# Patents Act 1977, Section 9: Determination after grant of questions referred before grant.


If a question with respect to a patent or application is referred by any person to the comptroller under section 8 above, whether before or after the making of an application for the patent, and is not determined before the time when the application is first in order for a grant of a patent in pursuance of the application, that fact shall not prevent the grant of a patent, but on its grant that person shall be treated as having referred to the comptroller under section 37 below any question mentioned in that section which the comptroller thinks appropriate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/37/section/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/section-9
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