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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/capital-allowances-act-2001/section-466",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/capital-allowances-act-2001/section-466.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2001/2",
  "legislation_title": "Capital Allowances Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/capital-allowances-act-2001",
  "path": "section/466",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "466",
  "heading": "Grant of licences",
  "text": "(1) The acquisition of a licence in respect of a patent is to be treated as the purchase of patent rights.\n(2) The grant of a licence in respect of a patent is to be treated as a sale of part of patent rights.\n(3) But the grant by a person entitled to patent rights of an exclusive licence is to be treated as a sale of the whole of those rights.\n(4) “Exclusive licence” means a licence to exercise those rights to the exclusion of the grantor and all other persons for the period remaining until the rights come to an end.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/466",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:17.739129+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}