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Versions of s. 49(1)

P-4 — Patent Act · 2 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2019-10-30 to present available View Source
    A patent may be granted to any person to whompatent, an inventor,application entitled under this Act to obtainfor a patent, hasand assignedthe right or interest in writingan invention are transferable, in whole or bequeathed by his last will his right to obtain it, and, in the absence of an assignment or bequest, the patent may be granted to the personal representatives of the estate of the deceased inventor.part.
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    A patent, an application for a patent, and the right or interest in an invention are transferable, in whole or in part.

  2. 2002-12-31 to present View Source

    A patent may be granted to any person to whom an inventor, entitled under this Act to obtain a patent, has assigned in writing or bequeathed by his last will his right to obtain it, and, in the absence of an assignment or bequest, the patent may be granted to the personal representatives of the estate of the deceased inventor.