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Subject to the provisions of the Act, the term of every patent granted after the commencement of the…

Section 53(1), as substituted by the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002, fixes the term at "twenty years from the date of filing of the application for the patent". The term runs…

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Subject to the provisions of the Act, the term of every patent granted after the commencement of the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002 is:

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Section 53(1), as substituted by the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002, fixes the term at "twenty years from the date of filing of the application for the patent". The term runs from filing, not from grant or from the priority date.

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