(b)  if the claim of the specification that was infringed is a claim mentioned under subsection 114(1). (5)  The Commissioner must otherwise consider and deal with a notice in accordance with the regulations. An office copy of an order made under this Chapter must be served on the Commissioner by the Registrar or other appropriate officer of the court that made the order. If so directed, the Commissioner must re‑examine the specification accordingly. (1)  Where a complete specification is amended after becoming open to public inspection, damages shall not be awarded, and an order shall not be made for an account of profits, in respect of any infringement of the patent before the date of the decision or order allowing or directing the amendment: (a)  unless the court is satisfied that the specification without the amendment was framed in good faith and with reasonable skill and knowledge; or. (s)  making provision for and in relation to: (i)  the deposit for the purposes of this Act, the Budapest Treaty, or both, of micro‑organisms with prescribed depositary institutions and the storage and testing of, and furnishing of samples of, micro‑organisms by those institutions; and, (ii)  the charging of fees by prescribed depositary institutions situated in Australia in relation to the matters described in subparagraph (i); and, (iii)  the making of reports by prescribed depositary institutions situated in Australia in relation to those matters; and, (iv)  the powers and functions of the Commissioner in relation to prescribed depositary institutions with respect to those matters; and, (t)  modifying the operation of this Act in relation to PCT applications that are treated as patent applications under this Act by excluding, varying, or substituting different provisions for, specified provisions of this Act; and, (w)  making provision for and in relation to the refund, in specified circumstances, of the whole or part of a fee paid in respect of the filing of a document; and, (y)  making provision for and in relation to the remission of, or the exemption of specified classes of persons from the payment of, the whole or part of a fee; and, (z)  prescribing penalties for offences against the regulations not exceeding a fine of 10 penalty units; and. (1)  After a complete specification relating to an application for a standard patent has become open to public inspection and until a patent is granted on the application, the applicant has the same rights as he or she would have had if a patent for the invention had been granted on the day when the specification became open to public inspection. (f)  if the application is a PCT application—prescribed circumstances apply to the application. exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have, (md) = misdescribed amendment can be given, Application, saving and transitional provisions, Industry, Technology and Commerce Legislation Amendment Act 1991, Industry, Technology and Regional Development Legislation Amendment Act 1994, Sch: 29 June 1994 (s 2 and gaz 1994, No S211), Industry, Science and Technology Legislation Amendment Act 1994, Patents (World Trade Organization Amendments) Act 1994, s 4–7 and 12: 1 July 1995 (s 2) Remainder: 10 Jan 1995 (s 2), Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 1998, Sch 1 and 2 (items 10–32): 27 Jan 1999 (s 2(3), (5)) Sch 3: 27 July 1998 (s 2(1)), Sch 1 (item 8), Sch 2 (items 31, 32) and Sch 3 (item 4), Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, Sch 1 (items 728–730): 5 Dec 1999 (s 2(1), (2) and gaz 1999, No S584), Patents Amendment (Innovation Patents) Act 2000, Trade Marks and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2001, Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 2003, Sch 2 (item 8): 24 May 2001 (s 2(1) item 5), Corporations (Repeals, Consequentials and Transitionals) Act 2001, s 4–14 and Sch 3 (item 401): 15 July 2001 (s 2(1) and gaz 2001, No S285), Industry, Science and Resources Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001, s 4 and Sch 1 (items 86–98): 2 Oct 2001 (s 2), Sch 1: 1 Apr 2002 (s 2(3)) Sch 2: 24 May 2001 (s 2(4)), Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 2003, Sch 1 (item 2): 24 July 2003 (s 2(2)) Sch 2 (items 1–5): 26 Aug 2003 (s 2(3)), US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004, Sch 1 (items 31–37): 24 May 2001 (s 2(1) item 20), Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 2006, Sch 5, 6, 8 and 9: 28 Sept 2006 (s 2(1) items 7, 9) Sch 7: 25 Oct 2006 (s 2(1) item 8) Sch 10 and 12 (item 4): 27 Mar 2007 (s 2(1) items 10, 12) Sch 16 (item 1): 4 Oct 2002 (s 2(1) item 14), Sch 5 (item 2), Sch 6 (item 2), Sch 7 (item 4), Sch 8 (item 9), Sch 9 (item 2) and Sch 10 (item 3), Personal Property Securities (Consequential Amendments) Act 2009, Sch 2 (items 8–15): 30 Jan 2012 (s 2(1) item 1), Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Act (No. (b)  by using the patented invention in the construction or working of a foreign aircraft or foreign land vehicle, or in the accessories of the aircraft or vehicle, if the aircraft or vehicle comes into the patent area only temporarily or accidentally. However, Part 3 does not prevent a compulsory licence from being ordered under this Part in relation to such an invention (see section 136C). Director means the Director of Safeguards. 76A  Notification of extension to the Secretary, Health and Family Services. 197  Evidence—certificate and copies of documents. Convention application means a patent application made under Part 1 of Chapter 3. means the person identified in a patent request as the person to whom the patent is to be granted. (2)  Subject to subsection (3), if a complete application is made under section 29 by one or more declared persons, the Commissioner may grant a patent for the invention, so far as claimed in the original claim, to those declared persons jointly. (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. 29B  Applications for patents—special rules for Convention applications. means a vessel registered in a prescribed foreign country. (b)  a prohibition order is not in force under subsection 152(3) or 173(1) in relation to the application; the Commissioner must grant the innovation patent by registering prescribed particulars of the patent in the Register. (b)  the company is not a registered patent attorney. 202  Documents prepared by legal practitioners. (6)  The patentee or the Federal Court may revoke the licence if: (a)  the patentee and the licensee are agreed, or the court on application made by either party finds, that the circumstances that justified the grant of the licence have ceased to exist and are unlikely to recur; and. (1)  Subject to subsection (2), an invention is a patentable invention for the purposes of a standard patent if the invention, so far as claimed in any claim: (a)  is a manner of manufacture within the meaning of section 6 of the Statute of Monopolies; and. This does not limit the way the declaration may identify the day. (4)  An appeal lies to the Federal Court against a decision of the Commissioner revoking a patent. (2)  The Commissioner must not make a declaration without first giving the former patentee a reasonable opportunity to be heard. (2A)  For the purposes of subsection (2), (2B)  An amendment to a patent request relating to an innovation patent application, Consent of mortgagee or exclusive licensee needed, Amendments of patent requests, specifications and other filed documents, Amendments directed by Commissioner: patents, Amendments directed by Commissioner: applications for standard patents, Advertisement of amendment of complete specification, An amendment of a complete specification that is open to public inspection must be notified in the, Persons claiming under assignment or agreement, Priority date of claims of certain amended specifications, Objection cannot be taken to certain amended specifications, Infringement and infringement proceedings, Infringement exemptions: use in or on foreign vessels, aircraft or vehicles, Note 1:       This section applies in relation to a patent granted as a result of an application filed on or after the commencement of Schedule 6 to the, Infringement exemptions: acts for obtaining regulatory approval of pharmaceuticals, (ii)  are not medical devices, or therapeutic devices, as defined in the, Infringement exemptions: acts for obtaining regulatory approval (non‑pharmaceuticals), Infringement exemptions: acts for experimental purposes, Burden of proof—infringement of patent for a process, (a)  the defendant alleges that he or she has used a process different from the patented process to obtain a product (, Application for non‑infringement declaration, Proceedings for non‑infringement declarations, Unjustified threats of infringement proceedings, Application for relief from unjustified threats, Court’s power to grant relief if threats related to a standard patent or standard patent application, Threats related to an innovation patent application or innovation patent and court’s power to grant relief, Note:          Revocation proceedings under section 138 cannot be commenced in respect of an innovation patent unless the patent has first been certified (see subsection 138(1A)), Liability of legal practitioner or patent attorney, Compulsory licences and revocation of patents, The court may also order a compulsory licence to be granted if the patentee has engaged in restrictive trade practices in connection with the patent under the, (b)  the patentee has contravened, or is contravening, Part IV of the, (a)  the court is to make the order only if the court is further satisfied that the patented invention involves an important technical advance of considerable economic significance on the invention (, (b)  if paragraph (a) does not apply—such amount as is determined by the Federal Court to be just and reasonable having regard to the economic value of the licence and the desirability of discouraging contraventions of Part IV of the, Revocation of patent after grant of compulsory licence under section 133, (b)  the patentee is contravening Part IV of the, Orders to be consistent with international agreements, Dealing with allegation of contravention of application law, Patented pharmaceutical invention compulsory licences (for manufacture and export to eligible importing countries), Patented pharmaceutical invention compulsory licences, PPI compulsory licences—applications for orders, Note 1:       A patented pharmaceutical invention may be a patented product or a patented process: see the definition of, (a)  without limiting subsection 33(3A) of the, PPI compulsory licences—consistency of orders with international agreements, PPI compulsory licences—applications heard together, Revocation of patents in other circumstances, Commissioner to be given copies of orders, Withdrawal and lapsing of applications and ceasing of patents, Termination of contract after patent ceases to be in force, Special provisions relating to associated technology, Certificate by Director as to associated technology, (1)  Where the Commissioner considers that a specification in respect of an application may contain information of a kind referred to in the definition of, (2)  Where an application has lapsed under this section, the Commissioner must publish a notice to that effect in the, (3)  Where the Commissioner restores an application, the Commissioner must publish a notice to that effect in the, (4)  Where an application is restored under this section, such provisions as are prescribed have effect for the protection or compensation of persons who exploited (or took definite steps by contract or otherwise to exploit) the relevant invention after the lapse of the application and before the day on which its restoration was notified in the, (5)  Proceedings cannot be started under section 57 in respect of anything done during the period from and including the day on which the application lapsed to and including the day on which its restoration was notified in the, Reinstatement of application as an international application, Notice of prohibitions or restrictions on publication, (1)  Where an order is in force in relation to an application for a standard patent, the application may proceed up to the acceptance of the patent request and complete specification, but the complete specification must not be made open to public inspection, the acceptance must not be notified in the, (3)  Where an order in relation to an application for a standard patent has been revoked after the acceptance of the patent request and complete specification, the acceptance must be notified in the, Nominated person or patentee to be informed of exploitation, Exploitation of invention to cease under court order, Supply of products by Commonwealth to foreign countries, Declarations that inventions have been exploited, Acquisitions by and assignments to the Crown, Acquisition of inventions or patents by Commonwealth, Prohibition of publication of information about inventions, (1)  While a prohibition order is in force in relation to an application for a standard patent, the application may proceed up to the acceptance of the patent request and complete specification, but the complete specification must not be made open to public inspection, the acceptance must not be notified in the, (2)  Where a prohibition order in relation to an application for a standard patent is revoked after the acceptance of the patent request and complete specification, the acceptance must be notified in the, Disclosure of information to Commonwealth authority, International applications treated as applications under this Act, False representations about the Patent Office, False representations about patents or patented articles. (3)  The further complete application can only be made during the period: (a)  starting on the day the first application is made; and. after priority date, 24 Validity not affected by making information available in certain circumstances, 26 Validity not affected in certain cases involving amendments, 27 Notice of matters affecting validity of standard patents, 28 Notice of matters affecting validity of innovation patents, 29A Applications for patents—special rules for PCT applications, 29B Applications for patents—special rules for Convention applications, 34 Applications by eligible persons arising out of Court proceedings, 35 Applications by eligible persons following revocation by Commissioner, 36 Other applications by eligible persons, 37 Complete application may be treated as provisional, 42 Micro-organisms ceasing to be reasonably available, 49 Acceptance of patent request: standard patent, 49A Postponing acceptance of patent request: standard patent, 50 Application or grant may be refused in certain cases, 52 Formalities check and acceptance of innovation patents. (1)  In any relevant proceedings in relation to a patent, the court may, on the application of the patentee, by order direct the amendment of the patent request or the complete specification in the manner specified in the order. (b)  does not notify the Designated Manager of that within 7 days. (1)  Subject to this Act, a patent for an invention may only be granted to a person who: (b)  would, on the grant of a patent for the invention, be entitled to have the patent assigned to the person; or, (c)  derives title to the invention from the inventor or a person mentioned in paragraph (b); or. (2)  A notice may only be given to the Commissioner under subsection (1) in respect of an innovation patent within the prescribed period after an innovation patent has been granted. Post navigation. These are the rights that, under the modern language of copyright, are those of performance in public and communication to the public. (2)  Without limiting the matters that the court may take into account in deciding whether it is satisfied of a matter mentioned in subsection (1), the court must take into account any matters prescribed by regulation. On 5 November 2020, the High Court of Australia refused a special leave application by Mylan Health Pty Ltd to appeal the decision of the Full Federal Court (FFC) in which three patents licensed to Mylan covering its fenofibrate product, Lipidil, were found to be invalid (Mylan Health Pty Ltd v … (e)  the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization. (6)  An applicant is not entitled to ask that any action be taken, or that he or she be allowed to take any action, under this Act in relation to a PCT application unless the following requirements of subsection (5) have been met (if applicable): (a)  a translation of the application into English has been filed; (b)  the prescribed documents have been filed; Note:          A failure to comply with subsection (5) may also result in the PCT application lapsing: see paragraph 142(2)(f). (2)  The applicant or patentee may file a statement whether or not the applicant or patentee takes steps to amend the complete specification, or files a statement of amendments in accordance with a direction under section 106 or 107. (2)  If the Commissioner revokes the acceptance: (a)  the patent request and complete specification are taken to have never been accepted; and, (b)  the Commissioner must continue to examine, and report on, the application under section 45; and. has the meaning given by subsection 198(10). (2)  If the Commissioner grants an extension, the