Rule 71

Permission for making patent application outside India under section 39

1 - The request for permission for making patent application outside India shall be made in Form 25.

2 - The Controller shall dispose of the request made under sub-rule (1) within a period of twenty-one days from the date of filing of such request: Provided that in case of inventions relating to defence or atomic energy, the period of twenty-one days shall be counted from the date of receipt of consent from the Central Government.