Register, and this fact shall be published by the Patent Office as soon as
possible.
(2) The entry of this mention in the Register shall entitle any person to
obtain a license to exploit the said patent upon such terms as shall, in the
absence of agreement, be fixed by th Court.
(3) The amount of the annual fees payable in respect of any patent after
the date on which the mention “licenses of right” has been entered in the
Register shall be reduced by one half.
(4) The registered owner of the patent may, at any time, apply to the
Patent Office to cancel the entry “licenses of rights.” If no license is in
force, or if all licensees agree thereto, the Patent Office shall cancel the
entry, after payment of all fees and annual fees which would have been
payable if the entry had not been made in the Register.
(5) The provisions of Sections 26(3), 30, 32 and 33, shall be applicable
equally to licenses or right.
(6) The grantee of a license of right may neither assign it nor grant
sublicenses under it.
Chapter Eleven: Surrender and Nullity
46. Surrender of Patent:
(1) A patent may be surrendered by its registered owner by written
declaration addressed to the Patent Office.
(2) The surrender may be limited to one or more claims of the patent.
(3) The surrender shall be immediately registered and published by the
Patent Office. Surrender shall be effective only after it has been
registered.
(4) If a contractual license or a license of right is registered at the Patent
Office, surrender of the patent snail only be registered upon the
submission of a declaration by which the registered licensee consents to
the surrender.
47. Nullity of Patent:
(1) On the request of any person including any competent Patent
authority, the Court shall declare a patent null and void in the following
circumstances:
(a) Where the subject of the patent is not patentable within the terms of
Sections 3 to 7;