{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-1996/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-1996/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2972",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Fees) Rules 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules revoke and replace the Patents (Fees) Rules 1995 (S.I. 1995/2164). The fees remain unchanged except that the fee payable for a substantive examination (Form 10/77) is reduced from £130 to £70.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2972/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:31:24.730716+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."
}