{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2007/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2007/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/677",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PATENTS\nMade 4th March 2007\nLaid before Parliament 6th March 2007\nComing into force 1st April 2007\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 123 of the Patents Act 1977:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 37; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Rules."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/677/introduction",
    "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."
  }
}