{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1949/section-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1949/section-22.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/87",
  "legislation_title": "Patents Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1949",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Date and term of patent.",
  "text": "(1) Every patent shall be dated with the date of filing of the complete specification:\nProvided that no proceeding shall be taken in respect of an infringement committed before the date of the publication of the complete specification.\n(2) The date of every patent shall be entered in the register of patents.\n(3) Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Act, the term of every patent shall be sixteen years from the date of the patent.\n4), (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 22(4)(5), 27 repealed by Patents Act 1977 (c. 37), Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 22(3) modified by Patents Act 1977 (c. 37), s. 127, Sch. 1 para. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/87/section/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:19:59.574435+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}