127 Existing patents and applications
Patents Act 1977 (1977 c 37) | Legislation

127  Existing patents and applications

(1)     No application for a patent may be made under the 1949 Act on or after the appointed day.

(2)     Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect for securing that certain provisions of the 1949 Act shall continue to apply on and after the appointed day to—

(a)     a patent granted before that day;

(b)     an application for a patent which is filed before that day, and which is accompanied by a complete specification or

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