Section 44:
Amendment of patent granted to deceased applicant.
Where, at any time after a patent has
been 1[granted] in pursuance of an application under this Act, the Controller is satisfied that the person to
whom the patent was granted had died, or, in the case of a body corporate, had ceased to exist, before the
patent was 1[granted], the Controller may amend the patent by substituting for the name of that person the
name of the person to whom the patent ought to have been granted, and the patent shall have effect, and
shall be deemed always to have had effect, accordingly.
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 34, ibid., for "sealed" (w.e.f. 1-1-2005).