Patents Act, 1970
102. Acquisition of inventions and patents by the Central
Government
(1) The Central Government may, if satisfied that it is
necessary that an invention which is the subject of an application for a patent
or a patent should be acquired from the applicant or the patentee for a public
purpose, publish a notification to that effect in the Official Gazette, and
thereupon the invention or patent and all rights in respect of the invention or
patent shall, by force of this section, stand transferred to and be vested in
the Central Government.
(2) Notice of the acquisition shall be given to the applicant,
and, where a patent has been granted, to the patentee and other persons, if
any, appearing in the register as having an interest in the patent.
(3) The Central Government shall pay to the applicant, or as the
case may be, the patentee and other persons appearing on the register as having
an interest in the patent such other compensation as may be agreed upon between
the Central Government and the applicant or the patentee and other persons; or,
as may, in default of agreement, be determined by the High Court on a reference
under section 103 to be just having regard to the expenditure incurred in
connection with the invention and, in the case of a patent, the term thereof,
the period during which and the manner in which it has already been worked
(including the profits made during such period by the patentee or by his
licensee whether exclusive or otherwise) and other relevant factors,