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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/37",
  "legislation_title": "Patents Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In those provisions as they apply by virtue of this Schedule—\n(a) a reference to this Act includes a reference to the 1949 Act;\n(b) a reference to a specified provision of this Act other than one of those provisions shall be construed as a reference to the corresponding provision of the 1949 Act (any provision of that Act being treated as corresponding to a provision of this Act if it was enacted for purposes which are the same as or similar to that provision of this Act);\n(c) a reference to rules includes a reference to rules under the 1949 Act;\n(d) references to a patent under this Act and to an application for such a patent include respectively a reference to an existing patent and application;\n(e) references to the grant of a patent under this Act includes a reference to the sealing and grant of an existing patent;\n(f) a reference to a patented product and to a patented invention include respectively a reference to a product and invention patented under an existing patent;\n(g) references to a published application for a patent under this Act, and to publication of such an application, include respectively references to a complete specification which has been published under the 1949 Act and to publication of such a specification (and a reference to an application for a patent under this Act which has not been published shall be construed accordingly);\n(h) a reference to the publication in the journal of a notice of the grant of a patent includes a reference to the date of an existing patent;\n(i) a reference to the priority date of an invention includes a reference to the priority date of the relevant claim of the complete specification.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/37/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:17.133485+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."
}