Singapore legislation
Clause 56
of Patents Bill
Clause 56
Inventions relating to food or medicine or surgical or curative device
(1)
At any time after the date of the grant of a patent in respect of —
a substance capable of being used as food or medicine or in the production of food or medicine;
a process for producing any such substance as aforesaid; or
any invention capable of being used as or as part of a surgical or curative device,the Registrar may, on application made to him by any person, order the grant to the applicant of a licence under the patent on such terms as he thinks fit, unless it appears to him that there are good reasons for refusing the application.
(2)
A licence granted under this section shall entitle the licensee to make, use or dispose of the invention as a food or medicine, or for the purpose of the production of food or medicine or as part of a surgical or curative device.
(3)
An application under this section may be made notwithstanding that the applicant is already the holder of a licence under the patent.
(4)
A licence granted under this section and section 55 may permit the licensee to import the patented product.