law: Patents Act, 1970
  6. Persons entitled to apply for patents 
  (1) Subject to the provisions contained in section 134, an
  
  application for a patent for an invention may be made by any of the following
  
  persons, that is to say,- 
  (a) by any person claiming to be the true and
  
  first investor of the invention;
  (b) 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;
  (c) by the legal representative of any
  
  deceased person who immediately before his death was entitled to make such an
  
  application.
  (2) An application under sub-section (1) may be made by any of the
  
  persons referred to therein either alone or jointly with any other person.