# The Patents (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2016, Article 17: Transitional Provision


(1) The amendment made by rule 3(b) does not apply to an application for a patent in respect of which the compliance period expired before 6th April 2017.
(2) In paragraph (1) “compliance period” has the same meaning as it has in rule 2(1) of the Patents Rules 2007.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/892/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-no-2-rules-2016/article-17
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