Patents Act, 1964
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Endorsement, etc. on application of a Minister of State. |
41.—(1) At any time after the expiration of four years after the date of application for a patent or of three years from the date of the sealing of a patent, whichever is the later, any Minister of State may apply to the Controller upon any one or more of the grounds specified in section 39 of this Act for the endorsement of the patent with the words “licences of right” or for the grant to any person specified in the application of a licence under the patent; and the Controller may, if satisfied that any of those grounds are established, make an order in accordance with the application. | |
(2) Subsections (3) and (6) of section 39 of this Act and section 40 of this Act shall, so far as applicable, apply in relation to an application and an order under the last foregoing subsection as they apply in relation to an application and an order under the said section 39. |