{"id":"C1916A00013","name":"Patents Act (Partial Suspension) Act 1916","slug":"patents-act-partial-suspension-act-1916","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"13 of 1916","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":19011,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1916A00013-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Patents Act (Partial Suspension) Act 1916","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\nPATENTS ACT (PARTIAL SUSPENSION).\n\n \n\nNo. 13 of 1916.\n\nAn Act to suspend the operation of Section Eighty-seven a of the Patents Act 1903-1909 during the continuance of the present War and for a period of six months thereafter.\n\n[Assented to 30th May, 1916.]\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Patents Act (Partial Suspension) Act 1916.\n\nTemporary suspension of the Patents Act 1903-1909, s. 87a.\n\n2. The operation of section eighty-seven a of the Patents Act 1903-1909 shall be suspended during the continuance of the present war, and for a period of six months thereafter, and in reckoning the period of four years mentioned in that section the period during which that section is suspended by virtue of this Act shall not be taken in account.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1734},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act performs exactly the limited, temporary wartime function described in its title and preamble—suspending one specific provision of patent law. No expansion of scope beyond the stated purpose of providing temporary relief from compulsory licensing provisions during WWI."},"complexity_factors":["Single section suspension with straightforward temporal limitation (duration of war plus six months)","Only two operative provisions (short title and suspension clause)","Simple arithmetic adjustment to statutory time calculation (excluding suspended period from four-year reckoning)","No defined terms or cross-references to other legislation beyond the target section"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act temporarily suspends Section 87a of the Patents Act 1903–1909—pausing the four‑year “working” deadline during World War I and for six months after peace—so time lost to wartime disruption doesn’t count against patent holders. It protects patentees from compulsory licenses they might otherwise face when shipping and manufacturing constraints made local working or importation impossible."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/patents-act-partial-suspension-act-1916","history":"/api/acts/patents-act-partial-suspension-act-1916/history","analysis":"/api/acts/patents-act-partial-suspension-act-1916/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/patents-act-partial-suspension-act-1916/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/patents-act-partial-suspension-act-1916/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/patents-act-partial-suspension-act-1916/documents"}}