55 Use of patented inventions for services of the Crown
Patents Act 1977 (1977 c 37) | Legislation

Use of patented inventions for services of the Crown

55  Use of patented inventions for services of the Crown

(1)     Notwithstanding anything in this Act, any government department and any person authorised in writing by a government department may, for the services of the Crown and in accordance with this section, do any of the following acts in the United Kingdom in relation to a patented invention without the consent of the proprietor of the patent, that is to say—

(a)     where the invention is a product, may—

(i)     make, use, import or keep the product, or sell or offer to sell it where to do so would be incidental or ancillary to making, using, importing or keeping it; or

(ii)     in any event, sell or offer to sell it for foreign defence purposes or for the production or supply of specified drugs and medicines, or dispose or offer to dispose of it (otherwise than by selling it) for any purpose whatever;

(b)     where the invention is a process, may use it or do in relation to any product obtained directly by means of the process anything mentioned in paragraph (a) above;

(c)     without prejudice to the foregoing, where the invention

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