Patents
[No. 40 of 2016
813
(4) The Registrar may, where an invention is made jointly by
two or more inventors, but one or more of the inventors refuses or
refuse to be included on the application for the grant of a patent, on
being satisfied of the proof of such refusal, allow the application to
be lodged without the name or names, as the case may be, of the
inventor or inventors who have refused to be included.
27. (1) An application for the grant of a patent shall contain —
(a) a request for the grant of a patent;
Contents of
patent
application
(b) a description of the invention;
(c) one or more claims;
(d) drawings, where they are referred to in the description or
the claim;
(e) an abstract; and
(f) any other requirements as may be prescribed.
(2) Where the applicant for the grant of a patent is not the
inventor, the request referred to in subsection (1) (a) shall be
accompanied by such proof of the applicant’s right to apply for a
patent as may be prescribed.
28. Where an application for the grant of a patent involves an
invention which utilises genetic resources or associated traditional
knowledge or both, the applicant shall disclose —
(a) the country of origin of the genetic resources or associated
traditional knowledge in accordance with the Convention
on Bio-Diversity; and
Disclosure
of
invention
involving
genetic
resources or
traditional
knowledge
(b) the source in the country providing the genetic resources
or associated traditional knowledge.
29. An applicant for the grant of a patent, or any other
application referred to in this Act, who is not resident in Zambia,
shall file and process the application through a patent agent
registered in accordance with section one-hundred and fifteen.
30. An application for a grant of a patent shall be accompanied
by a request to grant a patent and shall contain—
(a) the name of the applicant;
(b) the name of the inventor;
(c) the title or subject matter of an invention; and
(d) any other information, as may be prescribed.
31. (1) An application for the grant of a patent, other than an
international application, shall be accompanied by a complete
Filing of
application
by
non-resident
Contents of
request
Specification