2.
3.
than five years, shall be deemed to have been granted for a period not
exceeding five years.
Amends section 31 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting
subsection (5).
Short title.—This Act shall be called the Patents Amendment Act, 1979.
PATENTS AMENDMENT ACT
NO. 44 OF 1986
[ASSENTED TO 22 APRIL, 1986]
[DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: 30 APRIL, 1986]
(Unless otherwise indicated)
(English text signed by the State President)
ACT
To amend the Patents Act, 1978, so as to further provide which applications,
received from convention countries, shall for the purposes of section 31 be regarded
as applications which have been made in convention countries; to provide for an
additional manner of identifying micro-organisms in the case of claims to certain
inventions; to further regulate the amendment of specifications; and to make new
provision in relation to an appeal from the commissioner of patents to the Supreme
Court; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Amends section 31 (4) of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting
paragraph (a).
Amends section 32 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting
subsection (6) (date of commencement: 14 July 1997).
Amends section 51 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, as follows:—
paragraph (a) substitutes subsection (8); and paragraph (b) substitutes
subsection (9).
Amends section 76 (2) of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting
paragraph (a).
Short title.—This Act shall be called the Patents Amendment Act, 1986.
PATENTS AMENDMENT ACT
NO. 58 OF 2002
[ASSENTED TO 30 DECEMBER, 2002]
[DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: 15 JANUARY, 2003]
(English text signed by the President)
ACT
To amend the Patents Act, 1978, so as to bring certain provisions in line with the
Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights; to bring
provisions regarding the processing and amendment of applications under the Patent
Co-operation Treaty in line with other applications; to effect technical corrections to
some provisions and clarify others; to provide for the non-infringement of a patent
under certain circumstances; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:—
1.
2.
3.
4.
Amends section 32 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting
subsection (3).
Amends section 33 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting
subsection (2).
Substitutes section 43A of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978.
Substitutes section 43D of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978.