Section 130: Interpretation

Supplemental.

  1. (1) In this Act, except so far as the context otherwise requires;

  • 바카라 사이트渁pplication fee바카라 사이트� means the fee prescribed for the purposes of section 14(1A) above;

  • 바카라 사이트渁pplication for a European patent (UK)바카라 사이트� and (subject to subsection (4A) below) 바카라 사이트渋nternational application for a patent (UK)바카라 사이트� each mean an application of the relevant description which, on its date of filing, designates the United Kingdom;

  • 바카라 사이트渁ppointed day바카라 사이트�, in any provision of this Act, means the day appointed under section 132 below for the coming into operation of that provision;

  • 바카라 사이트渂iological material바카라 사이트� means any material containing genetic information and capable of reproducing itself or being reproduced in a biological system;

  • 바카라 사이트渂iotechnological invention바카라 사이트� means an invention which concerns a product consisting of or containing biological material or a process by means of which biological material is produced, processed or used;

  • 바카라 사이트淐ommunity Patent Convention바카라 사이트� means the Convention for the European Patent for the Common Market;

  1. OJ No L 198, 8.8.96, p30.

바카라 사이트渃omptroller바카라 사이트� means the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks;

바카라 사이트淐onvention on International Exhibitions바카라 사이트� means the Convention relating to International Exhibitions signed in Paris on 22 November 1928, as amended or supplemented by any protocol to that convention which is for the time being in force;

  • 바카라 사이트渃ourt바카라 사이트� means

(a) as respects England and Wales, the High Court;

(b) as respects Scotland, the Court of Session;

(c) as respects Northern Ireland, the High Court in Northern Ireland;

(d) as respects the Isle of Man, His Majesty바카라 사이트檚 High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man;

바카라 사이트渄ate of filing바카라 사이트� means;

(a) in relation to an application for a patent made under this Act, the date which is the date of filing that application by virtue of section 15 above; and

(b) in relation to any other application, the date which, under the law of the country where the application was made or in accordance with the terms of a treaty or convention to which that country is a party, is to be treated as the date of filing that application or is equivalent to the date of filing an application in that country (whatever the outcome of the application);

  • 바카라 사이트渄esignate바카라 사이트� in relation to an application or a patent, means designate the country or countries (in pursuance of the European Patent Convention or the Patent Co-operation Treaty) in which protection is sought for the invention which is the subject of the application or patent and includes a reference to a country being treated as designated in pursuance of the convention or treaty. 바카라 사이트渆lectronic communication바카라 사이트� has the same meaning as in the Electronic Communications Act 2000;

  • 바카라 사이트渆mployee바카라 사이트� means a person who works or (where the employment has ceased) worked under a contract of employment or in employment under or for the purposes of a government department or a person who serves (or served) in the naval, military or air forces of the Crown;

  • 바카라 사이트渆mployer바카라 사이트� in relation to an employee, means the person by whom the employee is or was employed;

  • 바카라 사이트渆nactment바카라 사이트� includes an Act of Tynwald;

  • 바카라 사이트淓uropean Patent Convention바카라 사이트� means the Convention on the Grant of European Patents, 바카라 사이트淓uropean patent바카라 사이트� means a patent granted under that convention, 바카라 사이트淓uropean patent (UK)바카라 사이트� means a European patent designating the United Kingdom, 바카라 사이트淓uropean Patent Bulletin바카라 사이트� means the bulletin of that name published under the convention, and 바카라 사이트淓uropean Patent Office바카라 사이트� means the office of that name established by that convention;

  • 바카라 사이트渆xclusive licence바카라 사이트� means a licence from the proprietor of or applicant for a patent conferring on the licensee, or on him and persons authorised by him, to the exclusion of all other persons (including the proprietor or applicant), any right in respect of the invention to which the patent or application relates, and 바카라 사이트渆xclusive licensee바카라 사이트� and 바카라 사이트渘on-exclusive licence바카라 사이트� shall be construed accordingly;

  • 바카라 사이트渇ormal requirements바카라 사이트� means those requirements designated as such by rules made for the purposes of section 15A above;

  • 바카라 사이트渋nternational application for a patent바카라 사이트� means an application made under the Patent Co-operation Treaty; 바카라 사이트淚nternational Bureau바카라 사이트� means the secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organization established by a convention signed at Stockholm on 14 July 1967;

  • 바카라 사이트渋nternational exhibition바카라 사이트� means an official or officially recognised international exhibition falling within the terms of the Convention on International Exhibitions or falling within the terms of any subsequent treaty or convention replacing that convention;

  • 바카라 사이트渋nventor바카라 사이트� has the meaning assigned to it by section 7 above;

  • 바카라 사이트渏ournal바카라 사이트� has the meaning assigned to it by section 123(6) above;

