{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-no-2-rules-2016/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-no-2-rules-2016/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/892",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-no-2-rules-2016",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "New applications",
  "text": "For rule 19, substitute—\n“New applications filed as mentioned in section 15(9)\n19. (1) For the purposes of section 15(9) a new application may only be filed in accordance with this rule.\n(2) A new application may be filed as mentioned in section 15(9) if—\n(a) the earlier application has not been terminated or withdrawn; and\n(b) the period ending three months before the compliance date of the earlier application has not expired.\n(3) A new application must include a statement that it is filed as mentioned in section 15(9).”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 15(9) of the Patents Act 1977 was substituted by S.I. 2004/2357; see rule 2(1) of the Patents Rules 2007 for the meaning of “section”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 15(9) of the Patents Act 1977 for the meaning of “earlier application”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See rule 2(1) of the Patents Rules 2007 for the meaning of “compliance date”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/892/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:20:18.450275+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."
}