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Patents Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · General
Patents Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · General
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
For the purposes of this Act, an invention for a patent for which an application has been made or for which a patent has been granted shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be taken to be that specified in a claim of the specification of the application or patent, as the case may be, as interpretated by the description and any drawings contained in that specification, and the extent of the protection conferred by a patent or application for a patent shall be determined accordingly.
patent
“patent” means a patent under this Act and includes a patent in force by virtue of section 114(4);
It is hereby declared for the avoidance of doubt that where more than one invention is specified in any such claim, each invention may have a different priority date under section 17.
priority date
“priority date” means the date determined as such under section 17;
patent
“patent” means a patent under this Act and includes a patent in force by virtue of section 114(4);
priority date
“priority date” means the date determined as such under section 17;