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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patent-office-address-revocation-rules-1999/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patent-office-address-revocation-rules-1999/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1993",
  "legislation_title": "The Patent Office (Address) (Revocation) Rules 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patent-office-address-revocation-rules-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DESIGNS\nPATENTS\nTRADE MARKS\nMade 13th July 1999\nLaid before Parliament 14th July 1999\nComing into force 10th August 1999\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 78(1) of the Trade Marks Act 1994, section 36(1) of the Registered Designs Act 1949, and section 123(1) of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 4 to, the Patents Act 1977, hereby makes the following Rules:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1994 c. 26."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1949 c. 88; section 36(1) was amended by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1977 c. 37."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1993/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:16:21.169353+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."
}