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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2089",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PATENTS\nMade 29th November 1988\nLaid before Parliament 7th December 1988\nComing into force\nRules 1 and 2 1st January 1989\nRule 3 15th January 1989\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 32(2)(b) and (e), (6) and (7) and 123(1) and (2) of, and paragraph 4A(5) of Schedule 1 to, the Patents Act 1977, after consultation with the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section 10(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971, makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 37; section 32 of the Patents Act 1977 was substituted by the Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986 (c. 39), Schedule 1, paragraph 4; paragraph 4A of Schedule 1 to the Patents Act 1977 was inserted by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), section 293."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1971 c. 62."
    }
  ],
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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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