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Introductory Text
PRELIMINARY
1.Citation and commencement
2. .Interpretation
3. .Construction
4.Forms
5.International exhibitions
6.Declaration of priority for the purposes of section 5
RIGHT TO APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A PATENT
7.References under section 8(1)(a) or 12(1)(a)
8.References by co-proprietors under section 8(1)(b) or 12(1)(b)
9.Orders under section 8 or 12
10.Prescribed period for new applications under section 8(3) or 12(6)
11.Authorisation under section 8(5)
12.Request by joint applicant under section 10 or 12(4)
13.Reference to the comptroller under section 11(5)
INVENTORS
14.Mention of inventor under section 13
15.Procedure where applicant is not the inventor or sole inventor
APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS
16.Applications for the grant of patents under sections 14 and 15
17.Micro-organisms
18.Drawings
19.The abstract
20.Size and presentation of documents
21.Form of statements, counter-statements and evidence
22.Unity of invention
23.Late filed drawings
24.New applications under section 15(4)
25.Periods prescribed under section 15(5)(a) and (b) and 17(1) for filing claims, abstract and request for preliminary examination and search
26.Extensions for new applications
27.Period for publication of application
EXAMINATION AND SEARCH
28.Preliminary examination and search under section 17
29.Procedure where earlier application made
30.Address for service
31.Formal requirements
32.Searches under section 17(6) and (8)
33.Request for substantive examination under section 18
34.Period for putting application in order
35. .Amendment of request for grant
36.Amendment of application before grant
37.Observations on patentability under section 21
GRANT, AMENDMENT AND CONTINUATION OF PATENT
38.Certificates of grant
39.Renewal of patents
40.Amendment of specification after grant
41.Restoration of lapsed patents under section 28
42.Notification of lapsed patent
43.Surrender of patents
REGISTRATION
44.Entries in the register
45.Alteration of name or address
46.Registrations under section 33
47.Request for correction of error
48.Request as to payment of renewal fee
49.Inspection of register
50.Advertisements in relation to register
51.Entries relating to sections 8(1), 12(1) and 37(1)
52.Certificates and copies supplied by comptroller
53.Order or direction by court
ENTITLEMENT TO PATENT
54.Reference of question to the comptroller under section 37(1)
55.Applications under section 37(3)
56.Time limit for new application
57.Request under section 38(3)
58.Reference to comptroller under section 38(5)
EMPLOYEES' INVENTIONS
59.Application under section 40 for compensation
60.Application under section 41(8) to vary etc awards of compensation
LICENCES OF RIGHT
61.Application under section 46(1) for entry in the register
62.Application under section 46(3) to settle licences of right
63. .Application by proprietor under section 47(1) for cancellation of entry
64.Application under section 47(3)
65.Opposition to cancellation of entry under section 47
66.Procedure after cancellation of entry pursuant to section 47(3)
67.Declaration under paragraph 4A of Schedule 1 to the Act
COMPULSORY LICENCES
68.Application under section 48(1) for compulsory licence
69.Application by Minister under section 51
70.Procedure on receipt of application under section 48 or 51
71.Opposition under section 52(1)
INFRINGEMENT PROCEEDINGS BEFORE COMPTROLLER
72.Procedure on reference to comptroller under section 61(3)
73.Procedure where validity of patent in dispute
74.Procedure on application under section 71
REVOCATION OF PATENTS
75.Procedure on application for revocation under section 72
76.Award of costs
77.Revocation and amendment of patents under section 73
AMENDMENT OF PATENTS IN INFRINGEMENT OR REVOCATION PROCEEDINGS
78.Amendment of patent under section 75
EUROPEAN PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS AND NATIONAL PROCESSING OF INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS
79.Entries in the register
80.European patents and applications (UK): translations
81.Procedure for making request under section 81(2)(b)(i)
82.Procedure where section 81(2)(b)(ii) applies
83.Procedure for making request for substantive examination where section 81(2) applies
84.Recognition of determinations in proceedings before comptroller
85.International applications for patents: sections 89 and 89A
86.Obtaining evidence for proceedings under European Patent Convention
87.Communication of information to European Patent Office
HEARINGS, AGENTS AND CORRECTION OF ERRORS
88.Comptroller’s discretionary powers
89.Admittance to hearings before comptroller
90.Agents
91.Correction of errors in patents and applications
INFORMATION AND INSPECTION
92.Request for information under section 118
93.Inspection of documents under section 118
94.Confidential documents
95.Bibliographic data for purposes of section 118(3)(b)
96.Request for information where section 118(4) applies
MISCELLANEOUS
97.Service by post
98.Hours of business
99.Excluded days
100.Correction of irregularities
101.Dispensation by comptroller
102.Remission of fees
103.Evidence
104.Statutory declarations and affidavits
105.Admission of documents
106.Directions as to the furnishing of documents etc
107.Supporting statements or evidence
108.Proceedings in Scotland
109.Appointment of advisers
110.Alteration of time limits
111.Calculation of times or periods
112. .Copies of documents
113.Translations
114.Publication and sale of documents
115.The Journal
116.Reports of cases
INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS
117.Filing of applications
118.Transmittal and late payment fees
119.Certified copies
120.Fees to be paid in sterling
121.Transitional provisions and revocations
Signature
Schedules
Schedule 1
General forms
Schedule 2
Micro-organisms
Schedule 3
Form of certificate of grant of patent
Schedule 4
European patents and applications (UK): translations
Schedule 5
Patents Act 1949 forms
Schedule 6
Revocations
Explanatory Note