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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-A2/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/37",
  "legislation_title": "Patents Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977",
  "path": "schedule/A2/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The protection conferred by a patent on a product containing or consisting of genetic information shall extend to all material, save as provided for in paragraph 3(a) above, in which the product is incorporated and in which the genetic information is contained and performs its function.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A2 inserted (28.7.2000) by 2000/2037, reg. 8(2), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/37/schedule/A2/paragraph/9",
    "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."
}