§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the compulsory licences applied for to his Department in the last 10 years and the outcomes. [152136]
§ Mr. CabornSeven applications have been made for compulsory patent licences under Section 48 of the Patents Act 1977 in the last 10 years. Details are in the table.
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Date of application under Section 48 Patent number Patentee Applicant for licence Outcome 10 March 1995 GB 2133069 Therma-Tru Corp Cohmor Holdings Plc Application refused by decision dated 5 June 1996 1 9 June 1995 EP 0083360 Baxter International Ltd. M. L. Laboratories Application withdrawn 26 June 1996 9 November 1995 GB 2065080 Arnold Kastner Rizla Ltd. Application withdrawn 26 April 1996 12 January 1996 EP 0182442 Biogen Inc Medeva Plc; Evans Medical Ltd. Application withdrawn 8 July 1997 23 May 1996 GB 2150431 Janet Parker Merville Modular Ltd. Application withdrawn 10 April 1997 25 July 1996 EP 0163933 R. L. Reynolds Emward Fastenings Ltd. Application refused by decision dated 29 December 1997 27 January 1997 GB 2133069 Therma-Tru Corp Evergreen Door Ltd. Application withdrawn 4 March 1998 1 Confirmed on appeal Source:
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