# The Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificates) Rules 1997, 


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/1997/64/schedule/1/part/1/crossheading/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-supplementary-protection-certificates-rules-1997/schedule-1/part-1/crossheading-3
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