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Patents Act (Chapter 221) (Revised Edition 2005, as amended up to the Patents (Amendments) Act 2012), Singapore
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2016
Dates
Entry into force:
February 23, 1995
Enacted:
November 25, 1994
Type of Text
Main IP Laws
Subject Matter
Patents (Inventions)
Notes
The Patents Act (Cap. 221, Act No. 21 of 1994) has three revised editions: the 1995 Revised Edition, the 2002 Revised Edition and the 2005 Revised Edition.
This 2005 Revised Edition of the Patents Act incorporates all the amendments up to the Patents (Amendment) Act 2012 (Act No. 15 of 2012), which entered into force on different dates (April 8, 2013, February 14, 2014 and November 1, 2016).
For the amendments introduced by section 2(d) of the said Act No. 15 of 2012, which entered into force on November 1, 2016, see section 2(1) of Part I of this revised version of the Patents Act where the definitions of “marketing approval”, “medicinal product” are redefined and the definition of 'medicinal health product' is added.
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