UK Statutory Instrument
1997
United Kingdom
Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificates) Rules 1997
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Schedules
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Definitions
Definitions
Annual fees
Expiry of the certificate
Notification of lapse or invalidity
Scope
Subject-matter of protection
Effects of the certificate
Entitlement to the certificate
Annual fees
Expiry of the certificate
Notification of lapse or invalidity
Appeals
Definitions
Scope
Conditions for obtaining a certificate
Subject-matter of protection
Effects of the certificate
Entitlement to the certificate
Entry into force
Entry into force
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Application for a certificate
Notwithstanding paragraph 1, where the authorization to place the product...
Where the application for a certificate does not meet the...
If the irregularity is not rectified or the fee is...
Member States may provide that the authority referred to in...
“plant products”: products in the unprocessed state or having undergone...
“harmful organisms”: pests of plants or plant products belonging to...
“product”: the active substance as defined in point 3 or...
“basic patent”: a patent which protects a product as defined...
“certificate”: the supplementary protection certificate.
Citation, commencement and extent
Interpretation
Application and fee in respect of application (Articles 8 and 9(1))
Certificate of grant (Article 10)
Fees in respect of effective period of certificate (Article 12)
If the certificate is surrendered or declared invalid on or...
Declaration of lapse or invalidity of certificate (Articles 14(d) and 15(1)(a) and (c))
If it appears to the comptroller that a certificate has...
Forms for use in connection with certificates and applications for certificates (Article 18(1))
Publication of: application, grant of certificate, rejection of application, declaration of lapse or of invalidity or of termination of grounds of lapse of certificate (Articles 9(2), 11(1) and (2) and 16)
Transitional provisions
Revocations
Enforcement and responsible bodies
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Intellectual Property Office
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