An Act further to amend the Patents Ac..

An Act further to amend the Patents Act, 1970. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— This Act may be called the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005. Sub-clause (ii) of clause (a), and clause (b), of section 37, sections 41,42,47,59 to 63 (both inclusive) and 74 shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of January, 2005. 39 of 1970 2. In section 2 of the Patents Act, 1970 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in sub-section (1),— (a) after clause (ab), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— '(aba) "Budapest Treaty" means the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent 

The second amendment to the 1970 Act was made through the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002 (Act 38 0f 2002). This Act came into force on 20 th May 2003 with the introduction of the new Patent Rules, 2003 by replacing the earlier Patents Rules, 1972.&..

The second amendment to the 1970 Act was made through the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002 (Act 38 0f 2002). This Act came into force on 20 th May 2003 with the introduction of the new Patent Rules, 2003 by replacing the earlier Patents Rules, 1972. The third amendment to the Patents Act 1970 was introduced through the Patents (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004 w.e.f. 1 st January, 2005. This Ordinance was later replaced by the Patents (Amendment) Act 2005 (Act 15 Of 2005 ) on 4 th April, 2005 which was brought into force from 1-1-2005.

Patent (Amendment) Act, 1999

It extends to the whole of India. It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:  PROVIDED that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and..

It extends to the whole of India. It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:  PROVIDED that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. Definitions and interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— [(a) "Appellate Board" means the Appellate Board referred to in section 116

Patent Act, 1970

This Act may be called the Patents Act, 1970. It extends to the whole of India. It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:  provided that different dates may be appoi..

This Act may be called the Patents Act, 1970. It extends to the whole of India. It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:  provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. Definitions and interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— [(a) "Appellate Board" means the Appellate Board referred to in section 116;  (ab) "assignee" includes an assignee of the assignee and the legal representative of a deceased assignee and references to the assignee of any person include references to the assignee of the legal representative or assignee of that person; [(aba) "Budapest Treaty" means the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure done at Budapest on 28th day of April, 1977, as amended and modified from time to time;]