Amendment of Section 7
In section 7 of the principal Act,- (a) after sub-section (1A), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- "(1B) The filing date of an application referred to in sub-section (1A) and its complete specification processed by the patent office as designated office or elected office shall be the international filing date accorded under the Patent Cooperation Treaty."; (b) in sub-section (3), for the word "owner", the word "person" shall be substituted; (c) for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- "(4) Every such application (not being a convention application or an application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty designating India) shall be accompanied by a provisional or a complete specification.".