Section 28: Amendment of patent granted to a deceased person . Where, at any time after a patent

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28. Amendment of patent granted to a deceased person . Where, at any time after a patent has been sealed in pursuance of an application under this Ordinance, 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 sealed, he 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.

Effective date: 2000-01-01

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