{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1987/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1987/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/288",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) Rules 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1987",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Preliminary",
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Patents (Amendment) Rules 1987.\n(2) The following rules and Schedules shall come into force on 24th March 1987—\n(a) this rule;\n(b) rule 2 and Schedule 1 so far as they relate to Patents Forms Nos. 50/77, 52/77 and 53/77;\n(c) rule 3 and Schedule 2 so far as they relate to the fees payable in respect of those forms; and\n(d) rules 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.\n(3) The following rules and Schedules shall come into force on 1st September 1987—\n(a) rule 2 and Schedule 1 so far as they relate to Patents Forms Nos. 54/77, 55/77, 56/77 and 57/77;\n(b) rule 3 and Schedule 2 so far as they relate to the fees payable in respect of those forms; and\n(c) rules 4, 5, 6 and 7.\n(4) Rules 20(9), 25(4), 28 and 80 of the Patents Rules 1982 are hereby revoked, and the reference to rule 80 in Patents Form No. 40/77 set out in Schedule 2 to the said Rules shall be omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1982/717; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1985/785."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/288/article/1",
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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."
}