{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2005/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2005/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2496",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Patent Office opinions",
  "text": "In rule 102—\n(a) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—\n“(1A) The comptroller may remit the whole or part of the fee payable in respect of a request for an opinion under section 74A where he has refused the request.”; and\n(b) in paragraph (2), after “paragraph (1)(b)” there shall be inserted “or (1A)”, and after “applicant” there shall be inserted “or the requester of the opinion”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Rule 102 was amended by SI 1999/1092 and 2004/2358."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2496/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:52.871467+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."
}