Article 10: The right to a patent shall belong to the inventor.

Article 11: If two or more persons have jointly made an invention, the right to the patent shall belong to them jointly.

Article 12: 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the earliest validly claimed priority date shall have the right to the patent, as long as the said application is not withdrawn, abandoned or rejected.

Article 13: The right to a patent may be assigned, or may be transferred by succession.

Article 14: Where an invention is made in execution of an employment contract, the right to the patent shall belong, in the absence of contractual provisions to the contrary, to the employer.

Article 15: The inventor shall be named as such in the patent, unless in a special written declaration signed by him and addressed to the Registrar he indicates that he wishes not to be named. Any promise or undertaking by the inventor made to any person to the effect that he will make such a declaration shall be without legal effect.