Chapter Number and Title of Enactment
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Chapter: | 514 | Title: | PATENTS ORDINANCE |  | |
: If this pencil mark appears at the beginning of a provision, that provision is subject to amendments that are already in operation but have not yet been incorporated in its text.
| Cap 514 | Long title | |
| Cap 514 Part I | PRELIMINARY | |
| Cap 514 s 1 | Short title | |
| Cap 514 s 2 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 514 s 3 | Meaning of "application for a standard patent" | |
| Cap 514 s 4 | Meaning of "designated patent", etc. | |
| Cap 514 s 5 | Meaning of "published" | |
| Cap 514 s 6 | Other references | |
| Cap 514 s 7 | Provisions regarding filing of documents, etc. | |
| Cap 514 s 8 | Designation of patent offices | |
| Cap 514 s 9 | Special provision regarding invention covered by 2 or more patents | |
| Cap 514 Part II | APPLICATIONS FOR STANDARD PATENTS | |
| Cap 514 s 10 | General provision regarding applications for standard patents | |
| Cap 514 s 11 | Formality examination of applications for standard patent | |
| Cap 514 s 12 | Who may apply | |
| Cap 514 s 13 | Determination before grant of questions as to who may apply | |
| Cap 514 s 14 | Effect of transfer of application under section 13 | |
| Cap 514 s 15 | Filing of request to record | |
| Cap 514 s 16 | Designated patent application based on international application | |
| Cap 514 s 17 | Date of filing of request to record | |
| Cap 514 s 18 | Examination on filing of request to record | |
| Cap 514 s 19 | Examination as to formal requirements of request to record | |
| Cap 514 s 20 | Publication of request to record | |
| Cap 514 s 21 | Registrar may publish additional matters | |
| Cap 514 s 22 | Provision for request to record in the event of a divisional designated patent application | |
| Cap 514 s 23 | Filing of request for registration and grant | |
| Cap 514 s 24 | Date of filing request for registration and grant | |
| Cap 514 s 25 | Examination on filing of request for registration and grant | |
| Cap 514 s 26 | Examination as to formal requirements of the request for registration and grant | |
| Cap 514 s 27 | Registration of designated patent and grant of patent | |
| Cap 514 s 28 | Further processing of application for standard patent | |
| Cap 514 s 29 | Restoration of rights | |
| Cap 514 s 30 | Effect of restoration of rights under section 29 | |
| Cap 514 Part III | PROVISIONS AS TO APPLICATIONS FOR STANDARD PATENTS BEFORE GRANT | |
| Cap 514 s 31 | Amendment of application for standard patent | |
| Cap 514 s 32 | Withdrawal of application | |
| Cap 514 s 33 | Maintaining application for standard patent | |
| Cap 514 s 34 | Restoring application for standard patent | |
| Cap 514 s 35 | Effect of restoration order under section 34 | |
| Cap 514 s 36 | Limitation on withdrawal, amendment, etc. of application | |
| Cap 514 s 37 | Registrar may refuse to record under section 20 or to register and grant under section 27 | |
| Cap 514 Part IV | PROVISIONS AS TO PATENTS AFTER GRANT | |
| Cap 514 s 38 | Deemed date of filing where standard patent has been granted | |
| Cap 514 s 39 | Term of standard patent | |
| Cap 514 s 40 | Restoration of lapsed standard patents | |
| Cap 514 s 41 | Effect of order for restoration of standard patent | |
| Cap 514 s 42 | Determination after grant of questions referred before grant | |
| Cap 514 s 43 | Amendment of standard patent following opposition or revocation proceedings in the designated patent office | |
| Cap 514 s 44 | Revocation of standard patent following opposition or revocation proceedings in the designated patent office | |
| Cap 514 s 45 | Mention of inventor | |
| Cap 514 s 46 | General power to amend specification after grant | |
| Cap 514 s 47 | Patent not to be impugned for lack of unity | |
| Cap 514 s 48 | Surrender of patents | |
| Cap 514 s 49 | Registrar's power to revoke patent on grounds of "ordre public" or morality | |
| Cap 514 Part V | PROPERTY IN PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS; REGISTRATION | |
| Cap 514 s 50 | Nature of, and transactions in, patents and applications for patents | |
| Cap 514 s 51 | Register of patents | |
| Cap 514 s 52 | Effect of registration procedures on rights in patents | |
| Cap 514 s 53 | Rectification of register | |
| Cap 514 s 54 | Co-ownership of patents and applications for patents | |
| Cap 514 s 55 | Determination of right to patent after grant | |
| Cap 514 s 56 | Effect of transfer of patent under section 55 | |
| Cap 514 Part VI | EMPLOYEES' INVENTIONS | |
| Cap 514 s 57 | Right to employees' inventions | |
| Cap 514 s 58 | Compensation of employees for certain inventions | |
| Cap 514 s 59 | Amount of compensation | |