Commissioner must notify the applicant in writing of the grant and publish a notice of the grant in the Official Journal. means a person registered as a patent attorney under this Act. 165  Remuneration and terms for exploitation. (1)  A patentee of an innovation patent (the first patent) may make a complete application for another innovation patent for a further invention disclosed in the first patent if the invention was disclosed in the complete specification filed in respect of the application on which the first patent was granted. (b)  the patent request is to be taken to have been amended so as to request the grant of a patent to the person, either alone or as a joint patentee, as the case requires. (3)  If the Commissioner makes a declaration under subsection (2), the Commissioner must rectify the Register accordingly. (d)  if the application is a relevant international application—the application must cease to be treated as an international application. (c)  it is reasonable to revoke the acceptance, taking account of all the circumstances. 115  Restriction on recovery of damages etc. Despite section 15B of the Crimes Act 1914, a prosecution for an offence against subsection 201(1), (2), (3), (4) or (5), or section 202, 202A or 203, may be started at any time within 5 years after the offence was committed. (3)  While a prohibition order is in force in relation to an application for an innovation patent, the application may proceed up to the acceptance of the patent request and complete specification, but a patent must not be granted on the application. means the Register of Patents mentioned in section 186. , in relation to a patent, means entered in the Register of Patents. innovation patent means letters patent for an invention granted under section 62. intellectual property advice has the meaning given by subsection 200(2C). (2)  The actions the Commissioner may take are: (a)  if the person is an applicant for a patent—a refusal to grant the patent (see subsection 61(1); and, (b)  the drawing of an inference unfavourable to the person’s interest in proceedings before the Commissioner; and. (b)  an application made for an extension of time for doing a prescribed relevant act in prescribed circumstances. (b)  with the authority of the Prime Minister of New Zealand; is responsible for the administration of a law of New Zealand relating to the regulation of patent attorneys. (2)  If the Commissioner revokes the patent: (a)  the Commissioner must notify the patentee and the person who requested the examination (if that person is not the patentee) of the revocation; and. (b)  complying with paragraph 6(c) (about deposit requirements). For more information about any editorial changes made in this compilation, see the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law. Australian patent law includes these specific exemptions to infringement: immediately before the priority date of the claim, the person was already exploiting, or had taken definitive steps (contractually or otherwise) to exploit the product, method or process in Australia; (1)  Nothing done under this Act or the PCT guarantees the granting of a patent, or that a patent is valid, in Australia or anywhere else. The Commissioner may give any person information about: (b)  an application for a patent that is open to public inspection; or. (2)  Where a patented product, or a product of a patented method or process, is sold by any of 2 or more patentees, the buyer, and a person claiming through the buyer, may deal with the product as if it had been sold by all the patentees. (1)  The Register must be available for inspection at the Patent Office by any person during the hours that it is open for business. (1)  The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act: (a)  prescribing matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; and, (b)  prescribing matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act; and, (c)  prescribing matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the conduct of any business relating to the Patent Office; and, (d)  for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to the Budapest Treaty; and, (e)  for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to the PCT, whether in relation to PCT applications or otherwise; and. For the purposes of this Act, the following acts are not to be taken to be secret use of an invention in the patent area: (a)  any use of the invention by or on behalf of, or with the authority of, the patentee or nominated person, or his or her predecessor in title to the invention, for the purpose of reasonable trial or experiment only; (b)  any use of the invention by or on behalf of, or with the authority of, the patentee or nominated person, or his or her predecessor in title to the invention, being use occurring solely in the course of a confidential disclosure of the invention by or on behalf of, or with the authority of, the patentee, nominated person, or predecessor in title; (c)  any other use of the invention by or on behalf of, or with the authority of, the patentee or nominated person, or his or her predecessor in title to the invention, for any purpose other than the purpose of trade or commerce; (d)  any use of the invention by or on behalf of the Commonwealth, a State, or a Territory where the patentee or nominated person, or his or her predecessor in title to the invention, has disclosed the invention, so far as claimed, to the Commonwealth, State or Territory; (e)  any use of the invention by or on behalf of, or with the authority of, the patentee or nominated person, or his or her predecessor in title to the invention, for any purpose, if a complete application is made for the invention within the prescribed period. Revocation of patent after grant of compulsory