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  "legislation_title": "The Contracting Out (Functions in Relation to Applications for Patents) Order 2002",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "Functions conferred by or under any of the following provisions of the Patents Act:\n(a) section 14(7) (consideration and reframing of abstract);\n(b) section 19(2) (amendment of an application for a patent before grant);\n(c) section 21(1) (consideration of observations by third parties on patentability); and\n(d) section 117 (correction of errors) except insofar as it relates to correction of errors in any specification of a patent or any document filed in connection with a patent.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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