Defined term

“patent”

Defined in 1 Act, 3 statutory instruments and 1 EU-derived instrument.

  1. The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2002 SI
  2. The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 SI
  3. Patents Act 1977 Act 3 definitions
  4. The Patents and Plant Variety Rights (Compulsory Licensing) Regulations 2002 SI
  5. Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance) EU regulation

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