Singapore legislation
Clause 42
of Patents Bill
Clause 42
Register of patents
(1)
There shall be kept at the Registry a register of patents which shall comply with the rules made by virtue of this section and shall be kept in accordance with such rules.
(2)
Without prejudice to any other provisions of this Act or the rules, the rules may make provision with respect to the following matters, including provision imposing requirements as to any of those matters:
the registration of patents and of published applications for patents;
the registration of transactions, instruments or events affecting rights in or under patents and applications;
the furnishing to the Registrar of any prescribed documents or description of documents in connection with any matter which is required to be registered;
the correction of errors in the register and in any documents filed at the Registry in connection with registration; and
the publication and advertisement of anything done under this Act or the rules in relation to the register.
(3)
Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2)(b), no notice of any trust, whether express, implied or constructive, shall be entered in the register and the Registrar shall not be affected by any such notice.
(4)
The register need not be kept in documentary form.
(5)
Subject to the rules, the public shall have a right to inspect the register at the Registry at all convenient times.
(6)
Any person who applies for a certified copy of an entry in the register or a certified extract from the register shall be entitled to obtain such a copy or extract on payment of a fee prescribed in relation to certified copies and extracts; and the rules may provide that any person who applies for an uncertified copy or extract shall be entitled to such a copy or extract on payment of a fee prescribed in relation to uncertified copies and extracts.
(7)
Applications under subsection (6) or the rules made by virtue of that subsection shall be made in such manner as may be prescribed.
(8)
In relation to any portion of the register kept otherwise than in documentary form —
the right of inspection conferred by subsection (5) is a right to inspect the material on the register; and
the right to a copy or extract conferred by subsection (6) or the rules is a right to a copy or extract in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible.