no longer viable; or
(b) for any other reason the depository institution is unable to
supply samples;
and if the micro-organism has not been transferred to another
depository institution from which it continues to be available, an
interruption in availability shall not be taken to have occurred if a new
deposit of the micro-organism originally deposited is made within
three months from the date on which the person who deposited it is
notified of the interruption by the depository institution and a copy of
the receipt of the deposit issued by the institution is forwarded to the
registry within four months from the date of the new deposit stating
the number of the application or of the patent.
(5) A new deposit shall be accompanied by a statement signed
by the person making the deposit indicating that the newly deposited
micro-organism is the same as that originally deposited.
(6) In this section “depositary institution” means a place where
biological organisms are stored.
PART IV—RIGHT TO INVENTIONS AND NAMING OF INVENTOR.
17. Right to a patent.
(1) Subject to this section, the right to a patent belongs to the
inventor.
(2) Where two or more persons have jointly made an invention
the right to the patent belongs to them jointly.
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