Part I U.K. New Domestic Law

[F1 Opinions by Patent Office U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 74A, 74B and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2005) by Patents Act 2004 (c. 16), ss. 13(1), 17(1); S.I. 2005/2471, art. 2(c)

74B Reviews of opinions under section 74A U.K.

(1) Rules may make provision for a review before the comptroller, on an application by the proprietor or an exclusive licensee of the patent in question, of an opinion under section 74A above.

(2) The rules may, in particular—

(a) prescribe the circumstances in which, and the period within which, an application may be made;

(b) provide that, in prescribed circumstances, proceedings for a review may not be brought or continued where other proceedings have been brought;

F2 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) provide for there to be a right of appeal against a decision made on a review only in prescribed cases.]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 74B(2)(c) omitted (1.10.2014) by virtue of Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 16(2), 24(1); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.