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        Patents Act 1977 (c. 37)
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        Part I New Domestic Law
        Patentability
        1. Patentable inventions.
        2. Novelty.
        3. Inventive step.
        4. Industrial application.
        5. Priority date.
        6. Disclosure of matter, etc., between earlier and later applications.
        Right to apply for and obtain a patent and be mentioned as inventor
        7. Right to apply for and obtain a patent.
        8. Determination before grant of questions about entitlement to patents, etc.
        9. Determination after grant of questions referred before grant.
        10. Handling of application by joint applicants.
        11. Effect of transfer of application under s. 8 or 10.
        12. Determination of questions about entitlement to foreign and convention patents, etc.
        13. Mention of inventor.
        Applications
        14. Making of application.
        15. Date of filing application.
        16. Publication of application.
        Examination and search
        17. Preliminary examination and search.
        18. Substantive examination and grant or refusal of patent.
        19. General power to amend application before grant.
        20. Failure of application.
        21. Observations by third party on patentability.
        Security and safety
        22. Information prejudicial to defence of realm or safety of public.
        23. Restrictions on applications abroad by United Kingdom residents.
        Provisions as to patents after grant
        24. Publication and certificate of grant.
        25. Term of patent.
        26. Patent not to be impugned for lack of unity.
        27. General power to amend specification after grant.
        28. Restoration of lapsed patents.
        28A. Effect of order for restoration of patent.
        29. Surrender of patents.
        Property in patents and applications, and registration
        30. Nature of, and transactions in, patents and applications for patents.
        31. Nature of, and transactions in, patents and applications for patents in Scotland.
        32. Register of patents etc.
        33. Effect of registration, etc., on rights in patents.
        34. Rectification of register.
        35. . . .
        36. Co-ownership of patents and applications for patents.
        37. Determination of right to patent after grant.
        38. Effect of transfer of patent under s. 37.
        Employees' inventions
        39. Right to employees' inventions.
        40. Compensation of employees for certain inventions.
        41. Amount of compensation.
        42. Enforceability of contracts relating to employees' inventions.
        43. Supplementary.
        Contracts as to patented products, etc.
        44. Avoidance of certain restrictive conditions.
        45. Determination of parts of certain contracts.
        Licences of right and compulsory licences
        46. Patentee's application for entry in register that licences are available as of right.
        47. Cancellation of entry made under s. 46.
        48. Compulsory licences: general.
        48A. Compulsory licences: WTO proprietors.
        48B. Compulsory licences: other cases.
        49. Provisions about licences under s. 48.
        50. Exercise of powers on applications under s. 48.
        51. Powers exercisable in consequence of report of Monopolies and Mergers Commission.
        52. Opposition, appeal and arbitration.
        53. Compulsory licences; supplementary provisions.
        54. Special provisions where patented invention is being worked abroad.
        Use of patented inventions for services of the Crown
        55. Use of patented inventions for services of the Crown.
        56. Interpretation, etc., of provisions about Crown use.
        57. Rights of third parties in respect of Crown use.
        57A. Compensation for loss of profit.
        58. References of disputes as to Crown use.
        59. Special provisions as to Crown use during emergency.
        Infringement
        60. Meaning of infringement.
        61. Proceedings for infringement of patent.
        62. Restrictions on recovery of damages for infringement.
        63. Relief for infringement of partially valid patent.
        64. Right to continue use begun before priority date.
        65. Certificate of contested validity of patent.
        66. Proceedings for infringement by a co-owner.
        67. Proceedings for infringement by exclusive licensee.
        68. Effect of non-registration on infringement proceedings.
        69. Infringement of rights conferred by publication of application.
        70. Remedy for groundless threats of infringement proceedings.
        71. Declaration or declarator as to non-infringement.
        Revocation of patents
        72. Power to revoke patents on application.
        73. Comptroller's power to revoke patents on his own initiative.
        Putting validity in issue
        74. Proceedings in which validity of patent may be put in issue.
        General provisions as to amendment of patents and applications
        75. Amendment of patent in infringement or revocation proceedings.
        76. Amendments of applications and patents not to include added matter.
        76A. Biotechnological inventions
        Part II Provisions about International Conventions
        European patents and patent applications
        77. Effect of European patent (UK).
        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.
        81. Conversion of European patent applications.
        82. Jurisdiction to determine questions as to right to a patent.
        83. Effect of patent decisions of competent authorities of other states.
        84. . . .
        85. . . .
        Community patents
        [86. Implementation of Community Patent Convention.]
        [87. Decisions on Community Patent Convention.]
        88. . . .
        International applications for patents
        89. Effect of international application for patent.
        89A. International and national phases of application.
        89B. Adaptation of provisions in relation to international application.
        Convention countries
        90. Orders in Council as to convention countries.
        Miscellaneous
        91. Evidence of conventions and instruments under conventions.
        92. Obtaining evidence for proceedings under the European Patent Convention.
        93. Enforcement of orders for costs.
        94. Communication of information to the European Patent Office, etc.
        95. Financial provisions.
        Part III Miscellaneous and General
        Legal Proceedings
        96. The Patents Court.
        97. Appeals from the comptroller.
        98. Proceedings in Scotland.
        99. General powers of the court.
        99A. Power of Patents Court to order report.
        99B. Power of Court of Session to order report.
        100. Burden of proof in certain cases.
        101. Exercise of comptroller's discretionary powers.
        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 under s. 40.
        107. Costs and expenses in proceedings before the comptroller.
        108. Licences granted by order of comptroller.
        Offences
        109. Falsification of register etc.
        110. Unauthorised claim of patent rights.
        111. Unauthorised claim that patent has been applied for.
        112. Misuse of title"Patent Office".
        113. Offences by corporations.
        114. . . .
        115. . . .
        Immunity of department
        116. Immunity of department as regards official acts.
        Administrative provisions
        117. Correction of errors in patents and applications.
        118. Information about patent applications and patents, and inspection of documents.
        119. Service by post.
        120. Hours of business and excluded days.
        121. Comptroller's annual report.
        Supplemental
        122. Crown's right to sell forfeited articles.
        123. Rules.
        124. Rules, regulations and orders; supplementary.
        125. Extent of invention.
        125A. Disclosure of invention by specification: availablity of samples ofbiological material.
        126. Stamp duty.
        127. Existing patents and applications.
        128. Priorities between patents and applications under 1949 Act and this Act.
        129. Application of Act to Crown.
        130. Interpretation.
        131. Northern Ireland.
        131A. Scotland
        132. Short title, extent, commencement, consequential amendments and repeals.
        Schedules
        SCHEDULE A1 DEROGATION FROM PATENT PROTECTION IN RESPECT OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS
        SCHEDULE A2 BIOTECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS
        SCHEDULE 1 Application of 1949 Act to existing patents and applications
        SCHEDULE 2 Application of this Act to Existing Patents and Applications
        SCHEDULE 3 REPEALS OF PROVISIONS OF 1949 ACT
        SCHEDULE 4 Transitional Provisions
        SCHEDULE 5 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
        SCHEDULE 6 ENACTMENTS REPEALED

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