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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/529",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PATENTS\nMade 7th March 2002\nLaid before Parliament 8th March 2002\nComing into force 1st April 2002\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred on her by section 123 of the Patents Act 1977, after consultation with the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section 8(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992, hereby makes the following Rules:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 53."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/529/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:13:27.749168+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}