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| (1) The registered owner of a patent may surrender the patent by a declaration in writing signed by him or on his behalf and submitted to the Registrar. |
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| (2) The surrender may be limited to one or more claims of the patent. |
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| (3) The Registrar shall, on receipt of the said declaration record it in the register and cause such record to be published in the Gazette. |
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| (4) The surrender shall take effect from the date that the Registrar receives the said declaration. |
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| (5) Where a licence contract in respect of a patent is recorded in the register, the Registrar shall not, in the absence of provision to the contrary in such licence contract, accept or record the said surrender except upon receipt of a signed declaration by which every licensee or sub licensee on record consents to the said surrender, unless the requirement of his consent is expressly waived in the licence contract. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts