Patents Act 1994
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
3 Application to Government
Part 2 ADMINISTRATION
4 Registrar of Patents and other officers
5 Delegation by Registrar
6 Registry of Patents
7 Seal of Registry
8 Powers of Registrar
9 Disobedience to summons an offence
10 Refusal to give evidence an offence
11 Officers not to traffic in inventions
12 Officers not to furnish information
Part 3 PATENTABILITY
13 Patentable inventions
14 Novelty
15 Inventive step
16 Industrial application
17 Priority date
18 Disclosure of matter, etc., between earlier and later applications
Part 4 RIGHT TO APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN PATENT
19 Right to apply for and obtain patent
20 Determination before grant of questions about entitlement to patents, etc.
21 Determination after grant of questions referred before grant
22 Handling of application by joint applicants
23 Effect of transfer of application under section 20 or 22
24 Mention of inventor
Part 5 APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS
25 Making of application
26 Date of filing application
27 Publication of application
Part 6 PROCEDURE FOR GRANT OF PATENT
28 Preliminary examination
29 Search and examination
29A Eligibility for grant of patent, etc.
29B Review of examination report, etc.
30 Grant of patent
31 General power to amend application before grant
32 Observations by third party on patentability
33 Information prejudicial to defence of Singapore or safety of public
34 Restrictions on applications abroad by Singapore residents
Part 7 PROVISIONS AS TO PATENTS AFTER GRANT
35 Publication and certificate of grant
36 Term of patent
36A Extension of term of patent
37 Patent not to be impugned for lack of unity
38 General power to amend specification after grant
38A Re-examination after grant
39 Restoration of lapsed patents
40 Surrender of patents
Part 8 PROPERTY IN PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS AND REGISTRATION
41 Nature of, and transactions in, patents and applications for patents
42 Register of patents
43 Effect of registration, etc., on rights in patents
44 Rectification of register
45 Evidence of register, documents, etc.
46 Co-ownership of patents and applications for patents
47 Determination of right to patent after grant
48 Effect of transfer of patent under section 47
Part 9 EMPLOYEES’ INVENTIONS
49 Right to employees’ inventions
50 Supplementary provisions
Part 10 CONTRACTS AS TO PATENTED PRODUCTS
50A Application of this Part
51 Avoidance of certain restrictive conditions
52 Determination of parts of certain contracts
Part 11 LICENCES OF RIGHT AND COMPULSORY LICENCES
53 Licences of right
54 Cancellation of entry made under section 53
55 Compulsory licences
Part 12 USE OF PATENTED INVENTIONS FOR SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT
56 Use of patented inventions by Government and authorised parties
57 Rights of third parties in respect of Government use
58 References of disputes as to Government use
59 (Repealed)
60 Nature and scope of rights under section 56
61 Duty to inform patentee
62 Patentee entitled to remuneration
63 (No Operation)
64 (No Operation)
65 (No Operation)
Part 13 INFRINGEMENT OF PATENTS
66 Meaning of infringement
67 Proceedings for infringement of patent
68 Reversal of burden of proof
69 Restrictions on relief for infringement
70 Relief for infringement of partially valid patent
71 Right to continue use begun before priority date
72 Certificate of contested validity of patent
73 Proceedings for infringement by co-owner
74 Proceedings for infringement by exclusive licensee
75 Effect of non-registration on infringement proceedings
76 Infringement of rights conferred by publication of application
77 Remedy for groundless threats of infringement proceedings
78 Declaration as to non-infringement
Part 14 REVOCATION OF PATENTS AND VALIDITY PROCEEDINGS
79 (Repealed)
80 Power to revoke patents on application
81 Registrar’s power to revoke patents on own initiative
82 Proceedings in which validity of patent may be put in issue
Part 15 AMENDMENTS OF PATENTS AND APPLICATIONS
83 Amendment of patent in infringement or revocation proceedings, etc.
84 Amendments of applications and patents not to include added matter
Part 16 INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS
85 Effect of filing international application for patent
86 International and national phases of application
87 Adaptation of provisions in relation to international application
88 Evidence of Patent Co-operation Treaty and its instruments
Part 17 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
89 Proceedings before court or Registrar
90 Appeals from Registrar
91 General powers of court
92 Exercise of Registrar’s discretionary powers
93 Right of audience in patent proceedings
94 Extension of privilege for communications with solicitors relating to patent proceedings
95 Privilege for communications with patent agents, etc.
96 Costs and expenses in proceedings before Registrar
97 Licences granted by order of Registrar
Part 18 OFFENCES
98 Falsification of register, etc.
99 Unauthorised claim of patent rights
100 Unauthorised claim that patent has been applied for
101 Misuse of title "Registry of Patents"
102 Offences by bodies corporate and partnerships
103 Composition of offences
Part 19 PATENT AGENTS AND FOREIGN PATENT AGENTS
104 Registration of patent agents and foreign patent agents
105 Persons entitled to act as patent agents, etc.
105A Foreign patent agents
Part 20 MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
106 Immunity of Office, its officers and Examiners
107 Correction of errors in patents and applications
108 Information about patent applications and patents, and inspection of documents
109 (Repealed)
110 Extension of time
111 Hours of business and excluded days
112 Government’s right to sell forfeited articles
113 Extent of invention
114 Availability of samples of micro-organisms
115 Rules
115A Forms and directions of Registrar
116 Fees
116A Amendment of Schedule
117 Transitional provisions
Legislative History
Abbreviations
Comparative Table