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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Patents Act, 1970 Section 33

Anticipation by use and publication after provisional specification.—

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Patents Act, 1970 Section 33 is part of Patents Act, 1970 - Anticipation by use and publication after provisional specification.—. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) Where a complete specification is filed or proceeded with in pursuance of an application which was accompanied by a provisional specification or where a complete specification filed along with an application is treated by virtue of a direction under sub-section (3) of section 9 as a provisional specification, then, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Controller shall not refuse to grant the patent, and the patent shall not be revoked or invalidated, by reason only that any matter described in the provisional specification or in the specification treated as aforesaid as a provisional specification was used in India or published in India or elsewhere at any time after the date of the filing of that specification.

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What does Patents Act, 1970 Section 33 provide?

Section Section 33 of the Patents Act, 1970 (Anticipation by use and publication after provisional specification.—) is reproduced on this page as part of the Patents Act, 1970. 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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