Who are entitled to make application for patent, under the Patents Act, 1970 ?

Section 6 of the Patents Act, 1970 provides that an application for a patent for an invention may be made by any of the following persons, that is to say: by any person claiming to be the true and first inventor of the invention; by any person being the assignee of the person claiming to be the true and first inventor in respect of the right to make such an application; by the legal representative of any deceased person who immediately before his death was entitled to make such an application. The application may be made by one of the persons either alone or jointly with any other person.