Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Act 2017

KDB report

18. (1) In this section, “KDB report” means the report required to be made under subsection (1) of section 103 of the Patents Act 1992 in so far as this Act is an enactment which falls within paragraph (b) of that subsection.

(2) The KDB report shall include statistical information in a form, and regarding such matters, as the Minister may direct.

(3) The Minister may seek the introduction of appropriate categories or sectoral headings in respect of applications and request information from the Controller as to the proportion of applications under each heading.

(4) The KDB report shall not disclose details of any invention the subject of an application.

(5) The KDB report shall specify—

(a) the number of applications received by the Controller during the year to which the report relates,

(b) the number of applications deemed to be withdrawn under section 8 (2), and the number of applications withdrawn under section 10 , by applicants during that year,

(c) the number of applications during that year in respect of which the Controller issued a KDB certificate,

(d) the number of applications during that year in respect of which the Controller refused to issue a KDB certificate,

(e) the number of refusals to issue a KDB certificate that were subject to a review during that year,

(f) the number of reviews carried out during that year that resulted in the confirmation of the decision to refuse to issue a KDB certificate,

(g) the number of reviews carried out during that year that resulted in the issue of a KDB certificate, and

(h) such other statistical information as may be prescribed.