Module 6

03/10/2024

Requirements for obtaining patent – Excluded classes

• Discovery, scientific theory or mathematical method

• Literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or any other aesthetic creation

• Scheme, rule or method for performing a mental act, playing a game or doing business, or a program for a computer

Presentation of information

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Only to the extent that the patent relates to that thing as such

Section 1(2) Patents Act 1977 (PA77)

Article 52(2)&(3) European Patent Convention (EPC)

The Organisation for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs

Patents

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Patents – What do you get?

Exclusive right

• Right to prevent others from using the invention • NB : Not a right to practise the invention • The exclusive right can be:-

• kept • sold • licensed (exclusive, non-exclusive, sole)

The Organisation for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs

Patents

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