Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PATENTS AMENDMENT ACT 1979

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      Short title.  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Patent Office and sub-offices  
   5.      Form of application  
   6.      Title of invention  
   7.      Contents of specification  
   8.      Time for lodging complete specification  
   9.      Each claim to have a priority date  
   10.     Priority date of complete specification  
   11.      
   12.     Validity of patent not affected by publication, &c., after priority date  
   13.      
   14.     Power of Commissioner to direct applicant to request examination  
   15.     Application for standard patent to lapse if continuation fee not paid  
   16.     Examination of application for standard patent  
   17.      
   18.     Single standard patent for cognate invention  
   19.      
   20.     Acceptance of application for standard patent  
   21.     Request for modified examination of application for standard patent and complete specification  
   22.     Request for deferment of examination of appliccation for standard patent and complete specification  
   23.     Modified examination of application for standard patent and complete specification  
   24.     Lapsing of application for standard patent  
   25.     Time for acceptance of application for standard patent  
   26.     Publication of complete specification or petty patent specification  
   27.     Documents open to public inspection  
   28.      
   29.     Certain documents not to be published  
   30.     Opposition to grant of standard patent  
   31.     Sealing of standard patent  
   32.      
   33.     Time for sealing of standard patent  
   34.     Date of patent, &c.  
   35.     Term of standard patent  
   36.      
   37.      
   38.     Amendment of specification  
   39.     Nature of amendments allowable  
   40.     Advertisement of request  
   41.      
   42.     Court may direct amendment  
   43.     Petition to prescribed court for extension of term of standard patent  
   44.     Extension of term of standard patent on ground of inadequate remuneration  
   45.     Extension on ground of war loss  
   46.     Amendment of heading to Part X  
   47.     Application for restoration of standard patents which have ceased  
   48.     Grounds of revocation  
   49.     Powers of court  
   50.     Surrender of patent  
   51.     Grant of patent where patent revoked  
   52.     Revocation of standard patent for non-working  
   53.     Declaration as to non-infringement  
   54.     Groundless threats of legal proceedings  
   55.     Use of inventions for services of the Commonwealth or a State  
   56.     Prohibition of publication of information with respect to inventions  
   57.     Applications under International Conventions  
   58.     Multiple priorities  
   59.     Partial priorities  
   60.     Manner of making Convention application  
   61.     Refusal of certain applications  
   62.     Construction of amended specification  
   63.     Invention not anticipated or patent not invalid in certain cases  
   64.     Certain objections not competent  
   65.     Priority date of certain amended claims  
   66.     Restriction on recovery of damages, &c.  
   67.     Applications for licences in case of standard patent  
   68.     Particulars of objections  
   69.     Costs where standard patent bad in part  
   70.      
   71.     Publication of journal, indexes, &c.  
   72.     Regulations  
   73.      Formal amendments  
           SCHEDULE