| Cap 514 s 60 | Enforceability of contracts relating to employees' inventions | |
| Cap 514 s 61 | Supplementary | |
| Cap 514 Part VII | CONTRACTS AS TO PATENTED PRODUCTS, ETC. | |
| Cap 514 s 62 | Avoidance of certain restrictive conditions | |
| Cap 514 s 63 | Determination of parts of certain contracts | |
| Cap 514 Part VIII | COMPULSORY LICENCES FOR STANDARD PATENTS | |
| Cap 514 s 64 | Compulsory licences for standard patents | |
| Cap 514 s 65 | Provisions about licences under section 64 | |
| Cap 514 s 66 | Exercise of powers on applications under section 64 | |
| Cap 514 s 67 | Opposition to application under sections 64 to 66 | |
| Cap 514 Part IX | GOVERNMENT USE OF PATENTED INVENTIONS | |
| Cap 514 s 68 | Declaration of extreme urgency | |
| Cap 514 s 69 | Government use of patents during a period of extreme urgency | |
| Cap 514 s 70 | Rights of third parties in respect of Government use | |
| Cap 514 s 71 | Compensation for loss of profit | |
| Cap 514 s 72 | References of disputes as to Government use | |
| Cap 514 Part IXA | IMPORT COMPULSORY LICENCES FOR PATENTED PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS | |
| Cap 514 s 72A | Interpretation of Part IXA | |
| Cap 514 s 72B | Declaration of extreme urgency for public health problem | |
| Cap 514 s 72C | Grant of import compulsory licences for patented pharmaceutical products | |
| Cap 514 s 72D | Terms, conditions and nature of import compulsory licences | |
| Cap 514 s 72E | Payment of remuneration to proprietors of patents | |
| Cap 514 s 72F | Notification of grant of import compulsory licences and remuneration agreed, etc. | |
| Cap 514 s 72G | Termination of import compulsory licences | |
| Cap 514 s 72H | Disposal of patented pharmaceutical products after period of extreme urgency etc. | |
| Cap 514 s 72I | No infringement of patents by persons to whom patented pharmaceutical products are disposed of in accordance with import compulsory licences | |
| Cap 514 s 72J | References of disputes as to import compulsory licences | |
| Cap 514 Part IXB | EXPORT COMPULSORY LICENCES FOR PATENTED PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS | |
| Cap 514 s 72K | Interpretation of Part IXB | |
| Cap 514 s 72L | Application for export compulsory licences for patented pharmaceutical products | |
| Cap 514 s 72M | Grant of export compulsory licences for patented pharmaceutical products | |
| Cap 514 s 72N | Terms, conditions and nature of export compulsory licences | |
| Cap 514 s 72O | Notification of grant of export compulsory licences | |
| Cap 514 s 72P | Determination of remuneration payable to proprietors of patents | |
| Cap 514 s 72Q | Termination of export compulsory licences | |
| Cap 514 s 72R | References of disputes as to export compulsory licences | |
| Cap 514 s 72S | Signature of documents by partnerships, companies and associations | |
| Cap 514 Part X | EFFECTS OF PATENT AND PATENT APPLICATION | |
| Cap 514 s 73 | Prevention of direct use of invention | |
| Cap 514 s 74 | Prevention of indirect use of invention | |
| Cap 514 s 75 | Limitation of effect of patent | |
| Cap 514 s 76 | Extent of invention | |
| Cap 514 s 77 | Disclosure of invention | |
| Cap 514 s 78 | The claims | |
| Cap 514 s 79 | The abstract | |
| Cap 514 Part XI | INFRINGEMENT | |
| Cap 514 s 80 | Proceedings for infringement of patent | |
| Cap 514 s 81 | Restrictions on recovery of damages for infringement | |
| Cap 514 s 82 | Relief for infringement of partially valid patent | |
| Cap 514 s 83 | Right to continue use begun before priority date | |
| Cap 514 s 84 | Certificate of contested validity of patent | |
| Cap 514 s 85 | Proceedings for infringement by a co-owner | |
| Cap 514 s 86 | Proceedings for infringement by exclusive licensee | |
| Cap 514 s 87 | Effect of non-registration on infringement proceedings | |
| Cap 514 s 88 | Infringement of rights conferred by publication of application for standard patent | |
| Cap 514 s 89 | Remedy for groundless threats of infringement proceedings | |
| Cap 514 s 90 | Declaration as to non-infringement | |
| Cap 514 Part XII | REVOCATION OF PATENTS | |
| Cap 514 s 91 | Power to revoke patents on application | |
| Cap 514 s 92 | Application for revocation | |
| Cap 514 s 93 | Patentable inventions | |
| Cap 514 s 94 | Novelty | |
| Cap 514 s 95 | Non-prejudicial disclosure in case of standard patent application | |
| Cap 514 s 96 | Inventive step | |
| Cap 514 s 97 | Industrial application | |
| Cap 514 s 98 | Priority right | |
| Cap 514 s 99 | Effect of priority right | |
| Cap 514 s 100 | Right to a patent to belong to inventor | |
| Cap 514 s 101 | Proceedings in which validity of patent may be put in issue | |
