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The Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005, 15 of 2005, (Rep., Act 23 of 2016)

71 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. 1In section 11B of the principal Act,
  2. 2In section 2 of the Patents Act, 1970 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in sub-section (1),
  3. 3In section 13 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), for the words "it has been accepted", the words "the grant of a patent" shall be substituted
  4. 5Where the Controller is satisfied that the application or any specification or any other document fi
  5. 6Section 6
  6. 7In section 9 of the principal Act,
  7. 8In section 10 of the principal Act,
  8. 9In section 11 of the principal Act,
  9. 10In section 11A of the principal Act,
  10. 11In section 11B of the principal Act,
  11. 12In section 12 of the principal Act,
  12. 13In section 13 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), for the words "it has been accepted", the words "the grant of a patent" shall be substituted
  13. 14For sections 14 and 15 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be substituted, namely:
  14. 15Where the Controller is satisfied that the application or any specification or any other document fi
  15. 16In section 16 of the principal Act,
  16. 17In section 18 of the principal Act,
  17. 18In section 19 of the principal Act, in sub-section (I), for the words and figures "by the foregoing
  18. 19For section 21 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  19. 22Section 22
  20. 23For sections 25 and 26 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be substituted, namely:
  21. 25In section 28 of the principal Act,
  22. 26In section 31 of the principal Act, for the words "not later than six months", the words "not later than twelve months" shall be substituted
  23. 27In section 34 of the principal Act, the words "to accept complete specification for a patent or" shall be omitted
  24. 28Section 28
  25. 29In section 36 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words "twelve months", the words "six months" shall be substituted
  26. 31For section 39 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  27. 32In Chapter VIII of the principal Act, for the Chapter heading "GRANT AND SEALING OF PATENTS AND RIGH
  28. 33For section 43 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  29. 34In section 44 of the principal Act, for the word "sealed", at both the places where it occurs, the word "granted" shall be substituted
  30. 35In section 45 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), for the words "the date of advertisement of
  31. 37In section 52 of the principal Act,
  32. 38In section 53 of the principal Act,
  33. 39In section 54 of the principal Act,
  34. 40In section 57 of the principal Act,
  35. 41For section 58 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  36. 42In section 59 of the principal Act, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:
  37. 43In section 60 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words, brackets and figures "prescri
  38. 44Section 44
  39. 45In section 62 of the principal Act,
  40. 46In section 63 of the principal Act,
  41. 47In section 64 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words "on the petition of any person
  42. 48For section 65 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  43. 49For section 68 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  44. 50In section 74 of the principal Act, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:
  45. 51In section 78 of the principal Act,
  46. 52In section 84 of the principal Act,
  47. 53In section 87 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words "shall advertise the applicati
  48. 54In section 90 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for clause (vii), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:
  49. 55After section 92 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:
  50. 56Section 56
  51. 57In section 105 of the principal Act, in sub-section (4), for the words "after the date of advertisem
  52. 58In section 107A of the principal Act,
  53. 59In section 113 of the principal Act,
  54. 60In section 116 of the principal Act [as substituted by section 47 of the Act, 2002], in sub-section (2), clause (c) shall be omitted
  55. 61In section 117A of the principal Act [as inserted by section 47 of the Act, 2002], in sub-section (2
  56. 62In section 117D of the principal Act [as inserted by section 47 of the Act, 2002], in sub-section (1
  57. 63For section 117G of the principal Act [as inserted by the Act, 2002], the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  58. 64In section 120 of the principal Act, for the words, "ten thousand rupees", the words "one lakh rupees" shall be substituted
  59. 65In section 122 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words "twenty thousand rupees", the words "ten lakh rupees" shall be substituted
  60. 66In section 123 of the principal Act, for the words "ten thousand rupees in the case of a first offen
  61. 67In section 126 of the principal Act,
  62. 68For section 133 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  63. 69In section 135 of the principal Act, after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:
  64. 70In section 138 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:
  65. 71In section 142 of the principal Act, in sub-section (4), for the words "the complete specification", the words "the application" shall be substituted
  66. 72For section 143 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  67. 73For section 145 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:
  68. 74In section 151 of the principal Act,
  69. 76In section 159 of the principal Act,
  70. 78(1) Notwithstanding the omission of Chapter IVA of the principal Act by section 21 of this Act, ever
  71. 79(1) The Ordinance, 2004 is hereby repealed