{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/37",
  "legislation_title": "Patents Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Industrial application.",
  "text": "(1) ..., an invention shall be taken to be capable of industrial application if it can be made or used in any kind of industry, including agriculture.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(1) repealed (13.12.2007) by Patents Act 2004 (c. 16), s. 17(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(a), Sch. 3; S.I. 2007/3396, art. 2(i)(l)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 4(2) repealed (13.12.2007) by Patents Act 2004 (c. 16), s. 17(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(b), Sch. 3; S.I. 2007/3396, art. 2(i)(l)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 4(3) repealed (13.12.2007) by Patents Act 2004 (c. 16), s. 17(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(b), Sch. 3; S.I. 2007/3396, art. 2(i)(l)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/37/section/4",
    "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."
}