| Cap 514 Part XIII | GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO AMENDMENT OF PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS | |
| Cap 514 s 102 | Amendment of patent in infringement or revocation proceedings | |
| Cap 514 s 103 | Amendments of applications and patents not to include added matter | |
| Cap 514 Part XIV | LANGUAGE OF PROCEEDINGS; AUTHENTIC TEXT | |
| Cap 514 s 104 | Language of proceedings before Registrar | |
| Cap 514 s 105 | Authentic text | |
| Cap 514 s 106 | Authentic text of standard patent and standard patent application | |
| Cap 514 s 107 | Amendment to patent or patent application to be in authentic text | |
| Cap 514 Part XV | SHORT-TERM PATENTS | |
| Cap 514 s 108 | Right to apply for a short-term patent | |
| Cap 514 s 109 | Non-prejudicial disclosure | |
| Cap 514 s 110 | Priority right | |
| Cap 514 s 111 | Claiming priority | |
| Cap 514 s 112 | Effect of priority right | |
| Cap 514 s 113 | Requirements of short-term patent application | |
| Cap 514 s 114 | Examination on filing | |
| Cap 514 s 115 | Examination as to formal requirements | |
| Cap 514 s 116 | Divisional short-term patent application | |
| Cap 514 s 117 | Formality examination only | |
| Cap 514 s 118 | Grant of short-term patent and publication | |
| Cap 514 s 119 | Deferral of grant of patent at applicant's request | |
| Cap 514 s 120 | Amendment of application for short-term patent before grant | |
| Cap 514 s 121 | Withdrawal of application | |
| Cap 514 s 122 | Limitation on withdrawal, amendment, etc. of application | |
| Cap 514 s 123 | Further processing of, and restoration of rights in respect of, short-term patent applications | |
| Cap 514 s 124 | Registrar may refuse to grant short-term patent | |
| Cap 514 s 125 | Short-term patent application based on international application | |
| Cap 514 s 126 | Term of short-term patent | |
| Cap 514 s 127 | Restoration of lapsed short-term patents | |
| Cap 514 s 128 | Disclosure of invention by specification; availability of samples of micro-organisms | |
| Cap 514 s 129 | Court proceedings in relation to short-term patents | |
| Cap 514 Part XVI | MISCELLANEOUS | |
| Cap 514 s 130 | Appeal from Registrar | |
| Cap 514 s 131 | Registrar's appearance in proceedings involving register | |
| Cap 514 s 132 | General powers of the court | |
| Cap 514 s 133 | Procedure in case of option to apply to court or Registrar | |
| Cap 514 s 134 | Burden of proof in certain cases | |
| Cap 514 s 135 | Exercise of Registrar's discretionary powers | |
| Cap 514 s 136 | Costs and expenses in proceedings before court | |
| Cap 514 s 137 | Costs and expenses in proceedings before Registrar | |
| Cap 514 s 138 | Licences granted by order of the court or Registrar or by Director of Health* | |
| Cap 514 s 139 | Immunity of Registrar as regards official acts | |
| Cap 514 s 139A | Protection of Government and public officers | |
| Cap 514 s 140 | Recognition of agents | |
| Cap 514 Part XVII | OFFENCES | |
| Cap 514 s 141 | Falsification of register, etc. | |
| Cap 514 s 142 | Unauthorized claim of patent rights | |
| Cap 514 s 143 | Unauthorized claim that patent has been applied for | |
| Cap 514 s 144 | Misuse of title "Patents Registry" | |
| Cap 514 s 145 | Offences by corporations or partners | |
| Cap 514 Part XVIII | ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS | |
| Cap 514 s 146 | Correction of errors in patents and applications | |
| Cap 514 s 147 | Information about patent applications and patents, and inspection of documents | |
| Cap 514 s 148 | Hours of business and excluded days | |
| Cap 514 s 149 | Rules | |
| Cap 514 s 150 | Registrar may specify forms to be used | |
| Cap 514 s 150A | Power to specify official journal, etc. | |
| Cap 514 s 151 | Application* | |
| Cap 514 s 152 | Forfeited articles | |
| Cap 514 s 153 | Amendment of Schedule 1 | |
| Cap 514 Part XIX | REPEALS AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS | |
| Cap 514 s 154 | Repeal | |
| Cap 514 s 155 | Validity of instruments made or things done under the repealed Ordinance | |
| Cap 514 s 156 | Use of patented inventions for service of the Crown | |
| Cap 514 s 157 | Infringement | |
| Cap 514 s 158 | Rules providing for transitional arrangements | |
| Cap 514 s 159 | Interpretation (Part XIX) | |
| Cap 514 s 160 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 514 s 161 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 514 s 162 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 514 s 163 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 514 Sched 1 | PARIS CONVENTION COUNTRIES AND WTO MEMBER COUNTRIES, TERRITORIES AND AREAS | |
| Cap 514 Sched 2 | REGISTRATION OF PATENTS ORDINANCE |
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