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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intellectual-property-act-2014/schedule/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/18",
  "legislation_title": "Intellectual Property Act 2014",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "(1) In section 5 of the Patents Act 1977 (priority date), in subsection (5), after paragraph (a) insert—\n“(aa) an application in or for a country (other than the United Kingdom) which is a member of the World Trade Organisation for protection in respect of an invention which, in accordance with the law of that country or a treaty or international obligation to which it is a party, is equivalent to an application for a patent under this Act;”.\n(2) In that subsection, for “such an application” substitute “ an application for a patent under this Act ”.\n(3) In that section, omit subsection (6).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1 in force at 1.10.2014 by S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch."
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  "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."
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