SCHEDULEMinor amendments to the Patents Act 1977
Assertion of third party rights where application terminated
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In section 20B of that Act (effect of reinstatement of patent application), after subsection (4) insert—
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The right conferred by subsection (4) does not become exercisable until the end of the period during which a request may be made under this Act, or under the rules, for an extension of the period referred to in section 20A(1).