Part 3—Extension of term of standard patents relating to pharmaceutical substances. 461-494. (b) the effect of the proposed amendment would be to convert the application from an application for an innovation patent to an application for a standard patent. (2) The Commissioner must make arrangements for selling copies of the Official Journal, and of complete specifications which are open to public inspection. (b) before the patent request was accepted: if the defendant proves that a patent could not validly have been granted to the applicant in respect of the claims (as framed when the act was done) that are alleged to have been infringed by the doing of the act. The order may be amended or revoked by another order of the court. (3) The Commissioner must notify the patentee that the standard patent has been granted. , in relation to a patent request and complete specification relating to an application for a standard patent, means search and opinion under section 43A. (2) After the time specified in the regulations, a reference in this section to an address includes a reference to an electronic address. (2) A person must not contravene a prohibition order except in accordance with the written consent of the Commissioner. (1) Where a complete application for a standard patent has been made, the applicant may, within the prescribed period and in accordance with the regulations, ask for an examination of the patent request and specification relating to the application. If an application under section 128 for relief relates to threats made in respect of a standard patent or an application for a standard patent, the court may grant the applicant the relief applied for unless the respondent satisfies the court that the acts about which the threats were made infringed, or would infringe: (a) a claim that is not shown by the applicant to be invalid; or. Note 2: Section 119 of this Act as in force before the commencement of that Schedule continues to apply in relation to patents granted as a result of earlier applications. Note: Designated Manager is defined by section 200A. (3) The time specified under subsection (2) must be later than the day on which the regulations are registered under the Legislation Act 2003. Chapter 9A—Examination, re‑examination and opposition‑innovation patents, 101A Examination may be requested or Commissioner may decide to examine. Statute of Monopolies means the Imperial Act known as The Statute of Monopolies. (2) This section does not apply to an international application that was not filed in the receiving Office in English unless a translation of the application into English, verified in accordance with the regulations, has been filed. patented product means a product in respect of which a patent has been granted and is in force. (c) when used as a verb—to claim in a claim (including a dependent claim) of a complete specification. (1) An amendment of a complete specification is not allowable if, as a result of the amendment, the specification would claim or disclose matter that extends beyond that disclosed in the following documents taken together: (a) the complete specification as filed; (b) other prescribed documents (if any). 85 Revocation of patent for main invention. (4) Nothing in this Act prevents disclosing information about an invention to the Director for the purpose of obtaining advice on whether an order should be made, amended or revoked. Division 1—Acceptance of standard patents, 49 Acceptance of patent request: standard patent. Applications by eligible persons following revocation by Commissioner. (b) the patentee has refused or failed to make the admission. main invention has the meaning given in section 81. (b) the act would, if done after the grant of the patent, have constituted an infringement of a claim of the specification. (4) For the purposes of this section, the question of whether an electronic address is in Australia is to be determined in accordance with the regulations. [Note: For the meaning of document see section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. (d) the fee is paid in New Zealand currency; (e) the liability to pay the fee is discharged; and. (2) The jurisdiction of the Federal Court to hear and determine appeals against decisions or directions of the Commissioner is exclusive of the jurisdiction of any other court except the jurisdiction of the High Court under section 75 of the Constitution. (2) An individual commits an offence if: (a) the individual describes himself or herself, or holds himself or herself out, or permits himself or herself to be described or held out, as a patent attorney or agent for obtaining patents; and. Exclusive rights of patentee are limited if extension granted, 79.......................... Rights of patentee if extension granted after patent expires, 79A....................... Commissioner not to make decision if court proceedings pending. (b) the patentee is contravening Part IV of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 or an application law (as defined in section 150A of that Act) in connection with the patent. (b) if it has ceased to be in force (whether because it was revoked or otherwise)—the actual use of the patented pharmaceutical invention under the licence while it was in force. (3) The Commissioner must not revoke a patent under this section unless: (a) the Commissioner has given the patentee a reasonable opportunity to be heard; and, (b) the Commissioner has considered the statement made by the patentee under section 101H (if any); and. Note: The