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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1973/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1973/66",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) Rules 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1973",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PATENTS\nMade 18th January 1973\nLaid before Parliament 25th January 1973\nComing into Operation 15th February 1973\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 94(1) of the Patents Act 1949 and now vested in him and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1970/1537 (1970 III, p. 5293)."
    }
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  "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."
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