Patents Act, 1970
10. Contents of specifications
(1) Every specification, whether provisional or complete, shall
describe the invention and shall begin with a title sufficiently indicating the
subject-matter to which the invention relates.
(2) Subject to any rules that may be made in this behalf under
this Act, drawings may, and shall, if the Controller so requires, be supplied
for the purposes of any specification, whether complete or provisional; and any
drawings so supplied shall, unless the Controller otherwise directs, be deemed
to form part of the specification, and references in this Act to a
specification shall be construed accordingly.
(3) If, in any particular case, the Controller considers that an
application should be further supplemented by a model or sample of anything
illustrating the invention or alleged to constitute an invention, such model or
sample as he may require shall be furnished before the acceptance of the
application, but such model or sample shall not be deemed to form part of the
specification.
(4) Every complete specification shall-
(a) fully and particularly describe the
invention and its operation or use and the method by which it is to be
performed;
(b) disclose the best method of performing the
invention which is known to the applicant and for which he is entitled to claim
protection; and
(c) end with a claim or claims defining the
scope of the invention for which protection is claimed.
(5) The claim or claims of a complete specification shall relate
to a single invention, shall be clear and succinct and shall be fairly based on
the matter disclosed in the specification and shall, in the case of an
invention such as is referred to in section 5, relate to a single method or
process of manufacture.
(6) A declaration as to the inventorship of the invention shall,
in such cases as may be prescribed be furnished in the prescribed form with the
complete specification or within such period as may be prescribed after the filing
of that specification.
(7) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, a
complete specification filed after a provisional specification may include
claims in respect of developments of, or additions to the invention which was
described in the provisional specification, being developments or additions in
respect of which the applicant would be entitled under the provisions of
section 6 to make a separate application for a patent.