licence under section 133. (3)  The Commissioner must not revoke a patent under this section unless the Commissioner: (b)  has, if appropriate, given the patentee a reasonable opportunity to amend the relevant specification for the purposes of removing a ground for the revocation of the patent and the patentee has failed to do so. (b)  on the ground that the specification claims as an invention: (i)  a substance that is capable of being used as food or medicine (whether for human beings or animals and whether for internal or external use) and is a mere mixture of known ingredients; or. (a)  if subsection (2A) applies to the claim—the date determined under the regulations; or. (3)  A patent request in relation to a provisional application must be in the approved form and accompanied by a provisional specification. (b)    diagnostic kits needed for using such a product. (4)  A member of a partnership commits an offence if: (a)  the member describes the partnership, or holds the partnership out, or permits the partnership to be described or held out, as a patent attorney, or agent for obtaining patents; and. (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. 103  Consent of mortgagee or exclusive licensee needed. Courts power to grant relief in respect of threats made by the patentee of a certified innovation patent. Edit. In addition, a court may revoke a patent on the following grounds: (a)     the patentee is not entitled to the patent; (b)     the invention is not a patentable invention; (c)     the patent was (broadly speaking) improperly obtained; (d)     the patent was (broadly speaking) obtained on the basis of a non‑compliant specification. (1)  The Governor‑General may direct that a patent, or an invention that is the subject of a patent application, be acquired by the Commonwealth. eligible importing country means a foreign country of a kind prescribed by regulation. , in respect of an innovation patent other than in section 19, means a certificate of examination issued by the Commissioner under paragraph 101E(2)(c) in respect of the patent. (4)  For the purposes of subsection (3), decision has the same meaning as in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975. (4)  Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to an equity that is a PPSA security interest. (b)  the patent, or a share in the patent, was not granted to a person who was entitled to it. (a)  the Commissioner has started to re‑examine a complete specification relating to a patent under subsection (2); and. (b)  in spite of opposition, the Commissioner’s decision, or the decision on appeal, is that a standard patent should be granted. 8 ([1995] ATS 8) and could in 2015 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au). (c)  in any case—the use of the product in accordance with any instructions for the use of the product, or any inducement to use the product, given to the person by the supplier or contained in an advertisement published by or with the authority of the supplier. 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. exploit, in relation to an invention, includes: (a)  where the invention is a product—make, hire, sell or otherwise dispose of the product, offer to make, sell, hire or otherwise dispose of it, use or import it, or keep it for the purpose of doing any of those things; or. (c)  the application for that further patent is made in accordance with the regulations; the Commissioner may, subject to this Act and the regulations, grant a patent of addition for the improvement or modification. (b)  subject to any conditions specified in the order. (4)  An application under subsection (1) in respect of an innovation patent cannot be made unless the patent has been certified. (a)  in relation to a patent request and a complete specification relating to a standard patent—an examination of the request and specification under section 45; or. Prescribed documents relating to basic applications. (b)  is inconsistent with the terms of an agreement between the patentees. 101  Revocation of patent—re‑examination after grant. 132  Liability of legal practitioner or patent attorney. (C)  the information was contained in the specification on its filing date. 101F  Revocation of innovation patents following examination under section 101B. (b)  does not file the prescribed documents (if any) within the prescribed period. means a barrister or solicitor of the High Court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory. concerns something that happened in New Zealand. Applications for patents—special rules for Convention applications. (2)  On receiving a request, the Commissioner must restore the application if satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that: (a)  the relevant direction of the Director is no longer in force; and. (2)  Where a notice is published under paragraph 49(5)(b) in relation to an application for a standard patent, or under subsection 62(2) in relation to the grant of an innovation patent, the following documents are open to public inspection: (a)  all documents (other than prescribed documents) filed in relation to the application or the patent, whether before or after the acceptance or grant; (b)  all documents (other than prescribed documents) filed, after the patent ceases, expires or is revoked, in relation to the former patent; (c)  copies of all documents relating to the application or patent (other than prescribed documents) given by the Commissioner to the applicant or patentee, or the former applicant or patentee; being documents that have not already become open to public inspection. Prescribed circumstances preferred marking is `` Aust however, this Act extends 9—Re‑examination of standard patents..... 28 notice. 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