Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)Chapter X : Revocating of patents64. Voluntary surrender of patent |
| (1) | A patentee may at any time, by giving notice in the prescribed manner to the registrar, offer to surrender his patent, and the registrar shall give notice of the offer to any person shown in the register to have an interest in the patent. |
| (2) | Any interested person may within the time prescribed lodge in writing with the registrar an objection to the surrender of the patent. |
| (3) | If no objection is so lodged or if any such objection is overruled by the commissioner after having given the patentee and the objector an opportunity to be heard, the patent shall be deemed to have been revoked as from the date of receipt by the registrar of the offer of surrender, and the registrar shall advertise the revocation of the patent in the journal and make the necessary entries in the register. |
| (4) | An offer to surrender a patent shall not be considered as long as any proceedings for infringement or revocation of that patent are pending before the commissioner or in any court, except by consent of the parties to such proceedings. |