  • 바카라 사이트渕ortgage바카라 사이트�, when used as a noun, includes a charge for securing money or money바카라 사이트檚 worth and, when used as a verb, shall be construed accordingly;

  • 바카라 사이트�1949 Act바카라 사이트� means the Patents Act 1949;

  • 바카라 사이트減atent바카라 사이트� means a patent under this Act;

  • 바카라 사이트淧atent Co-operation Treaty바카라 사이트� means the treaty of that name signed at Washington on 19 June 1970;

  • 바카라 사이트減atented invention바카라 사이트� means an invention for which a patent is granted and 바카라 사이트減atented process바카라 사이트� shall be construed accordingly;

  • 바카라 사이트減atented product바카라 사이트� means a product which is a patented invention or, in relation to a patented process, a product obtained directly by means of the process or to which the process has been applied;

  • 바카라 사이트減rescribed바카라 사이트� and 바카라 사이트渞ules바카라 사이트� have the meanings assigned to them by section 123 above;

  • 바카라 사이트減riority date바카라 사이트� means the date determined as such under section 5 above;

  • 바카라 사이트減ublished바카라 사이트� means made available to the public (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) and a document shall be taken to be published under any provision of this Act if it can be inspected as of right at any place in the United Kingdom by members of the public, whether on payment of a fee or not; and 바카라 사이트渞epublished바카라 사이트� shall be construed accordingly;

  • 바카라 사이트渞egister바카라 사이트� and cognate expressions have the meanings assigned to them by section 32 above;

  • 바카라 사이트渞elevant convention court바카라 사이트�, in relation to any proceedings under the European Patent Convention or the Patent Co-operation Treaty, means that court or other body which under that convention or treaty has jurisdiction over those proceedings, including (where it has such jurisdiction) any department of the European Patent Office; 바카라 사이트渞ight바카라 사이트�, in relation to any patent or application, includes an interest in the patent or application and, without prejudice to the foregoing, any reference to a right in a patent includes a reference to a share in the patent; 바카라 사이트渟earch fee바카라 사이트� means the fee prescribed for the purposes of section 17(1) above;

  • 바카라 사이트渟ervices of the Crown바카라 사이트� and 바카라 사이트渦se for the services of the Crown바카라 사이트� have the meanings assigned to them by section 56(2) above, including, as respects any period of emergency within the meaning of section 59 above, the meanings assigned to them by the said section 59.

(2) Rules may provide for stating in the journal that an exhibition falls within the definition of international exhibition in subsection (1) above and any such statement shall be conclusive evidence that the exhibition falls within that definition.

(3) For the purposes of this Act matter shall be taken to have been disclosed in any relevant application within the meaning of section 5 above or in the specification of a patent if it was either claimed or disclosed (otherwise than by way of disclaimer or acknowledgment of prior art) in that application or specification.

(4) References in this Act to an application for a patent, as filed, are references to such an application in the state it was on the date of filing.

(4A) An international application for a patent is not, by reason of being treated by virtue of the European Patent Convention as an application for a European patent (UK), to be treated also as an international application for a patent (UK).

(5) References in this Act to an application for a patent being published are references to its being published under section 16 above.

(5A) References in this Act to the amendment of a patent or its specification (whether under this Act or by the European Patent Office) include, in particular, limitation of the claims (as interpreted by the description and any drawings referred to in the description or claims).

(6) References in this Act to any of the following conventions, that is to say;

(a) The European Patent Convention;

(b) The Community Patent Convention;

(c) The Patent Co-operation Treaty;

are references to that convention or any other international convention or agreement replacing it, as amended or supplemented by any convention or international agreement (including in either case any protocol or annex), or in accordance with the terms of any such convention or agreement, and include references to any instrument made under any such convention or agreement.

(7) Whereas by a resolution made on the signature of the Community Patent Convention the governments of the member states of the European Economic Community resolved to adjust their laws relating to patents so as (among other things) to bring those laws into conformity with the corresponding provisions of the European Patent Convention, the Community Patent Convention and the Patent Co-operation Treaty, it is hereby declared that the following provisions of this Act, that is to say, sections 1(1) to (4), 2 to 6, 14(3), (5) and (6), 37(5), 54, 60, 69, 72(1) and (2), 74(4), 82, 83, 100 and 125, are so framed as to have, as nearly as practicable, the same effects in the United Kingdom as the corresponding provisions of the European Patent Convention, the Community Patent Convention and the Patent Co-operation Treaty have in the territories to which those Conventions apply.

(8) Nothing in any of section 1 to 15 of and schedule 1 to the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 or Part I of the Arbitration Act 1996 applies to any proceedings before the comptroller under this Act.

(9) Except so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.