Patents have the effect that the proprietor of the patent alone is entitled to use the patented invention within the scope of the law in force. In the absence of the consent of the proprietor of the patent, any third party is prohibited from

1.   producing, offering, putting into circulation or using a product which is the subject matter of the patent, or from either importing or possessing such a product for the purposes referred to;

2.   using a process which is the subject matter of the patent or, if the third party knows or if it is obvious from the circumstances that use of the process is prohibited in the absence of the consent of the proprietor of the patent, from offering the process for use within the territorial scope of this Act;

3.   offering, putting into circulation or using a product which is produced directly by a process which is the subject matter of the patent, or from either importing or possessing such a product for the purposes referred to.