(1) A patentee may (subject to any rights vested in other persons that are entered in the patents register) deal with the patent as the absolute owner of it and give good discharges for any consideration for that dealing.
(2) This section does not protect a person who deals with a patentee otherwise than as a purchaser in good faith for value and without notice of any fraud on the part of the patentee.
(3) This section is subject to section 16(3).
Compare: Patents Act 1990 s 189(1), (2) (Aust)