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• Patents (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. No. 79 of 2011) (PDF, 119KB)
• Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (Section 41) (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No 432 of 2010) (PDF, 99KB)
• Patent (Amendment) Rules 2009 (PDF, 187KB) (S.I. No. 194 of 2009)
• Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (Certain Provisions) (Commencement) Order 2009 (PDF, 99KB) (S.I. No. 196 of 2009)
• European Communities (Compulsory Licensing of Patents Relating to The Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Products for Export to Countries with Public Health Problems) Regulations 2008 (PDF, 120KB)(S.I. No. 408 of 2008)
• European Communities (Supplementary Protection Certificate) Regulations 2008 (PDF, 128KB) (S.I. No. 307 of 2008). For further information, see the EU Patents Legislation page.
• Patents (Amendment) Rules 2008 (PDF, 82KB) (S.I. No. 71 of 2008)
• Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Fees)(Amendment) Rules 2008 (PDF, 100KB) (S.I. No. 72 of 2008)
• Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (Certain Provisions)(Commencement) Order 2007 (PDF, 66KB) (S.I No. 761 of 2007)
• European Communities (Limitation of Effect of Patent) Regulations 2006 (PDF, 120KB) (S.I No. 50 of 2006)
• European Communities (Patent Agents) Regulations 2006 (PDF, 134KB) (S.I. No. 141 of 2006)
• Patents (Amendment) Rules 2006 (PDF, 111KB) (S.I. No. 142 of 2006)
• Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Fees) Rules, 2001 (S.I No. 482 of 2001)
• European Communities (Supplementary Protection Certificate)(Amendment) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. 648 of 2001)
• European Communities (Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions) Regulations, 2000 (S.I. No. 247 of 2000)
• Patents (International Arrangements) Order, 1996 (S.I. No. 38 of 1996)
• The European Communities (Supplementary Protection Certificate) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. 125 of 1993). These Regulations have been revoked by S.I. 307 of 2008 (above).
• Patents Rules, 1992 (S.I. No. 179 of 1992)
• Register of Patents Agents Rules, 1992 (S.I. No. 180 of 1992)