Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] act 1977 " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | The main legislation is the Patents Act 1977 which was passed to bring United Kingdom patent law in line with the European Patent Convention ( EPC ) to which the United Kingdom is a signatory in addition to other European countries such as Belgium , France , Germany , Holland , Italy , Sweden , Switzerland , etc . |
3 | In addition to the Patents Act 1977 , there are a number of rules dealing with details such as registration procedure , fees and the setting up of a Patents County Court in London . |
4 | The Patents Act 1977 lays down several requirements which must be satisfied before a patent can be granted and , furthermore , certain things are specifically excluded from patentability . |
5 | 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 … |
6 | By section 3 of the Patents Act 1977 an invention involves an inventive step if it is not obvious to a person skilled in the art . |
7 | Another requirement for the grant of a patent is that the invention must have an industrial application but this is widely defined by section 4 of the Patents Act 1977 which states that the invention must be capable of being made or used in any kind of industry , including agriculture . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Section 60 of the Patents Act 1977 defines what does and what does not constitute infringement . |
11 | Certain other provisions contained in the Patents Act 1977 are worthy of brief mention . |
12 | For example , the Patents Act 1977 went some way towards achieving compatibility , and the consolidation of moral rights in copyright law , which is a traditional European concept , reinforces the move towards European trading unity . |
13 | ( 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 . ) |