# The Patent Agents (Mixed Partnerships and Bodies Corporate) Rules 1994, Article 3


For the purposes of section 276(2) and (3) of the Act (persons entitled to describe themselves as patent agents or patent attorneys) the conditions to be satisfied, in the case of a partnership where not all the partners are patent agents or in the case of a body corporate where not all the directors are patent agents, are—
(a) that each partner or, as the case may be, director shall be a person whose name is entered in at least one of the registers kept pursuant to rules made under sections 275 and 282 of the Act;
(b) that at least one-quarter of the partners or, as the case may be, the directors shall be patent agents; and
(c) where the names of any of the partners or, as the case may be, of any of the directors appear on any professional advertisement, circular or letter issued by or with the consent of the partnership or body corporate and which relates to it or its business, that each partner and director so named who is a patent agent is clearly identified as such.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/362/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patent-agents-mixed-partnerships-and-bodies-corporate-rules-1994/article-3
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