Clause 56
Inventions relating to food or medicine or surgical or curative device
of Patents Bill
(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.