[89A International and national phases of application]
Patents Act 1977 (1977 c 37) | Legislation

[89A  International and national phases of application]

[(1)     The provisions of the Patent Co-operation Treaty relating to publication, search, examination and amendment, and not those of this Act, apply to an international application for a patent (UK) during the international phase of the application.

(2)     The international phase of the application means the period from the filing of the application in accordance with the Treaty until the national phase of the application begins.

(3)     The national phase of the application begins—

(a)     when the prescribed

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