{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2007/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2007/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/677",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Removing requirement to file duplicates in respect of patent applications",
  "text": "(1) Rule 20 (size and presentation of documents) is amended as follows—\n(a) paragraph (2) is revoked;\n(b) in paragraph (16), for “(2)” substitute “(3)”.\n(2) What is now rule 112 (copies of documents) shall become paragraph (1) of rule 112, and after that paragraph insert—\n“(2) A specification filed under rule 40(8), 53(ii), 77(2) or 78(5) shall be filed in duplicate.”.\n(3) The amendments made by this rule shall not apply to any application for a patent filed before 26 June 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/677/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:59:05.889423+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."
  }
}