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Patents Act, 1992 (Commencement) Order, 1992 (No. 181 of 1992), Ireland

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Details Details Year of Version 1992 Dates Entry into force: August 1, 1992 Issued: June 17, 1992 Type of Text Implementing Rules/Regulations Subject Matter Patents (Inventions) Notes The notification by Ireland to the WTO under article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'This Order appoints 1 August 1992 as the date on which the Patents Act 1992 comes into operation. The Patents Rules 1992 and the Register of Patents Agents Rules 1992 come into operation on the same date'.

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IE028: Patents (Act 1992), Order (Commencement), 17/06/1992, No. 181

PATENTS ACT, 1992 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1992.

S.I. No. 181 of 1992.

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

(Pl. 9005)

I, DESMOND O'MALLEY, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 of the Patents Act, 1992 (No. 1 of 1992) hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Patents Act, 1992 (Commencement) Order, 1992.
2. The 1st day of August, 1992, is hereby appointed as the day on which the Patents Act, 1992 (No. 1 of 1992), shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 17th day of
June, 1992.

DESMOND O'MALLEY,
Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order appoints the 1st August, 1992 as the date on which the Patents Act, 1992 comes into operation. The Patents Rules, 1992 and the Register of Patent Agents Rules, 1992 come into operation on the same date.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in "Iris Oifigiúil" of 28th July, 1992.

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