Patents Act, 1970 · Chapter XXI — Patent Agents
Section 132: Savings in respect of other persons authorised to act as agents
Text of section 132
Nothing in this Chapter shall be deemed to prohibit—
(a) the applicant for a patent from drafting any specification or appearing or acting before the Controller; or
(b) an advocate, not being a patent agent, from taking part in any hearing before the Controller on behalf of a party who is taking part in any proceedings under this Act.
All sections of the Patents Act, 1970
Text of the Patents Act, 1970 as amended up to 2024, from the consolidated version published by the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (IP India). Reproduced under section 52(1)(q) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Check the official text before relying on it.