# The Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificate for Medicinal Products) Rules 1992, Article 3


A certificate shall be granted if, in the Member State in which the application referred to in Article 7 is submitted and at the date of that application;
(a) the product is protected by a basic patent in force;
(b) a valid authorization to place the product on the market as a medicinal product has been granted in accordance with Directive 65/65/EEC or Directive 81/851/EEC, as appropriate;
(c) the product has not already been the subject of a certificate;
(d) the authorization referred to in (b) is the first authorization to place the product on the market as a medicinal product.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3162/schedule/1/crossheading/article-3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-supplementary-protection-certificate-for-medicinal-products-rules-1992/schedule-1/crossheading-article-3
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