Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/37/part/I/crossheading/applications
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These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Act modified by S.I. 2003/1249 art. 2 3 Sch.Act modified (Isle of Man) by S.I. 2013/2602 art. 2 Sch.Blanket Amendment words substituted by 2005 c. 4 Sch. 11 para. 1(2)Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 4A inserted by 2004 c. 16 s. 1s. 15 15A substituted for s. 15 by S.I. 2004/2357 art. 5s. 20A 20B inserted by S.I. 2004/2357 art. 8s. 20B(4A) inserted by 2014 c. 18 Sch. para. 2s. 20B(6A) inserted by 2004 c. 16 Sch. 2 para. 7s. 50A(1)(a) amended by S.I. 2003/1592 Sch. 4 para. 3(1)(a)s. 50A(1)(a) amended by S.I. 2003/1592 Sch. 4 para. 3(1)(b)s. 50A(6) amended by S.I. 2003/1592 Sch. 4 para. 3(1)(c)s. 50A(6) amended by S.I. 2003/1592 Sch. 4 para. 3(1)(d)s. 50A(7) amended by S.I. 2003/1592 Sch. 4 para. 3(1)(e)s. 74A 74B and cross-heading inserted by 2004 c. 16 s. 13(1)s. 74A title substituted by 2014 c. 18 s. 16(1)s. 74A(1) words substituted by 2014 c. 18 s. 16(1)s. 74B(2)(c) omitted by 2014 c. 18 s. 16(2)s. 88A 88B and cross-heading inserted by 2014 c. 18 s. 17s. 117A 117B inserted by S.I. 2004/2357 art. 18s. 117A(7) inserted by 2004 c. 16 Sch. 2 para. 23s. 118A inserted by S.I. 2011/2059 reg. 2s. 118A repealed by S.I. 2014/1385 reg. 3(1)s. 124A inserted by S.I. 2003/512 art. 2s. 124A(1) word substituted by S.I. 2006/1229 art. 4(2)s. 124A(3) words substituted by S.I. 2006/1229 art. 4(3)s. 124A(5) word inserted by S.I. 2006/1229 art. 4(4)(b)s. 124A(5) word substituted by S.I. 2006/1229 art. 4(4)(a)s. 124A(6) word substituted by S.I. 2006/1229 art. 4(5)s. 124A(7) word substituted by S.I. 2006/1229 art. 4(6)s. 124A(9)(10) omitted by S.I. 2006/1229 art. 4(7)s. 124A(12) omitted by S.I. 2006/1229 art. 4(7)s. 124A(13)-(16) substituted for s. 124A(13)-(15) by S.I. 2006/1229 art. 4(8)s. 128A 128B inserted by S.I. 2007/3293 reg. 2(2)s. 128B(2)(a) words substituted by S.I. 2014/2411 reg. 2(2)s. 144(1)(2) amendment to earlier affecting provision SI 2003/1592 Sch. 4 para. 7(1)(a)(b) by S.I. 2014/891 art. 19(3)Sch. 4A inserted by S.I. 2007/3293 reg. 2(3)Sch. 4A para. 8 and cross-heading inserted by S.I. 2014/2411 reg. 2(3)(b)Sch. 4A para. 1(2) words inserted by 2014 c. 18 s. 16(3)Sch. 4A para. 7(a) words substituted by S.I. 2014/2411 reg. 2(3)(a)rule 41A inserted by S.I. 2014/2401 rule 7Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Patents Act 1977Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. 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If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2003/53 art. 2-4 commences (2001 c. 15)S.I. 2003/766 art. 2 Sch. commences (2002 c. 40)S.I. 2003/1397 art. 2(1) Sch. commences (2002 c. 40)S.I. 2003/2093 art. 2 Sch. 1 2 commences (2002 c. 40)S.I. 2004/288 art. 2-6 commences (2003 c. 43)S.I. 2004/480 art. 2-5 commences (2003 c. 43)S.I. 2004/1009 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)S.I. 2004/1019 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 43)S.I. 2004/2177 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 16)S.I. 2004/3205 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 16)S.I. 2004/3233 art. 2 Sch. commences (2002 c. 40)S.I. 2004/3255 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 8)S.I. 2005/950 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 44)S.I. 2005/2122 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2005/950, Sch. 2 para. 23(1)S.I. 2005/2471 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 16)S.I. 2005/2925 art. 2 4-11 commences (2003 c. 43)S.I. 2006/1014 art. 2 Sch. 1 2 commences (2005 c. 4)S.I. 2007/3396 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 16)S.I. 2009/1604 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 4)S.I. 2009/3250 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 29) ApplicationsE+W+S+N.I.14 Making of application.E+W+S+N.I.(1)Every application for a patent—
(a)shall be made in the prescribed form and shall be filed at the Patent Office in the prescribed manner; and
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1S. 14(4)(8) repealed by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 303(2), Sch. 815 Date of filing application.E+W+S+N.I.(1)The date of filing an application for a patent shall, subject to the following provisions of this Act, be taken to be the earliest date on which the following conditions are satisfied in relation to the application, that is to say—
[F2(3A)Nothing in subsection (2) or (3) above shall be construed as affecting the power of the comptroller under section 117(1) below to correct errors or mistakes with respect to the filing of drawings.]
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F2S. 15(3A) inserted by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 295, Sch. 5 para. 216 Publication of application.E+W+S+N.I.(1)Subject to section 22 below, where an application has a date of filing, then, as soon as possible after the end of the prescribed period, the comptroller shall, unless the application is withdrawn or refused before preparations for its publication have been completed by the Patent Office, publish it as filed (including not only the original claims but also any amendments of those claims and new claims subsisting immediately before the completion of those preparations) and he may, if so requested by the applicant, publish it as aforesaid during that period, and in either event shall advertise the fact and date of its publication in the journal.