Patents Act 1994 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Right to Apply for and Obtain Patent
19. Right to apply for and obtain patent
Feedback & supportAny person may make an application for a patent either alone or jointly with another.
A patent for an invention may be granted —
patent
“patent” means a patent under this Act and includes a patent in force by virtue of section 117(3);
primarily to the inventor or joint inventors;
in preference to paragraph (a), to any person or persons who, by virtue of any enactment or rule of law, or any foreign law or treaty or international convention, or by virtue of an enforceable term of any agreement entered into with the inventor before the making of the invention, was or were at the time of the making of the invention entitled to the whole of the property in it (other than equitable interests) in Singapore; or
in any event, to the successor or successors in title of any person or persons mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) or any person so mentioned and the successor or successors in title of another person so mentioned,and to no other person.
Except so far as the contrary is established, a person who makes an application for a patent is taken to be the person who is entitled under subsection (2) to be granted a patent and 2 or more persons who make such an application jointly are taken to be the persons so entitled.