text of the Treaty is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1980 No. For more information about any editorial changes made in this compilation, see the endnotes. A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe the amendment to be made. (5) A reference in this section to an offence under this Act includes a reference to an offence created by: (a) section 6 of the Crimes Act 1914 that relates to this Act or the regulations; or. (g) the application and specification must be treated as having been filed on the date on which the international application was filed. (4) The Minister or any other person may, subject to and in accordance with the regulations, oppose allowing an amendment. How Do We Achieve This? Requirements relating to complete specifications, (a) disclose the invention in a manner which is clear enough and complete enough for the invention to be performed by a person skilled in the relevant art; and, (aa) disclose the best method known to the applicant of performing the invention; and, (b) where it relates to an application for a standard patent—end with a claim or claims defining the invention; and. (c) the specification is not open to public inspection; the Commissioner must publish a notice in the Official Journal that the specification is open to public inspection, unless the application has lapsed or been refused or withdrawn. (2) The Commissioner must not give a direction without first giving the patentee a reasonable opportunity to be heard. (1) If a patent application (other than a PCT application) is made, the Commissioner must publish in the Official Journal the prescribed information about the applicant and the application. 72 Notification and public inspection of application. (5) The following are parties to proceedings on an application under this section: (c) any person claiming an interest in the patent as exclusive licensee or otherwise; (d) at the option of the eligible importing country—that country. , in relation to a patented invention, means: Sch 1 and 2 (items 10–32): 27 Jan 1999 (s 2(3), (5)), Sch 5, 6, 8 and 9: 28 Sept 2006 (s 2(1) items 7, 9), Sch 1, Sch 3 (items 1–16, 32(1)–(6), 33), Sch 4 (items 1–36) and Sch 6 (items 23–86, 88–103, 133, 134): 15 Apr 2013 (s 2(1) items 2, 4, 5, 7), Sch 1 and Sch 5 (items 9–17, 19–21): 25 Aug 2015 (s 2(1) items 2, 8, 10), Sch 2 (item 298): 1 July 2016 (s 2(1) item 5), Sch 1 (items 472–474): 5 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 2). (10) For the purposes of this section, the question of whether a company is related to another company is to be determined in the same manner as that question is determined under the Corporations Act 2001. (a) a person is to be taken to represent that an article is patented in Australia if the word “patent” or “patented”, the words “provisional patent”, or any other word or words implying that a patent for the article has been obtained in Australia, are stamped, engraved or impressed on, or otherwise applied to, the article; and. Certificate of validity......................................................... 20.......................... Validity of patent not guaranteed...................................... 21.......................... Validity not implied by making or refusal of non‑infringement declaration. (3) An application must include a copy of a statement made by or on behalf of, and with the authorisation of, the eligible importing country to the effect that it will take reasonable measures within its means, proportionate to its administrative capacities and to the risk of trade diversion, to prevent re‑exportation from its territory of a pharmaceutical product imported into its territory in accordance with a PPI compulsory licence. (2) The Federal Court may make the order sought if the court is satisfied that: (a) one or more of the following applies: (i) the substantive circumstances that justified the grant of the licence have ceased to exist and are unlikely to recur; (ii) the licensee has not complied with the terms of the licence; (iii) if an amount of remuneration has been agreed or determined under section 136J—the amount has not been paid within the time agreed or determined; and. The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. international depositary authority has the same meaning as in the Budapest Treaty. (1) Subject to this section and the regulations, if: (a) a request and complete specification relating to an application for a patent has been accepted; and. means the official journal mentioned in section 222. means a standard patent or an innovation patent. (4) Where the Commissioner gives a direction, the complete application is to be taken, for the purposes of this Act, to be, and to have always been, a provisional application. Note 1: A patented pharmaceutical invention may be a patented product or a patented process: see the definition of patented pharmaceutical invention in Schedule 1. (5) If the Commissioner revokes the patent: (a) the Commissioner must notify the patentee and the opponent of the revocation; and. (2) On receiving a notice, the Commissioner must take such steps as are necessary or expedient to give effect to it. (1) After hearing an application for a PPI order under section 136D, the Federal Court may, subject to this Part, make the order sought if the court is satisfied of all of the following matters: (a) the application is made in good faith; (b) the pharmaceutical product is to be imported: (i) by the eligible importing country; or. (2) Where under subsection 163(1) the sale