Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PATENTS ACT 1990 - SECT 15

  (1)   Subject to this Act, a patent for an invention may only be granted to a person who:

  (a)   is the inventor; or

  (b)   would, on the grant of a patent for the invention, be entitled to have the patent assigned to the person; or

  (c)   derives title to the invention from the inventor or a person mentioned in paragraph   (b); or

  (d)   is the legal representative of a deceased person mentioned in paragraph   (a), (b) or (c).

  (2)   A patent may be granted to a person whether or not he or she is an Australian citizen.