Section 33B
Amendments to the Register
The Registrar may, on request made in the prescribed manner together with the payment of the prescribed fee by the owner of a patent, amend the Register—
(a)
by correcting any error in the name or address of the owner of the patent or the inventor; or
(b)
by entering any change in the name or address of the owner of the patent or the inventor.
(2)
Where the Register has been amended under this section, the
Registrar may require the certificate of grant of the patent to be submitted to him, and may—
(a)
revoke the certificate of grant of the patent and issue a new certificate of grant of the patent; or
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(b)
make any consequential amendments in the certificate of grant of the patent as are rendered necessary by the amendment of the Register.
(3)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or the regulations made under this Act, no fee shall be payable by the owner of a patent in respect of a request to correct any error in the name or address of such owner unless such error is caused or contributed to by such owner.