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US FREE TRADE AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ACT 2004
No. 120, 2004
Schedule 8—Patents amendments

Patents Act 1990

1 Paragraph 59(b)

Omit all the words after "patentable invention".

2 Paragraph 59(d)

Repeal the paragraph.

3 Application of amendments of section 59 of the Patents Act 1990

The amendments of section 59 of the Patents Act 1990 made by this Schedule apply in relation to each patent application for a standard patent:

(a) made after the commencement of this Schedule; or
(b) made before the commencement of this Schedule, but for which a patent has not been granted by the commencement of this Schedule.

4 Subsection 104(3)

Repeal the subsection.

5 Paragraph 138(3)(c)

Repeal the paragraph.

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