SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1U.K. Application of 1949 Act to existing patents and applications

2(1)In section 6 of the 1949 Act, at the end of the proviso to subsection (3) (post-dating of application) there shall be insertedU.K.

and—

(c)no application shall, on or after the appointed day, be postdated under this subsection to a date which is that of the appointed day or which falls after it ”

and there shall be inserted at the end of subsection (4) “ ; but no application shall on or after the appointed day be post-dated under this subsection to a date which is that of the appointed day or which falls after it”.

(2)At the end of subsection (5) of that section (ante-dating) there shall be inserted “ ; but a fresh application or specification may not be filed on or after the appointed day in accordance with this subsection and those rules unless the comptroller agrees that he will direct that the application or specification shall be ante-dated to a date which falls before the appointed day”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of ss. 127(5), 132(6),(7); Sch. 1 para. 2(1),(2), 5, 7(1)(2), 8; Sch. 3; Sch. 5 paras 4, 5(1), (2), (3), 6; Sch. 6 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.