Patents Act, 1970
7. Form of application
(1) Every application for a patent shall be for one invention
only and shall be made in the prescribed form and filed in the patent office.
(2) Where the application is made by virtue of an assignment of
the right to apply for a patent for the invention, there shall be furnished
with the application, or within such period as may be prescribed after the
filing of the application, proof of the right to make the application.
(3) Every application under this section shall state that the
applicant is in possession of the invention and shall name the owner claiming
to be the true and first inventor; and where the person so claiming is not the
applicant or one of the applicants, the application shall contain a declaration
that the applicant believes the person so named to be the true and first
inventor.
(4) Every such application (not being a convention application)
shall be accompanied by a provisional or a complete specification.