Title: | Sections 17 and 17A of the Patent Act of 1983 as last amended in 2006 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Utility models |
Summary table: |
Section 17. Definition. For the purposes of this Part and any regulations made under this Act in relation to this Part, "utility innovation" means any innovation which creates a new product or process, or any new improvement of a known product or process, which is capable of industrial application, and includes an invention.
[Subs. Act A648: s.11; Subs. Act A863: s.7, Am. Act A1088: s.2]
Section 17A. Application. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Part, the provisions of this Act, subject to the modifications in the Second Schedule, shall apply to utility innovations in the same manner as they apply to inventions. (2) Sections 11, 15, 26, Part X, and sections 89 and 90 shall not apply to utility innovations.
[Ins. Act A648: s.12, Am. Act A863: s.8, Am. Act A1088: s.3]