of products is not an infringement of: (b) a nominated person’s rights in the products; the buyer, and any person claiming through the buyer, is entitled to deal with the products as if the relevant authority were the patentee or the nominated person. This is a compilation of the Patents Act 1990 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 24 February 2017 (the compilation date). (b) the circumstances in which PCT applications become open to public inspection. the patentee has, after the extension is granted, the same rights to start proceedings in respect of the doing of an act during the period: (d) commencing on the expiration of the term of the patent; and. (b) that the patentee and another person or persons are eligible persons in relation to an invention so far as claimed in any claim of the first patent (the original claim); the court, in addition to any other order it may make in the proceedings, may, by order, declare that the persons who it is satisfied are eligible persons are eligible persons in relation to that invention so far as so claimed. (c) the Commissioner has, if appropriate, given the patentee a reasonable opportunity to amend the relevant specification for the purpose of removing any ground for revocation and the patentee has failed to do so. Note: A regulation made for the purposes of this definition may make provision in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any matter contained in any other instrument or other writing as in force or existing from time to time (see subsection 228(5)). (4) A person must not, except in accordance with the written consent of the Commissioner, publish or communicate information in contravention of an order. (b) to rectify, or not rectify, the Register; 192 Orders for rectification of Register, (a) the omission of an entry from the Register; or, (b) an entry made in the Register without sufficient cause; or, (c) an entry wrongly existing in the Register; or. (2) This section does not protect a person who deals with a patentee otherwise than as a purchaser in good faith for value and without notice of any fraud on the part of the patentee. (b) the Commissioner must report on the grounds set out in subsection (3). Note: Part 3 of Chapter 6 provides for the extension of the term of standard patents claiming pharmaceutical substances. In 2011, the text of a Treaty in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au). Part 2—Examination of standard patent requests and specifications, Division 1A—Preliminary search and opinion. Attendance at patent attorney’s office. (a) a divisional application for a standard patent provided for in section 79B (other than a PCT application) is made in respect of an original application that is a PCT application; and. (c) must appear if directed to do so by the court. (ii) is disclosed in that manner by the amended specification. (c) the application had not been withdrawn; then, subject to this Chapter and the regulations, this Act applies in relation to the application on and after that day as if it were a provisional application under this Act. (b) the Commissioner notifies the person of the actions the Commissioner may take under section 210A if the person fails or refuses to comply with the requirement. (1) Where the grant of a standard patent is opposed, the Commissioner must decide the case in accordance with the regulations. (5) Where the Commissioner accepts a patent request and complete specification relating to an application for a standard patent, the Commissioner must: (a) notify the applicant in writing of the acceptance; and. (b) in relation to an amendment proposed to a complete specification relating to an innovation patent—after the Commissioner has made a decision under paragraph 101E(1)(a) in respect of the patent. (a) a person is the deputy of the New Zealand Commissioner of Patents for the purpose of attendance at a particular meeting of the Board; and. (3) Equities in relation to a patent may be enforced against the patentee except to the prejudice of a purchaser in good faith for value. (1) The patentee, and any person claiming an interest in the patent as exclusive licensee or otherwise, are parties to any proceedings under section 133, 134 or 138. Appointment of deputy of New Zealand Commissioner of Patents. Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (8). If so directed, the Commissioner must re‑examine the specification accordingly. (1) Where a complete specification filed in respect of an application for a standard patent (other than a PCT application) has not become open to public inspection, the Commissioner must, if asked to do so by the applicant, publish, in accordance with the regulations, a notice in the Official Journal that the complete specification is open to public inspection. Amendment of complete specification not allowable if amended specification claims or discloses matter extending beyond that disclosed in certain documents. (b) the other court shall proceed as if the proceedings had been started in the other court and as if the same steps in the proceedings had been taken there as had been taken in the transferring court. means letters patent for an invention granted under section 62. has the meaning given by subsection 200(2C). 