The Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificate for Medicinal Products) Rules 1992
Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1768/92 (“the EC Regulation”) (which is set out in Schedule 1 to these Rules) and which will take effect on 2nd January 1993, creates and sets out the conditions relating to applications for, and the grant of, a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (“the certificate”). The certificate, when granted, will extend the protection afforded by a patent in respect of a pharmaceutical product covered by it for a period which will not extend to a period more than five years from the date it takes effect.