Section 11: Persons entitled to make an application for patent

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11. Persons entitled to make an application for patent.—(1) Any of the following persons, whether alone or jointly with any other person, may make an application for a patent, namely:— (a) the true and the first inventors or inventors of the invention or his or, as the case may be, their assignee or successor in interest; and (b) the legal representative of any deceased person who immediately before his death was entitled to make such application.

Effective date: 2000-01-01

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