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In forceValidity: patents of addition
Chapter 2Patent rights, ownership and validity
Part 3Validity
Division 2Matters not affecting validity
25 Validity: patents of addition
Objection cannot be taken to a patent request or complete specification in respect of an application for a patent of addition, and a patent of addition is not invalid, merely because the invention, so far as claimed, does not involve an inventive step, having regard to the publication or use of the main invention during the prescribed period.
Regulations
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed period
). Made under this Act:
- Patents Regulations 1991 · under s 228
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