- Without any hinderance, at anytime from the date of filing a patent application and after grant of patent; the Government or any person in permission from the Government may use the invention for the purposes of the Government as per the limitations in the act.
- If any invention even before the date of filing with its claims, has been disclosed to the Government or its authorised official in permission and he / she has used or tested or tried the invention on behalf of the Government, he / she will not be liable to pay any royalty or compensation remuneration to the patentee.
- If any product was not attempted or tried or tested before, and the Central Government or any person authorised by the Government at anytime after the grant of the Patent uses the invention in any manner; all communications shall be made as per the terms agreed between the patentee and the government before or after the use of the Invention as per the default agreement determined by the High Court and in such cases the patentee will not be paid anything more than a reasonable remuneration as per the economic value of the Patent.
- The Central Government shall authorise any person to use or test or implement or import or vend an invention and he shall not be a person authorised by the patentee in any manner. Such authorisation shall be given either before or after the grant of a patent.
- When an invention is used by the Central Government apart from situations of national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency or non-commercial use; the Government shall notify the patentee as soon as possible along with the details of where and to what extent to which the invention was used for the purposes of the Government and such notifications shall be provided to the patentee from time to time as reasonably needed.
- The right of the Government to use an invention even extends to sell the invention or the goods on a non-commercial basis to a purchaser and the purchaser shall deal with the goods with limitations as if the Central Government were the patentee.
- If any invention’s exclusive right has already been licensed or assigned to another person or entity and for the same the patentee is entitled to some royalty or other benefits, such notice of use by the Central Government shall also be given to such exclusive licensee or assignee as the case may be and any reference given to the patentee shall mean to the licensee or assignee also.