# Patents Act 1977, Section 19: General power to amend application before grant.


(1) At any time before a patent is granted in pursuance of an application the applicant may, in accordance with the prescribed conditions and subject to section 76 below, amend the application of his own volition.
(2) The comptroller may, without an application being made to him for the purpose, amend the specification and abstract contained in an application for a patent so as to acknowledge a registered trade mark.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/37/section/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/section-19
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