Section 7, The Patents and Industrial Design Act, 2012

(1) The right to a patent shall belong to the inventor. (2) If two or more persons have jointly made an invention, the right to the patent shall belong to them jointly. (3) 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is claimed, the earliest validly claimed priority date shall have the right to the patent, unless the application is withdrawn, abandoned or rejected. (4) The right to a patent may be assigned or transferred by succession. (5) Sections, 60, 61, 63 and 75 shall apply mutatis mutandis to contracts assigning the right to a patent.