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Right to apply for and obtain a patent and be mentioned as inventor
Licences of right and compulsory licences
46. Patentee’s application for entry in register that licences are available as of right.
50A. Powers exercisable following merger and market investigations
51. Powers exercisable in consequence of report of Competition and Markets Authority.
54. Special provisions where patented invention is being worked abroad.
Use of patented inventions for services of the Crown
General provisions as to amendment of patents and applications
Part II Provisions about International Conventions
European patents and patent applications
78. Effect of filing an application for a European patent (UK).
79. Operation of s. 78 in relation to certain European patent applications.
80. Authentic text of European patents and patent applications.
82. Jurisdiction to determine questions as to right to a patent.
83. Effect of patent decisions of competent authorities of other states.
83A.European patent with unitary effect and Unified Patent Court
Part III Miscellaneous and General
102. Right of audience, &c. in proceedings before comptroller.
102A. Right of audience, &c. in proceedings on appeal from the comptroller.
103. Extension of privilege for communications with solicitors relating to patent proceedings.
104. Privilege for communications with patent agents relating to patent proceedings.
105. Extension of privilege in Scotland for communications relating to patent proceedings.
106. Costs and expenses in proceedings before the Court ....
107. Costs and expenses in proceedings before the comptroller.
SCHEDULES
DEROGATION FROM PATENT PROTECTION IN RESPECT OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS
1.An invention shall not be considered unpatentable solely on the...
2.Biological material which is isolated from its natural environment or...
3.The following are not patentable inventions— (a) the human body,...
4.Inventions which concern plants or animals may be patentable if...
5.An element isolated from the human body or otherwise produced...
6.The industrial application of a sequence or partial sequence of...
7.The protection conferred by a patent on a biological material...
9.The protection conferred by a patent on a product containing...
11.In this Schedule: “essentially biological process” means a process for...
Application of 1949 Act to existing patents and applications
3.(1) This paragraph and paragraph 4 below shall have effect...
4.(1) The term of every new existing patent under section...
4B.(1) An application under section 46(3)(a) or (b) above for...
6.Notwithstanding anything in section 32(1)(j) of the 1949 Act (ground...
8.In section 101(1) of the 1949 Act (interpretation) there shall...
Application of this Act to Existing Patents and Applications
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