67. Right to a patient

Subject to the provisions of section 68 the right to a patent shall belong to the inventor.

Where two or more persons have jointly made an invention, the right to a patent shall belong to them jointly.

If and to the extent to which two or more persons have made the same invention independently of each other, the person whose application has the earliest filling date or, if priority is claimed, the earliest validly claimed priority date, shall have the right to the patent, so long as that application is not withdrawn, abandoned or rejected.