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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-2004/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-2004/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/16",
  "legislation_title": "Patents Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-2004",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Co-ownership",
  "text": "In section 36 of the 1977 Act (co-ownership), in subsection (3), after “others” there is inserted—\n“(a) amend the specification of the patent or apply for such an amendment to be allowed or for the patent to be revoked, or”.\n(b)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 in force at 1.10.2005 by S.I. 2005/2471, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/16/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:09.517783+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."
}