Section 6

Persons entitled to apply for patents

1 - Subject to the provisions contained in section 134, an application for a patent for an invention may be made by any of the following persons, that is to say,

1(a) - by any person claiming to be the true and first inventor of the invention;

1(b) - by any person being the assignee of the person claiming to be the true and first inventor in respect of the right to make such an application;

1(c) - by the legal representative of any deceased person who immediately before his death was entitled to make such an application.

2 - An application under sub-section (1) may be made by any of the persons referred to therein either alone or jointly with any other person.