Act Number: 39

Act Name: The Patents Act, 1970

Year: 1970

Enactment Date: 1970-09-19

Long Title: An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to patents.

Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department: Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

Section 30: Anticipation by previous communication to Government.
    An invention claimed in a complete specification shall not be deemed to have been anticipated by reason only of the communication of the invention to the Government or to any person authorised by the Government to investigate the invention or its merits, or of anything done, in consequence of such a communication, for the purpose of the investigation.
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