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PART II.
Application, Investigation, Opposition, etc.
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Persons entitled to apply for patent.
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6.—(1) An application for a patent may be made by any person who claims—
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(a) to be the true and first inventor of the invention to which the application relates, or
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(b) that the true and first inventor of the invention to which the application relates has assigned to him the right to make the application,
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and may be made either alone or jointly with another person.
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(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, application for a patent may be made by a person who has applied in a convention country for protection for the invention to which the application for the patent relates or by a person to whom such person has assigned the right to make the application for the patent.
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(3) An application for a patent under subsection (2) of this section (in this Act referred to as a convention application) shall be made during such period (not being less than twelve months) as may be prescribed commencing on the date of the relevant application for protection or, in the case of more than one application, the date of the first such application.
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(4) An application for a patent may be made by the personal representative of a person who, immediately before his death was entitled to make such an application.
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