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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002 Section 20

Amendment of Section 36

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Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002 Section 20 is part of Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002 - Amendment of Section 36. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

In section 36 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :--

"(1) The question whether an invention in respect of which directions have been given under section 35 continues to be relevant for defence purposes shall be reconsidered by the Central Government at intervals of twelve months or on a request made by the applicant which is found to be reasonable by the Controller and if, on such reconsideration it appears to the Central Government that the publication of the invention would no longer be prejudicial to the defence of India or in case of an application filed by a foreign applicant it is found that the invention is published outside India it shall forthwith give notice to the Controller to revoke the direction and the Controllers shall thereupon revoke the directions previously given by him.".

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What does Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002 Section 20 provide?

Section Section 20 of the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002 (Amendment of Section 36) is reproduced on this page as part of the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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