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This Act lays down provisions in matter of patents and designs and establishes rules for their registration. The Act is composed of the following Parts: (I) Designation; (II) Definitions; (III) The Office of the Comptroller; (IV) Patentability; (V) Right to apply for and obtain a patent and be mentioned as inventor; (VI) Applications; (VII) Examination and grant of refusal; (VIII) Effects of a patent application and a patent; (IX) Assignment of patents; (X) Contractual licences and licences of r