Section 71: Permission for making patent application outside India under section 39
The Patents Rules, 2003Central Rules · 1970
(1) The request for permission for making patent application outside India shall be made in Form
25.
(2) The Controller shall dispose of the request made under sub-rule (1) within a period of twenty-one days from the date of filing of such request:
Provided that in case of inventions relating to defence or atomic energy, the period of twenty-one days shall be counted from the date of receipt of consent from the Central Government.