LAWS OF MALAWI Patents (Subsidiary) 60. Cap. 49:02 Patents Regulations (1) An application for directions under section 47 (6) of the Act by any one or more of the proprietors of a patent shall be made in form No. 34 and shall be accompanied by a statement setting out fully the facts upon which the applicant relief and the directions which he seeks. (2) A copy of the application and of the statement shall be sent by the Registrar to the person in default. (3) Thereafter regulation 59(3) and (4) shall apply. Application under section 47(7). PART XII DISPUTES AS TO INVENTIONS MADE BY EMPLOYEES 61. 62. (1) An application under section 48(1) of the Act to determine a dispute as to rights in respect of an invention or in respect of a patent granted or to be granted in respect thereof shall be made in form No. 36 and shall be accompanied by a copy thereof together with a statement, in duplicate, setting out fully the facts of the dispute and the relief which is sought. (2) A copy of the application and of the statement shall be sent by the Registrar to the other party to the dispute, who within three months after receipt thereof shall file a counter-statement, in duplicate, setting out fully the grounds on which he disputes the right of the applicant to the relief sought. (3) The Registrar shall send a copy of this counter-statement to the applicant and thereafter, subject to such directions as the Registrar may think fit to give, regulations 26 to 29 inclusive shall mutatis mutandis apply in respect of proceedings held before the Registrar, and references to the objector shall be substituted for references to the applicant and references to the applicant for references to the other party. (1) Should the Registrar decide to hear the application he shall thereafter appoint a time for the hearing and shall give the parties at least fourteen days’ notice of the appointment. (2) Application under section 48(1) Hearing. After hearing the party or parties desiring to be heard or, if none of the parties desires to be heard, then without a hearing, the Registrar shall determine the matter in dispute and make such orders for giving effect to his decision as he considers expedient. PART XIII SURRENDER OF PATENT 63. A notice of an offer by a patentee under section 52 of the Act to surrender his patent shall be given in form No. 37 and shall be advertised by the patentee in one issue of the Gazette. 107 Form of offer to surrender a patent.