Title: | Section 47 of the Patent Act No. 39 of 1970 (as last amended in 2005) |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Research exception |
Summary table: |
Article 47: The grant of a patent under this Act shall be subject to the condition that:
(3) any machine, apparatus or other article in respect of which the patent is granted or any article made by the use of the process in respect of which the patent is granted, may be made or used, and any process in respect of which the patent is granted may be used, by any person, for the purpose merely of experiment or research including the imparting of instructions to pupils;