Schedule 4A, paragraph 1(1)

In the application to supplementary protection certificates of the provisions of this Act listed in sub-paragraph (2)— references to a patent are to a supplementary protection certificate; references to an application or the applicant for a patent are to an application or the applicant— for a supplementary protection certificate, or for an extension of the duration of a supplementary protection certificate; references to the proprietor of a patent are to the holder of a supplementary protection certificate; references to the specification of a patent are to the text of a supplementary protection certificate; references to a patented product or an invention (including a patented invention) are to a product for which a supplementary protection certificate has effect; references to a patent having expired or having been revoked are to a supplementary protection certificate having lapsed or having been declared invalid; references to proceedings for the revocation of a patent are to proceedings— for a decision that a supplementary protection certificate has lapsed, or for a declaration that a supplementary protection certificate is invalid; references to the issue of the validity of a patent include the issue of whether a supplementary protection certificate has lapsed or is invalid.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04