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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patent-agents-non-recognition-of-certain-agents-by-comptroller-rules-1990/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1454",
  "legislation_title": "The Patent Agents (Non-recognition of Certain Agents by Comptroller) Rules 1990",
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  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In these Rules—\n“the Act” means the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;\n“the Comptroller” means the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks;\n“the register” means the register of patent agents required to be kept pursuant to rules made under section 275 of the Act..",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the Register of Patent Agents Rules 1990 (S.I. 1990/1457)."
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      "affecting_title": "The Legal Services Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2009"
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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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