{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-A4/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-A4/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/37",
  "legislation_title": "Patents Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977",
  "path": "schedule/A4/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n(a) “Article 32(1) action” means an action listed in Article 32(1) of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court;\n(b) “basic patent” has the same meaning as in Article 1(c) of Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6th May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products; and\n(c) “Rules of Procedure” has the same meaning as in the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. A3, A4 inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by The Patents (European Patent with Unitary Effect and Unified Patent Court) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/388), arts. 1(2), 2(10) (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/37/schedule/A4/paragraph/5",
    "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."
}