Section 50(1)

The powers of the comptroller on an application under section 48 above in respect of a patent whose proprietor is not a WTO proprietor shall be exercised with a view to securing the following general purposes:— that inventions which can be worked on a commercial scale in the United Kingdom and which should in the public interest be so worked shall be worked there without undue delay and to the fullest extent that is reasonably practicable; that the inventor or other person beneficially entitled to a patent shall receive reasonable remuneration having regard to the nature of the invention; that the interests of any person for the time being working or developing an invention in the United Kingdom under the protection of a patent shall not be unfairly prejudiced.

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