# The Patents (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 1999, Article 17: Citation, commencement and transitional


In rule 85 (international applications for patents: sections 89 and 89A)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in subparagraph (a), for the words “twenty months” substitute “twenty-one months”;
(ii) in subparagraph (b)(i), for the words “thirty months” substitute “thirty-one months”; and
(iii) in subparagraph (b)(ii), for the words “thirty months” substitute “thirty-one months”;
(b) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraph (a), for the words “two months” substitute “three months”;
(c) in paragraph (3)—
(i) for subparagraph (c) substitute—
“(c) rule 6(6) shall apply;”;
(ii) in subparagraph (d) in the third line after the word “shall” for the rest of the paragraph substitute—
“apply”; and
(d) in paragraph (5A)—
(i) in subparagraph (a), for the words “one month” substitute “three months”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3197/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-no-2-rules-1999/article-17
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