Section 8 Patents Act 1970 requires the applicant to furnish:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. Section 8(1) Patents Act 1970: when filing an application for a patent in India, the applicant must furnish a statement setting out detailed particulars of every application for a patent for the same or substantially the same invention filed in any country outside India.
2. Section 8(2) empowers the Controller to require the applicant to furnish details of OBJECTIONS, if any, raised by foreign patent offices.
3. The provision is designed to enable the Controller to consider prior art and decisions of foreign patent offices.
4. Non-compliance is a ground for revocation under Section 64(1)(m).
5. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Patents Act 1970 / Copyright Act 1957 / Trade Marks Act 1999 (Bare Acts, IPIndia portal + Copyright Office) — Patents Act 1970, Section 8_
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