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date: 2014-06-01

British patent law, Britain is the first country in the world to practice patents. Early in 1236 years, The King of England once gave the citizens of Bordeaux the technique of making colored cloth 15 Years of monopoly rights; 1331 The Flemming merchants were granted the privilege of weaving and dyeing cloth; 1367 The privilege of dealing in clocks and watches was granted to two merchants in 2000; 1561 And approved the patent for the manufacture of whitelighton alkali. but, The patent system in early England was only a monarchy prerogative system granted by the king. 1617 years, Patent monopolies began to be issued by the government "Monopoly law" , The patent system was formally established in legal form. Grant patent rights to the earliest inventors, The validity of the patent is 14 years, It also stipulated that the inventor should have a monopoly on the invention, You have to disclose your technology. This was the earliest patent law in England, It's the first patent law in the world. 1852 The Patent Office was formally established in Britain, Responsible for patent application, review, Approval and other matters. 1872 Patent examiners were systematically trained in 2000; 1905 The system of examining the novelty of patent applications for invention was put into practice in 2000. Before World War II, British patent law was amended several times, But not much. enter 20 mid-century, Due to the development of world economy and technology, It forced the British patent industry to develop towards modernization and internationalization. so, 1949 years, The original patent law has been comprehensively amended, The revised patent law is called the New Patent Law. 1973 years 10 month 15 The European Patent Treaty and 1975 years 12 month 15 The European Community Patent Treaty was signed in Japan, Britain was one of the initiators. To harmonize the provisions of British patent law with those of the two treaties, 1977 years 7 month 29 Sun and sun 1949 The new patent law enacted in 2000 was extensively amended. This revision is in 1978 years 6 month 1 Effective on the day. After this revision, There are the following changes compared with the original patent law: ①The patent is valid from 16 Annual extension to 20 years; ②implement 10 An early open patent application system of a month; ③The application for a patent for invention shall be examined strictly, To expand the scope of novelty search from domestic to international published literature; ④Patent court, As an important part of the High Court; ⑤The authority of the employee to apply for invention patent is clearly stipulated; ⑥Provisions relating to harmonization with the European Patent Treaty and the European Community Patent Treaty have been added. [1]

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