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Section 89B(3)

PA 1977
Patents Act 1977 · United Kingdom

For the purposes of section 55 (use of invention for service of the Crown) and section 69 (infringement of rights conferred by publication) the application, not having been published under this Act, shall be treated as published under section 16 above-— if it is published in accordance with the Treaty in English, on its being so published; and if it is so published in a language other than English— The reference in paragraph (b)(ii) to the service of a translation on a government department or other person is to its being sent by post or delivered to that department or person. on the publication of a translation of the application in accordance with section 89A(6) above, or on the service by the applicant of a translation into English of the specification of the application of the government department concerned or, as the case may be, on the person committing the infringing act.

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