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The Patents Rules 2007

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Surrender and cancelling entry that licences available as of right

Surrender

42.  The notice of an offer by a proprietor to surrender a patent must be in writing and include—

(a)a declaration that no action is pending before the court for infringement or revocation of the patent; or

(b)where such an action is pending, the particulars of the action.

Application for, and cancellation of, an entry that licences are available as of right

43.—(1) An application under section 46(1) must be made on Patents Form 28.

(2) Where an entry is made in the register to the effect that licences under a patent are to be available as of right, the comptroller must advertise the entry in the journal.

(3) An application under section 47(1) for the cancellation of an entry made under section 46 must be made on Patents Form 30.

(4) The period prescribed for the purposes of section 47(3) is two months beginning with the date on which the entry was made under section 46.

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