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Patents Amendment (Innovation Patents) Act 2000No. 140, 2000

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Department of Industry, Science and Resources

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C2004C01328 C01

24 May 2001

Table of contents

1 Short title [see Note 1]
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
3 Schedule(s)
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Patents Act 1990
Part 2—Examination of standard patent requests and specifications
- Division 1—Acceptance of standard patents
  - 50 Application or grant may be refused in certain cases
  - 51 Appeal
- Division 2—Acceptance of innovation patents
  - 52 Formalities check and acceptance of innovation patents
Chapter 5—Opposition to grant of standard patent
- 62 Grant and publication of innovation patent
- 68 Term of innovation patent
Part 3—Extension of term of standard patents relating to pharmaceutical substances
Chapter 6A—Divisional applications
Chapter 9—Re-examination of standard patents
- 96A Chapter does not apply to innovation patents
Chapter 9A—Examination, re-examination and opposition-innovation patents
Part 1—Examination of innovation patents
Part 2—Re-examination of innovation patents
Part 3—Opposition to innovation patents
Schedule 2—Application, saving and transitional provisions
- Part 1—Application, saving and transitional provisions relating to petty patents
- Part 2—Other application and saving provisions
Schedule 3—Consequential amendment of other Acts
- Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
- Notes to the STYLEREF ShortT \* MERGEFORMAT Patents Amendment (Innovation Patents) Act 2000