Article 4 Subject matter of protection
United Kingdom
Within the limits of the protection conferred by the basic patent, the protection conferred by a certificate shall extend only to the product covered by the F1UK, GB or NI authorisation to place the corresponding medicinal product on the market and for any use of the product as a medicinal product that has been authorised F2in the United Kingdom before the expiry of the certificate.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Art. 4 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Supplementary Protection Certificates (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1471), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 12(a) (with reg. 7)
- F2
Words in Art. 4 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Supplementary Protection Certificates (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1471), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 12(b) (with reg. 7)