Section 136 of the Indian Patents Act 1970
Section 136 of the Indian Patents Act 1970 is about Special provisions relating to convention applications. It is under CHAPTER XXII of the Act. CHAPTER XXII is titled INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS.
Special provisions relating to convention applications
(1) Every convention application shall–
(a) be accompanied by a complete specification; and
(b) specify the date on which and the convention country in which the application for protection, or as the case may be, the first of such applications was made; and
(c) state that no application for protection in respect of the invention had been made in a convention country before that date by the applicant or by any person from whom he derives title.
(2) Subject to the provisions contained in section 10, a complete specification filed with a convention application may include claims in respect of developments of, or additions to, the invention in respect of which the application for protection was made in a convention country, being developments or additions in respect of which the applicant would be entitled under the provisions of section 6 to make a separate application for a patent.
(3) A convention application shall not be post-dated under sub-section (1) of section 17 to a date later than the date on which under the provisions of this Act the application could have been made.
See also:
Section 135 Indian Patents Act 1970 (Convention applications.)