# Patents Act 2004, Paragraph 7


In section 20B (inserted by the Regulatory Reform Order) (effect of reinstatement of applications), after subsection (6) there is inserted—
“(6A) The above provisions apply in relation to the use of a patented invention for the services of the Crown as they apply in relation to infringement of the rights conferred by publication of the application for a patent (or, as the case may be, infringement of the patent).
“Patented invention” has the same meaning as in section 55 below.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/16/schedule/2/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-2004/schedule-2/paragraph-7
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