Rule 71

71. Permission for making patent application outside India under section 39.—

(1) The request for permission for making patent application outside India shall be made in Form 25.

(2) The Controller shall dispose of the request made under sub-rule (1) within a period of twenty-one days from the date of filing of such request (substitutes “The time within which the Controller dispose of the request made under sub-rule (1), except in case of inventions relating to defence and atomic energy applications, shall ordinarily be within a period of twenty one days from the date of filing of such request” by 2016 amendment):

(Incorporated by 2016 amendment) Provided that in case of inventions relating to defence or atomic energy, the period of twenty-one days shall be counted from the date of receipt of consent from the Central Government. (end of insertion by 2016 amendment)