{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-4A/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-4A/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/37",
  "legislation_title": "Patents Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977",
  "path": "schedule/4A/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "References to patents etc",
  "text": "(1) In the case of the provisions of this Act listed in sub-paragraph (2), paragraph 1 applies in relation to an application for a supplementary protection certificate only if the basic patent expires before the certificate is granted.\n(2) The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—\nsection 20B(3) to (6A) (effect of reinstatement under section 20A);\nsection 55(5) and (7) (use of patented inventions for services of the Crown);\nsection 58(10) (disputes as to Crown use);\nsection 69 (infringement of rights conferred by publication of application);\nsection 117A(3) to (7) (effect of resuscitating a withdrawn application under section 117).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4A inserted (17.12.2007) by The Patents (Compulsory Licensing and Supplementary Protection Certificates) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3293), regs. 1(2), 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/37/schedule/4A/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:17.133485+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."
}