98. Surrender of patent

The registered owner of a patent may surrender the patent by a declaration in writing signed by him or by any person authorized by him on his behalf and shall submitt it to the Director-General.

The surrender may be limited to one or more claims of the patent.

The Director-General shall, on receipt of the said declaration record it in the register or cause it to be registered and shall cause such record to be published in the Gazette.

The surrender shall take effect from the date of receipt of such declaration by the Director-General.

Where a licence contract in respect of a patent is recorded in the register, the Director-General shall not, in the absence of provision to the contrary in such licence contract, accept or record the said surrender except upon receipt of a signed declaration by which every licensee or sub-licensee on record consents to the said surrender, unless the requirement of his consent is expressly waived in the licence contract.