Act 3 Industrial Property Act 2014 (6) Within six months from the expiration of the grace period referred to in subsection (3), an interested person may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, request the registrar to restore the application that is taken to have been withdrawn, or a patent that has lapsed, by virtue of subsection (4). (7) Upon a request under subsection (6), the registrar shall, if satisfied that the failure to pay the annual fee is not intended, subject to the payment of the annual fee, make an order restoring the application or the patent as the case may be. (8) Where a patent is restored, no proceedings shall be brought in respect of the patent— (a) in relation to any acts performed after the lapse of the patent and before the date of the order for restoration; or (b) in relation to any acts performed after the date of the order of restoration in relation to articles imported into or manufactured in Uganda, after the lapse of the patent and before the date of the order for restoration. PART IX—CHANGE IN THE OWNERSHIP AND JOINT OWNERSHIP OF APPLICATION AND PATENT. 48. Change in ownership of application. (1) A contract assigning a patent or application for a patent shall be in writing and shall be signed by the party making the assignment. (2) A change in the ownership of a patent or an application for a patent shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, be recorded in the patent register. (3) Until the change has been recorded, a document evidencing the change in ownership shall not be admitted in any proceedings as evidence of the title of a person to an application or a patent, unless the court otherwise directs. 45