Introductory Text
Application, investigation, opposition, etc.
1.Persons entitled to make application
2.Application
3.Complete and provisional specifications
4.Contents of specification
5.Priority date of claims of complete specification
6.Examination of application
7.Search for anticipation by previous publication
8.Search for anticipation by prior claim
9.Reference in case of potential infringement
10.Refusal of application in certain cases
11.Supplementary provisions as to searches, etc.
12.Time for putting application in order for acceptance
13.Acceptance and publication of complete specification
14.Opposition to grant of patent
15.Refusal of patent without opposition
16.Mention of inventor as such in patent
17.Substitution of applicants, etc.
18.Provisions for secrecy of certain inventions
Grant, effect and term of patent
19.Grant and sealing of patent
20.Amendment of patent granted to deceased applicant
21.Extent, effect and form of patent
22.Date and term of patent
23.Extension on ground of inadequate remuneration
24.Extension on ground of war loss
25.Extension on ground of war loss of licensee
26.Patents of addition
Restoration of lapsed patents and patent applications
27.Restoration of lapsed patents
28.Restoration of lapsed applications for patents
Amendment of specifications
29.Amendment of specification with leave of comptroller
30.Amendment of specification with leave of the court
31.Supplementary provisions as to amendment of specification
Revocation and surrender of patents
32.Revocation of patent by court
33.Revocation of patent by comptroller
34.Surrender of patent
Voluntary endorsement of patent
35.Endorsement of patent " licences of right "
36.Cancellation of endorsement under section 35
Compulsory licences, etc.
37.Compulsory endorsement
38.Provisions as to licences under section 37
39.Exercise of powers on applications under section 37
40.Endorsement, etc. on application of Crown
41.Inventions relating to food or medicine, etc.
42.Revocation of patent
43.Procedure on application under sections 37 to 42
44.Appeal and references to arbitrator
45.Supplementary provisions
Use of patented inventions for services of the Crown
46.Use of patented inventions for services of the Crown
47.Rights of third parties in respect of Crown use
48.Reference of disputes as to Crown use
49.Special provisions as to Crown use during emergency
Anticipation, etc.
50.Previous publication
51.Previous communication, display or working
52.Use and publication after provisional specification or foreign application
53.Priority date in case of obtaining
Miscellaneous provisions as to rights in inventions
54.Co-ownership of patents
55.Power of comptroller to give directions to co-owners
56.Disputed as to inventions made by employees
57.Avoidance of certain restrictive conditions
58.Determination of certain contracts
Proceedings for infringement, etc.
59.Restrictions on recovery of damages for infringement
60.Order for account in action for infringement
61.Counterclaim for revocation in action for infringement
62.Relief for infringement of partially valid specification
63.Proceedings for infringement by exclusive licensee
64.Certificate of contested validity of specification
65.Remedy for groundless threats of infringement proceedings
66.Power of court to make declaration as to non-infringement
67.Reference to comptroller of disputes as to infringement
International Agreements, etc.
68.Orders in Council as to convention countries
69.Supplementary provisions as to convention applications
70.Special provisions as to vessels, aircraft and land vehicles
71.Extension of time for certain convention applications
72.Protection of inventions communicated under international agreements
Register of patents, etc.
73.Register of patents
74.Registration of assignments, etc.
75.Rectification of register
76.Power to correct clerical errors, etc.
77.Evidence of entries, documents, etc.
78.Requests for information as to patent or patent application
79.Restriction upon publication of specifications, etc.
80.Loss or destruction of patent
Proceedings before Comptroller
81.Exercise of discretionary powers of comptroller
82.Costs and security for costs
83.Evidence before comptroller
The Court and the Appeal Tribunal
84.The Court
85.The Appeal Tribunal
86.Appeals from decisions of the comptroller in Scottish cases
87.Appeals to Court of Appeal and Court of Session
Patent Agents
88.Restrictions on practice as patent agent
89.Power of comptroller to refuse to deal with certain agents
Offences
90.Falsification of register, etc.
91.Unauthorised claim of patent rights
92.Unauthorised assumption of Royal Arms
93.Offences by companies
Rules, etc.
94.General power of Board of Trade to make rules, etc.
95.Provisions as to rules and Orders
96.Proceedings of Board of Trade
Supplemental
97.Service of notices, etc., by post
98.Hours of business and excluded days
99.Fees
100.Annual report of comptroller
101.Interpretation
102.Saving for Royal prerogative, etc.
103.Application to Scotland
104.Application to Northern Ireland
105.Isle of Man
106.Repeals, transitional provisions and amendment
107.Short title and commencement
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
Maximum Fees
SECOND SCHEDULE
Enactments Repealed
THIRD SCHEDULE
Transitional Provisions
1.Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, any Order in...
2.Section five of this Act shall apply in relation to...
3.Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) of section three of this...
4.Where a complete specification has been filed before the commencement...
5.The provisions of sections fourteen and thirty-three of this Act...
6.The power of the comptroller under section fifteen of this...
7.The provisions of section fifty-three of this Act shall apply...
8.Notwithstanding anything in this Act, a patent sealed before the...
9.Where, in relation to any invention, the time for giving...
10.In relation to a complete specification which was accepted before...
11.Where a specification filed before the commencement of this Act...
12.Where a specification which, before the commencement of this Act,...
13.Where two or more persons are registered as grantee or...
14.A condition of any contract in force immediately before the...
15.The provisions of section thirty of the Patents and Designs...
16.Notwithstanding the repeal of the Patents and Designs Act, 1907,...
17.Subsections (1) and (3) of section twenty-two of this Act...
18.Subsection (1) of section twenty-six of this Act shall apply...
19.Section twenty-seven of this Act shall nave effect, in relation...
20.Where the time allowed under section twelve of the Patents...
21.In relation to any proceedings pending at the commencement of...
22.Section sixty-three of this Act shall not apply in relation...
23.Any register kept under the Patents and Designs Act, 1907,...
24.Nothing in this Act shall affect the term of any...
25.Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of section...
26.Any document referring to any enactment repealed by this Act...
27.Any reference in this Schedule to the Patents and Designs...