Patents Act, 1970
74. Patent office and its branches
(1) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be an office which
shall be known as the patent office.
(2) The patent office provided by the Central Government under
the Indian Patents and Designs Act, 1911 (2 of 1911) shall be the patent office
under this Act.
(3) The head office of the patent office shall be at such place
as the Central Government may specify, and for the purpose of facilitating the
registration of patents there may be established, at such other places as the
Central Government may think fit, branch offices of the patent office.
(4) There shall be a seal of the patent office.