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Patent Rules

Version of section 54 from 2019-10-30 to 2022-10-02:


Marginal note:Information on inventors

  •  (1) The application must indicate the name and postal address of each inventor of the subject-matter of the invention for which an exclusive privilege or property is claimed.

  • Marginal note:Statement

    (2) The application must contain a statement to the effect that either

    • (a) the applicant is or, if there are joint applicants, the applicants are entitled to apply for a patent, or

    • (b) the applicant is the sole inventor of the subject-matter of the invention for which an exclusive privilege or property is claimed or, if there are joint applicants, the applicants are all inventors and the sole inventors of that subject-matter.

  • Marginal note:Manner of presentation

    (3) The statement and information required by this section must be included in the petition or submitted in a document other than the abstract, the specification or the drawings.


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