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Part IIIU.K. General

Patent Office, and Proceedings thereatU.K.

62 Patent Office.U.K.

(1)The Treasury may continue to provide for the purposes of [F1the Patents Act 1977, the Registered Designs Act 1949 and the Trade Marks Act 1994], an office with all requisite buildings and conveniences, which shall be called, and is in this Act referred to as, the Patent Office.

(2)The Patent Office shall be under the immediate control of the comptroller, who shall act under the superintendence and direction of [F2the Secretary of State].

(3)Any act or thing directed to be done by or to the comptroller may be done by or to any officer authorised by [F3the Secretary of State].

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 62(1) substituted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 26, s. 106(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(2)(a); S.I. 1994/2550 art. 2

F2Words in s. 62(2)(3) substituted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 26, s. 106(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(2)(b); S.I. 1999/2550 art. 2

F3Words in s. 62(2)(3) substituted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 26, s. 106(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(2)(b); S.I. 1999/2550 art. 2

F4Ss. 48–61, 62(4), 65–:81, 83–87, 89, 90, 91(2)–(2C), 91B–91D, 92–:98, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Patents Act 1949 (c. 87), Schs. 2, 3 and Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88), s. 48, Sch. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2S. 62(1): By virtue of S.I. 1981/1670, arts. 2(1)(a), 3(5) s. 63 (1) (2) has effect as if the reference to the Minister for the Civil Service were a reference to the Treasury

C4Functions of the Board of Trade now exercisable concurrently by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1537, art. 2(1)(a)

63 Officers and clerks. U.K.

(1)There shall continue to be a comptroller-general of patents, designs, and trade marks, and [F5the Secretary of State] may, subject to the approval of the [F6Minister for the Civil Service], appoint the comptroller, and so many examiners and other officers and clerks, with such designations and duties as [F5the Secretary of State] think fit, and may remove any of those officers and clerks.

(2)The salaries of those officers and clerks shall be appointed by [F5the Secretary of State], with the concurrence of the [F6Minister for the Civil Service]. . ..

Textual Amendments

F5Words in s. 63 substituted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 26, s. 106(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(3)(a); S.I. 1994/2550, art. 2

F6Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1968/1656, arts. 2(1)(e), 3(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5Functions of the Board of Trade now exercisable concurrently by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1537, art. 2(1)(a)

64 Seal of Patent Office.U.K.

Impressions of the seal of the Patent Office shall be judicially noticed and admitted in evidence.

65—76.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7U.K.

Textual Amendments

F7Ss. 48–61, 62(4), 65–:81, 83–87, 89, 90, 91(2)–(2C), 91B–91D, 92–:98, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Patents Act 1949 (c. 87), Schs. 2, 3 and Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88), s. 48, Sch. 2

Evidence, &c.U.K.

77—81.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8U.K.

Textual Amendments

F8Ss. 48–61, 62(4), 65–:81, 83–87, 89, 90, 91(2)–(2C), 91B–91D, 92–:98, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Patents Act 1949 (c. 87), Schs. 2, 3 and Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88), s. 48, Sch. 2

82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9U.K.

83—85.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10U.K.

Textual Amendments

F10Ss. 48–61, 62(4), 65–:81, 83–87, 89, 90, 91(2)–(2C), 91B–91D, 92–:98, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Patents Act 1949 (c. 87), Schs. 2, 3 and Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88), s. 48, Sch. 2

Powers, &c., of Board of TradeU.K.

86, 87.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11U.K.

Textual Amendments

F11Ss. 48–61, 62(4), 65–:81, 83–87, 89, 90, 91(2)–(2C), 91B–91D, 92–:98, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Patents Act 1949 (c. 87), Schs. 2, 3 and Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88), s. 48, Sch. 2

88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12U.K.

89, 90.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13U.K.

Textual Amendments

F13Ss. 48–61, 62(4), 65–:81, 83–87, 89, 90, 91(2)–(2C), 91B–91D, 92–:98, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Patents Act 1949 (c. 87), Schs. 2, 3 and Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88), s. 48, Sch. 2

International and Colonial ArrangementsU.K.

91. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14U.K.

91A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15U.K.

91B—91D.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16U.K.

Textual Amendments

F16Ss. 48–61, 62(4), 65–:81, 83–87, 89, 90, 91(2)–(2C), 91B–91D, 92–:98, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Patents Act 1949 (c. 87), Schs. 2, 3 and Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88), s. 48, Sch. 2

92—96.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17U.K.

Textual Amendments

F17Ss. 48–61, 62(4), 65–:81, 83–87, 89, 90, 91(2)–(2C), 91B–91D, 92–:98, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Patents Act 1949 (c. 87), Schs. 2, 3 and Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88), s. 48, Sch. 2

Repeal Savings and Short TitleU.K.

97, 98.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18U.K.

Textual Amendments

F18Ss. 48–61, 62(4), 65–:81, 83–87, 89, 90, 91(2)–(2C), 91B–91D, 92–:98, Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Patents Act 1949 (c. 87), Schs. 2, 3 and Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88), s. 48, Sch. 2

[F1999Short title and commencement.U.K.

This Act may be cited as the Patents and Designs Act 1907, and shall, save as otherwise expressly provided, come into operation on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eight.]

Textual Amendments

F19S. 99 repealed by Patents Act 1949 (c. 87), Schs. 2, 3 and Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88), s. 48, Sch. 2; and by 1994 c. 26, s. 106(1), Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(4); S.I. 1994/2550, art. 2 it is provided that the repeal of this Act shall be deemed not to have extended to so much of section 99 as provides the Act with its short title

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