Sch. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 PATENTS ACT (as amended) Definition inserted by s. 2 of Act 9/2002. Section inserted by s. 3 of Act 9/2002. Paragraph inserted by s. 4 of Act 9/2002. Subsection amended by s. 5 of Act 9/2002. Paragraph substituted by s. 5 of Act 9/2002. Paragraph inserted by s. 5 of Act 9/2002. Subsection substituted by s. 5 of Act 9/2002. Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. Subsection repealed and subsections (4) to (6) substituted by s. 6 of Act 9/2002. Subsection inserted by s. 6 of Act 9/2002. Subsection inserted by s. 6 of Act 9/2002. Section inserted by s. 7 of Act 9/2002. Section inserted by s. 7 of Act 9/2002. Section substituted by s. 8 of Act 9/2002. Section inserted by s. 9 of Act 9/2002. Subsection amended by s. 10 of Act 9/2002. Subsection substitution by s. 10 of Act 9/2002. Subsection inserted by s. 10 of Act 9/2002. Subsection substituted by s. 10 of Act 9/2002. Subsection substituted by s. 10 of Act 9/2002. Subsection repealed by s. 10 of Act 9/2002. Subsection amended by s. 10 of Act 9/2002. Subsection repealed by s. 10 of Act 9/2002. Subsection amended by s. 10 of Act 9/2002. Paragraph amended by s. 11 of Act 9/2002. Paragraph inserted by s. 11 of Act 9/2002. Subsection inserted by s. 11 of Act 9/2002. Subsection amended by s. 40 of Act 14/2002. Subsection substituted by s. 40 of Act 14/2002. Subsection inserted by s. 11 of Act 9/2002. Subsection substituted by s. 12 of Act 9/2002. Subsection repealed by s. 12 of Act 9/2002. Proviso inserted by s. 12 of Act 9/2002. Section inserted by s. 13 of Act 9/2002. Subsection inserted by s. 14 of Act 9/2002. Subsection amended by s. 14 of Act 9/2002. Subsection inserted by s. 14 of Act 9/2002. Section inserted by s. 15 of Act 9/2002. Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. Part substituted by s. 16 of Act 9/2002 (new Part consisting of ss. 69 to 72 replacing former Part consisting of ss. 69 to 78). Section inserted by s. 17 of Act 9/2002. Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. Section repealed by s. 4 of Act 22/2001. Section 90 formerly provided a general penalty for all offences under the Act. Penalties are now to be found in the sections creating the offences. Paragraph inserted by s. 18 of Act 9/2002. Paragraph inserted by s. 18 of Act 9/2002. Section 97 repealed by s. 19 of Act 9/2002. The repealed section contained savings provisions for continuation of patents in force immediately before the 1st February, 1972 (date of commencement of this Act) and continued operation of s. 29 of the previous Act, namely, the Patents Act, 1957 (No. 13 of 1957). By 2002 those provisions were spent and could be repealed.