10. Inventive step An invention shall be considered as involving an inventive step if, having regard to the prior art, within the meaning of section 9(2)(a), it would not have been obvious to a person skilled in the art on the date of the filing of the application or, if priority is claimed, on the priority date validly claimed in respect thereof. 11. Industrial application An invention shall be taken to be capable of industrial application if according to its nature, it can be made or used, in the technological sense in any kind of industry, including agriculture, fishery and services. 12. Prohibition by law, public order or morality A patent may be obtained even in respect of an invention the exploitation of which is prohibited by law, except where public order or morality prohibits the exploitation of the invention. 13. Temporary exclusion from patentability Inventions which concern certain kinds of products, or processes for the manufacture of such products, may, by statutory instrument be extended for further periods, each such period not exceeding ten years. PART IV RIGHT TO PATENT: NAMING OF INVENTOR (ss 14-17) 14. Right to patent (1) The right to a patent shall belong to the inventor. (2) If two or more persons have jointly made an invention, the right to the patent shall belong to them jointly. (3) If and to the extent to which two or more persons have made the same invention independently of each other, the person whose application has the earliest filing date or, if priority is claimed, the earliest validly claimed priority date, and leads to the grant of a patent, shall have the right to the patent. (4) The right to a patent may be assigned, or transferred by succession. (5) Section 48 to 52 shall apply mutatis mutandis to contracts assigning the right to a patent. 15. Unauthorised application based on another's invention Where the person who is applying for the grant of a patent has obtained the essential elements of the invention, which is the subject of his application from the invention of another person, the person shall, unless authorised by that other person, assign to that other person the application or, where the patent has already been granted, the patent. 16. Inventions made in execution of commission or by employees (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14 in the absence of contractual provisions to the contrary, the right to a patent for an invention made in execution of a commission or of an employment contract shall belong to the person having commissioned the work or to the employer. (2) The provision of subsection (1) shall apply when an employment contract does not require the employee to exercise any inventive activity, but where the employee has made the invention by using data or means available to him through his employment. (3) Where the provisions of subsection (2) are applicable, the employee shall have a right to equitable remuneration taking into account the importance of the invention and any benefit derived from the invention by the employer. (4) Any remuneration granted under subsection (3) shall in the absence of any agreement be fixed by the court. In the circumstances provided for in subsection (1) the

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