Patents Act 2004

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|short_title=Patents Act 2004The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/16/section/18 section 18(1)] of this Act.

|parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom

|long_title=An Act to amend the law relating to patents.

|year=2004

|statute_book_chapter=2004 c. 16

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|territorial_extent=The same as the Patents Act 1977The Patents Act 2004, section 18(2)

|royal_assent=22 July 2004

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|original_text=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/16/contents/enacted

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|revised_text=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/16/contents

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The Patents Act 2004 (c. 16) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. One of the purposes of the Act is to give effect to the revised European Patent Convention which was agreed by Diplomatic Conference in November 2000.Explanatory notes, paragraphs [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/16/notes/division/2 3] and [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/16/notes/division/3/1 6] It also amended employees' rights to compensation for inventions, to enable employee compensation "to be awarded in respect of all outstanding benefits deriving from a patented invention, removing the requirement for an employee to show that the patent itself is of outstanding benefit".Intellectual Property Office, [https://www.gov.uk/guidance/manual-of-patent-practice-mopp/section-40-compensation-of-employees-for-certain-inventions Manual of Patent Practice: Section 40: Compensation of employees for certain inventions], accessed 20 July 2022