9 ([1987] ATS 9). (2) The court may make orders as to costs as the court thinks fit. (b) the time for doing that act or those acts is extended; the application or patent must be treated as having been restored. (b) declared, by a prescribed person in writing published in the prescribed way, to be a day on which the office or sub‑office is not open for business. (c) the recovery of any damages sustained by the applicant as a result of the threats. Note: For provisions relating to proof of offences by bodies corporate, see Part 2.5 of the Criminal Code. means any patented product, or product manufactured through a patented process, of the pharmaceutical sector. non‑infringement declaration means a declaration mentioned in subsection 125(1). (c) the Commissioner decides, under section 60: (i) that both the nominated person and one or more of the opponents are eligible persons in relation to the invention, so far as claimed in any claim of the opposed patent application (the original claim); and, (ii) that there is no other reason that a patent should not be granted; and. 24 Validity not affected by making information available in certain circumstances. (4) An office copy of an order must be served on the Commissioner by the Registrar or other appropriate officer of the court. (3) If a reproduction of an unpublished work is made as a result of a document being open to public inspection, the supply or communication of the reproduction does not constitute the publication of the work for the purposes of the Copyright Act 1968. 101B Examination of an innovation patent, What the Commissioner must do in examining a patent. (b) the person, by means of circulars, advertisements or otherwise, threatens a person with infringement proceedings or other similar proceedings in respect of the patent applied for, or the patent, as the case may be; then, for the purposes of an application for relief under section 128 by the person threatened, the threats are unjustifiable. 174........................ Effect of prohibition orders............................................. 175........................ Disclosure of information to Commonwealth authority.. 176........................ International applications treated as applications under this Act. (1) For the purposes of this Act, an invention is to be taken to be novel when compared with the prior art base unless it is not novel in the light of any one of the following kinds of information, each of which must be considered separately: (a) prior art information (other than that mentioned in paragraph (c)) made publicly available in a single document or through doing a single act; (b) prior art information (other than that mentioned in paragraph (c)) made publicly available in 2 or more related documents, or through doing 2 or more related acts, if the relationship between the documents or acts is such that a person skilled in the relevant art would treat them as a single source of that information; (c) prior art information contained in a single specification of the kind mentioned in subparagraph (b)(ii) of the definition of prior art base in Schedule 1. (1) The Commissioner shall issue periodically an official journal containing such matters as are prescribed and such other matters (if any) as the Commissioner thinks fit. Amendments of a kind prescribed by regulations not allowable. (6) For the purposes of subsection (4), each kind of information set out in subsection (5) must be considered separately. (1) Application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of: (a) a decision of the Commissioner under section 10, 17, 32, 33 or 52, subsection 56(1)(b), 74(3) or 103(2), section 113, subsection 137(3), paragraph 141(1)(b), subsection 150(2), 151(2), 152(2) or 152(3), or section 173, 215 or 223; or, (b) a decision of the Designated Manager under section 198 not to register a person as a patent attorney; or. [Note: see also section 6 in relation to satisfaction of deposit requirements. (1) A person may apply for a patent for an invention by filing, in accordance with the regulations, a patent request and such other documents as are prescribed. App. (5) The Commissioner must not allow an amendment that is not allowable under section 102. (3) However, if the Commissioner makes a requirement under subsection (4) in relation to a prescribed document, account must not be taken, for the purposes of this Act, of a disclosure in the prescribed document unless the document has been made available by the prescribed means and within the prescribed period. (1) Subject to subsection (1A), infringement proceedings may be started in a prescribed court, or in another court having jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter, by the patentee or an exclusive licensee. (b) between the day on which the patent ceases and the day on which it is restored. Commissioner means the Commissioner of Patents. (b) in relation to an innovation patent—the re‑examination of the innovation patent under Part 2 of Chapter 9A. not to prepare documents or search records. (d) an error or defect in an entry in the Register; may apply to a prescribed court for an order to rectify the Register. (b) the complete specification filed in respect of the original application was open to public inspection when the divisional application was made; the Commissioner must publish a notice in the Official Journal that the complete specification filed in respect of the divisional application is open to public inspection. (2) The exclusive rights are personal property and are capable of assignment and of devolution by law. (2) Where the respondent applies by way of counter‑claim, the applicant may, without making a separate application under Chapter 12, apply in the proceedings for the revocation of the patent. 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