# The Patents (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2014, Rule 10: Opinions on prescribed matters


After rule 93(5), insert—
“(6) The prescribed matters for the purposes of section 74A(1) are as follows—
(a) whether a particular act constitutes, or (if done) would constitute, an infringement of the patent;
(b) whether, or to what extent, an invention for which the patent has been granted is not a patentable invention;
(c) whether the specification of the patent discloses the invention clearly enough and completely enough for it to be performed by a person skilled in the art;
(d) whether the matter disclosed in the specification of the patent extends beyond that disclosed in the application for the patent as filed or, if the patent was granted on a new application, in the earlier application as filed;
(e) whether the protection conferred by the patent has been extended by an amendment which should not have been allowed;
(f) whether a supplementary protection certificate is invalid under Article 15 of the Medicinal Products Regulation; and
(g) whether a supplementary protection certificate is invalid under Article 15 of the Plant Protection Products Regulation.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2401/rule/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-no-2-rules-2014/rule-10
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