Patents Act, 1970 · Chapter VIII — Grant of Patents and Rights Conferred thereby
Section 45: Date of patent
Text of section 45
(1) Subject to the other provisions contained in this Act, every patent shall be dated as of the date on which the application for patent was filed.
(2) The date of every patent shall be entered in the register.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, no suit or other proceeding shall be commenced or prosecuted in respect of an infringement committed before the date of publication of the application.
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.