Patents Act · Chapter XXI

Patent Agents

Chapter XXI of the Patents Act, 1970 contains 8 sections. Each one has its own page with a plain-language explanation, a worked Indian example, the forms and deadlines it touches, and the rules it connects to.

Ch I Ch II Ch III Ch IV Ch IVA Ch V Ch VI Ch VII Ch VIII Ch IX Ch X Ch XI Ch XII Ch XIII Ch XIV Ch XV Ch XVI Ch XVII Ch XVIII Ch XIX Ch XX Ch XXI Ch XXII Ch XXIII

Sections in this chapter

In force

Omitted

125–132

Section numbers

125Register of patent agentsRequires the Controller to maintain an official register recording who is entitled to act as a patent agent in India.
126Qualifications for registration as patent agentsSets the conditions a person must meet before being registered as a patent agent in India.
127Rights of patent agentsGives a registered patent agent the right to practise before the Controller and to prepare and file patent documents for clients.
128Subscription and verification of certain documents by patent agentsAllows an authorised patent agent to sign applications and communications sent to the Controller on a client's behalf.
129Restrictions on practice as patent agentsBars companies, firms and other bodies of persons from practising or describing themselves as patent agents.
130Removal from register of patent agents and restorationLets the Controller remove a patent agent's name from the register in defined situations, and lets a removed name be restored.
131Power of Controller to refuse to deal with certain agentsLets the Controller refuse to recognise a particular person as an agent for business under the Patents Act.
132Savings in respect of other persons authorised to act as agentsPreserves the right of applicants to act for themselves and of advocates to take part in hearings before the Controller.