Patents Act 1977

[F15.U.K.In this Schedule—

(a)“Article 32(1) action” means an action listed in Article 32(1) of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court;

(b)“basic patent” has the same meaning as in Article 1(c) of Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6th May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products; and

(c)“Rules of Procedure” has the same meaning as in the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court.]

Textual Amendments

F1Schs. A3, A4 inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by The Patents (European Patent with Unitary Effect and Unified Patent Court) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/388), arts. 1(2), 2(10) (with art. 3)