Patent Act

Patent Act and Patents Act are stock short titles used in Canada, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States for legislation relating to patents.
A Patent Act is a country's legislation that controls the use of patents, such as the Patentgesetz in Germany.

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The Patent Law Amendment Act 1852, which established the modern Patent Office
The Patents Act 1901
The Patents Act 1902
The Patents and Designs (Amendment) Act 1907
The Patents and Designs Act 1907
The Patents and Designs Act 1914
The Patents and Designs Act 1919
The Patents and Designs (Convention) Act 1928
The Patents and Designs Act 1932
The Patents &c. (International Conventions) Act 1938
The Patents and Designs (Limits of Time) Act 1939
The Patents, Designs, Copyright and Trade Marks (Emergency) Act 1939
The Patents and Designs Act 1942
The Patents and Designs Act 1946
The Patents and Designs Act 1949
The Patents Act 1949
The Patents Act 1957
The Patents and Designs (Renewals, Extensions and Fees) Act 1961
The Patents Act 1977, which aligned UK patent law with the European Patent Convention and effectively replaced the Patents Act 1949. "The main law governing the patents system in the UK". It established "new domestic law" within the patents field.
The Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986
The Patents Act 2004, amended the Patents Act 1977 to give effect to the European Patent Convention 2000

The Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Acts 1883 to 1888 was the collective title of the following acts: