Patents Act 1977 (c. 37)

SCHEDULES

[F1 SCHEDULE A1 U.K. DEROGATION FROM PATENT PROTECTION IN RESPECT OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. A1 inserted (28.7.2000) by S.I. 2000/2037, reg. 8(1), Sch. 1

Exemption for small farmers U.K.

4 (1) Paragraph 3 does not apply to a farmer who is considered to be a small farmer for the purposes of [F2 section 9(10) of the Plant Varieties Act 1997].

(2) It is for a farmer who claims to be a small farmer to prove that he is such a farmer.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. A1 para. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Intellectual Property (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1050), regs. 1(2), 39(c)