832 No. 40 of 2016] Restoration of patent Rights of patentee of restored patent Exclusive rights of patentee Patents 70. (1) Where a patent for an invention has been removed from the Register, owing to non-payment of the maintenance fee referred to in section sixty-eight, a patentee may, within six months of the removal, apply to the Registrar for the restoration of the patent in the Register, in a prescribed manner. (2) If the Registrar is satisfied that the omission to pay the maintenance fee was unintentional and that no undue delay has occurred in the making of the application, referred to in subsection (1), the Registrar shall publish the application in the prescribed manner. (3) A person wishing to object to the restoration,referred to in subsection (2), shall do so within a prescribed period, manner and form and upon payment of a prescribed fee. (4) The Registrar shall, where there is no objection to the restoration of a patent, subject to the payment of such fees and any interest that remain to be paid, restore the patent in the Register and issue a certificate of payment of maintenance fee to the patentee. (5) The Registrar shall, where there is an objection to the restoration of a patent, after investigating the matter and hearing the applicant and the objector, restore the patent, subject to the payment of such fees and any interest that remain to be paid, and issue a certificate of payment of maintenance fee to the patentee or dismiss the application for restoration of the patent. (6) A person aggrieved with the decision of the Registrar, as provided in subsection (5) may, within three months of receiving the decision, appeal to the High Court. 71. Where a patent is restored as provided in section seventy, the rights of the patentee shall be subject to such conditions as may be imposed, by the Registrar, for the protection or compensation of persons who may have begun to avail themselves of the invention or have taken steps by contract or otherwise to avail themselves of the invention between the date when the patent ceased to be protected and the date of the publication of the application for the restoration of the patent, made in accordance with section seventy. PART IX PATENT RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS 72. (1) Subject to this Act, a patent gives the patentee the following exclusive rights, during the term of the patent: (a) to exploit the patented invention and authorise the exploitation of the patented invention by others;