Source: http://smartleges.com/en/law-library/patents-act-1977-1977-c-37/2021739
Timestamp: 2018-07-17 21:05:14
Document Index: 400271670

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 9']

Patents Act 1977, 1977 c. 37, Version 15/02/2017
C3 Act modified (Isle of Man) (11.11.2013) by The Patents (Isle of Man) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2602), art. 2, Sch. (as amended (1.6.2016) by The Patents (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/559), Sch. and as further amended (15.2.2017) by The Patents (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/162), arts. 1(2), 2, Sch. (with art. 3))
[F10 (aa) an application in or for a country (other than the United Kingdom) which is a member of the World Trade Organisation for protection in respect of an invention which, in accordance with the law of that country or a treaty or international obligation to which it is a party, is equivalent to an application for a patent under this Act;]
(b) an application in or for a convention country (specified under section 90 below) for protection in respect of an invention or an application which, in accordance with the law of a convention country or a treaty or international convention to which a convention country is a party, is equivalent to [F11 an application for a patent under this Act] .
F12 (6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F10 S. 5(5)(aa) inserted (1.10.2014) by Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), s. 24(1), Sch. para. 1(1); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.
F11 Words in s. 5(5)(b) substituted (1.10.2014) by Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), s. 24(1), Sch. para. 1(2); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.
F12 S. 5(6) omitted (1.10.2014) by virtue of Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), s. 24(1), Sch. para. 1(3); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.
(c) any such application is refused under any other provision of this Act or is withdrawn before the comptroller has disposed of the reference [F13 (whether the application is refused or withdrawn before or after its publication) ] ;
F13 Words in s. 8(3)(c) substituted (1.1.2005) by Patents Act 2004 (c. 16), ss. 6(1), 17(1); S.I. 2004/3205, art. 2(b) (with art. 9)