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

Section 33. For section 43 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

33. For section 43 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:— "43. (1) Where an application for a patent has been found to be in order for grant of the patent and either— (a) the application has not been refused by the Controller by virtue of any power vested in him by this Act; or (b) the application has not been found to be in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act, the patent shall be granted as expeditiously as possible to the applicant or, in the case of a joint application, to the applicants jointly, with the seal of the patent office and the date on which the patent is granted shall be entered in the register. (2) On the grant of patent, the Controller shall publish the fact that the patent has been granted and thereupon the application, specification and other documents related thereto shall be open for public inspection.". Amendment of section 44.

Source: India Code