PATENTS ACT
(CHAPTER 221)
History |
21 of 1994 |
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1995 REVISED EDITION |
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2002 REVISED EDITION |
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2005 REVISED EDITION |
An Act to establish a new law of patents, to enable Singapore to give effect to certain international conventions on patents, and for matters connected therewith.
[23rd February 1995]
Arrangement of Provisions |
PART I PRELIMINARY 1 Short title 2 Interpretation 3 Application to Government
PART II ADMINISTRATION 4 Registrar of Patents and other officers 5 Delegation by Registrar 6 Registry of Patents 7 Seal of Registry 8 Powers of Registrar 9 Disobedience to summons an offence 10 Refusal to give evidence an offence 11 Officers not to traffic in inventions 12 Officers not to furnish information
PART III PATENTABILITY 13 Patentable inventions 14 Novelty 15 Inventive step 16 Industrial application 17 Priority date 18 Disclosure of matter, etc., between earlier and later applications
PART IV RIGHT TO APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN PATENT 19 Right to apply for and obtain patent 20 Determination before grant of questions about entitlement to patents, etc. 21 Determination after grant of questions referred before grant 22 Handling of application by joint applicants 23 Effect of transfer of application under section 20 or 22 24 Mention of inventor
PART V APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS 25 Making of application 26 Date of filing application 27 Publication of application
PART VI PROCEDURE FOR GRANT OF PATENT 28 Preliminary examination 29 Search and examination 30 Grant of patent 31 General power to amend application before grant 32 33 Information prejudicial to defence of Singapore or safety of public 34 Restrictions on applications abroad by Singapore residents
PART VII PROVISIONS AS TO PATENTS AFTER GRANT 35 Publication and certificate of grant 36 Term of patent 36A Extension of term of patent 37 Patent not to be impugned for lack of unity 38 General power to amend specification after grant 38A Search and examination after grant 39 Restoration of lapsed patents 40 Surrender of patents
PART VIII PROPERTY IN PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS AND REGISTRATION 41 Nature of, and transactions in, patents and applications for patents 42 Register of patents 43 Effect of registration, etc., on rights in patents 44 Rectification of register 45 Evidence of register, documents, etc. 46 Co-ownership of patents and applications for patents 47 Determination of right to patent after grant 48 Effect of transfer of patent under section 47
PART IX EMPLOYEES’ INVENTIONS 49 Right to employees’ inventions 50 Supplementary provisions
PART X CONTRACTS AS TO PATENTED PRODUCTS 50A Application of this Part 51 Avoidance of certain restrictive conditions 52 Determination of parts of certain contracts
PART XI LICENCES OF RIGHT AND COMPULSORY LICENCES 53 Licences of right 54 Cancellation of entry made under section 53 55 Compulsory licences
PART XII USE OF PATENTED INVENTIONS FOR SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT 56 Use of patented inventions by Government and authorised parties 57 Rights of third parties in respect of Government use 58 References of disputes as to Government use 59 60 Nature and scope of rights under section 56 61 Duty to inform patentee 62 Patentee entitled to remuneration 63 64 65
PART XIII INFRINGEMENT OF PATENTS