An application for a patent may be filed in India by any of the following persons True and first inventor of the invention; Assignee of the true and first inventor, which in most cases is the employer of the person; or Legal representative of any deceased person who immediately before his death was entitled to make such an application. A patent application by any person from another country may be filed if the country is a member of the Paris Convention or is among the list of convention countries under the Indian Patent Act.