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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2005/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2005/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2496",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Patent Office opinions",
  "text": "In rule 112—\n(a) after “counter-statement”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be inserted “, observations”; and\n(b) after “a copy of any evidence” there shall be inserted “or observations”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2496/article/17",
    "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."
}