PATENTS ACT 1990 - SECT 79 Rights of patentee if extension granted after patent expires
PATENTS ACT 1990 - SECT 79
Rights of patentee if extension granted after patent expires(a) a patentee applies for an extension of the term of a standard patent; and
(b) the term of the patent expires before the application is determined; and
the patentee has, after the extension is granted, the same rights to start proceedings in respect of the doing of an act during the period:
(d) commencing on the expiration of the term of the patent; and
(e) ending on the day on which the extension was granted;
as if the extension had been granted at the time when the act was done.