[SCHEDULE 4A Supplementary Protection Certificates]
Patents Act 1977 (1977 c 37) | Legislation

[SCHEDULE 4A Supplementary Protection Certificates]

[References to patents etc

1

(1)     In the application to supplementary protection certificates of the provisions of this Act listed in sub-paragraph (2)—

(a)     references to a patent are to a supplementary protection certificate;

(b)     references to an application or the applicant for a patent are to an application or the applicant—

(i)     for a supplementary protection certificate, or

(ii)     for an extension of the duration of a supplementary protection certificate;

(c)     references to the proprietor of a patent are to the holder of a supplementary protection certificate;

(d)     references to the specification of a patent are to the text of a supplementary protection certificate;

(e)     references to a patented product or an invention (including a patented invention) are to a product for which a supplementary protection certificate has effect;

(f)     references to a patent having expired or having been revoked are to a supplementary protection certificate having lapsed or having been declared invalid;

(g)     references to proceedings for the revocation of a patent are to proceedings—

(i)     for a decision that a supplementary protection certificate has lapsed, or

(ii)     for a declaration that a supplementary protection certificate is invalid;

(h)

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