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PATENTS ACT 1990 - SECT 172

Assignment of invention to Commonwealth

  (1)   An inventor, or an inventor's successor in title, may assign the invention, and any patent granted or to be granted for the invention, to the Commonwealth.

  (2)   The assignment and all covenants and agreements in the assignment are valid and effectual, even if valuable consideration has not been given for the assignment, and may be enforced by proceedings in the name of the Minister.

 



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