Example sentences of "[unc] of [art] patents [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Again , in Sevcon Ltd. v. Lucas CAV Ltd. [ 1986 ] 1 W.L.R. 462 , 465 , the House of Lords had to consider section 13(4) of the Patents Act 1949 , which provided :
2 The basic requirements for the grant of a patent are stated in section 1(1) of the Patents Act 1977 as follows : A patent may be granted only for an invention in respect of which the following conditions are satisfied , that is to say — a ) the invention is new ; b ) it involves an inventive step ; c ) it is capable of industrial application ; d ) the grant of a patent for it is not excluded by subsections ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) below …
3 Section 40(1) of the Patents Act 1977 permits an employee inventor to apply to either tribunal for a single or periodic award of compensation over and above the salary he is already earning .
4 Section 1(2) of the Patents Act 1977 contains those which can generally be classified as coming within the scope of copyright law or the law of confidence and , in that context , computer programs are of particular interest .
5 In Genentech Inc. " s Patent [ 1989 ] , it was held , inter alia , in the Court of Appeal that a patent which claimed the practical application of a discovery did not relate to the discovery as such and was not excluded by section 1(2) of the Patents Act 1977 even if the practical application might be obvious once the discovery had been made .
6 ( Any other inventions made by the professor in the course of his employment will be deemed to fall within the provisions of Section 39(2) of the Patents Act 1977 , i.e. will be taken to belong to him . )
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