[48 Compulsory licences: general]
Patents Act 1977 (1977 c 37) | Legislation

[48  Compulsory licences: general]

[(1)     At any time after the expiration of three years, or of such other period as may be prescribed, from the date of the grant of a patent, any person may apply to the comptroller on one or more of the relevant grounds—

(a)     for a licence under the patent;

(b)     for an entry to be made in the register to the effect that licences under the patent are to be available as of right; or

(c)     where the applicant is a government department, for the grant to any person specified in the application

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