Patents Act : Amendment of patent granted to deceased applicant. Indian Bare Acts :

Patents Act,1970

Act No : 39

Section : Amendment of patent granted to deceased applicant.

44.Amendment of patent granted to deceased applicant. Where, at any time after a patent has been sealed in pursuance of an application under this Act, the Controller is satisfied that the person to whom the patent was granted had died, or, in the case of a body corporate, had ceased to exist, before the patent was sealed, the Controller may amend the patent by substituting for the name of that person the name of the person to whom the patent ought to have been granted, and the patent shall have effect, and shall be deemed always to have had effect, accordingly.