{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2004/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2004/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2358",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2004",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Patents Rules 1995",
  "text": "After rule 22 there shall be inserted—\n“References under section 15(1)(c)(ii)\n22A. (1) A reference made under section 15(1)(c)(ii) shall include—\n(a) the date of filing of the earlier relevant application;\n(b) its application number; and\n(c) the country in or for which it was made.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the copy of the application provided under section 15(10)(b)(ii) shall—\n(a) be duly certified by the authority with which it was filed; and\n(b) where it is in a language other than English, be accompanied by—\n(i) a translation into English of that application; or\n(ii) a declaration that the description filed under sub-paragraph (i) of section 15(10)(b) is a complete and accurate translation into English of the description contained in the application provided under sub-paragraph (ii) of that provision.\n(3) Where the application or a copy of the application is kept at the Patent Office it shall, for the purposes of section 15(10)(b)(ii), be treated as having been filed in accordance with rules.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2358/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:18:50.849340+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."
}