CS Executive · Economic, Commercial and Intellectual Property Laws · Law relating to Patents
Arvind and Meera Rao jointly applied for a patent for a water-purification device, and the application was found in order for grant. In whose favour is the patent granted?
In the case of a joint application, the patent is granted to the applicants jointly, as the Act provides. It is not given to the first-named applicant alone, nor split into separate patents for each applicant.
- AOnly the applicant whose name appears first in the application
- BThe applicants jointlyCorrect
- CThe Controller holds it until they nominate one owner
- DEach applicant separately, as two independent patents
Explanation
Under the grant provision, in the case of a joint application the patent is granted to the applicants jointly. It is not split into separate patents and is not granted only to the first-named applicant.
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