{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2011/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2011/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2052",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct errors in SI 2007/3291 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nPatents\nMade 19th August 2011\nLaid before Parliament 22nd August 2011\nComing into force 1st October 2011\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 123 of the Patents Act 1977.\nIn accordance with paragraph 24 of Schedule 7 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, the Secretary of State has consulted the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council before making these Rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c.37. Section 123 was amended by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c.48), Schedule 5, paragraph 29; there are other amendments but none are relevant to these Rules."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2007 c.15."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2052/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:57:59.165118+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."
}