{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-2007/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-2007/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3292",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Fees) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Patents (Fees) Rules 2007 and they shall come into force on 17th December 2007.\n(2) In these Rules—\n(a) “the Act” means the Patents Act 1977 and references to a section are references to a section of the Act; ...\n(b) “the 2007 Rules” means the Patents Rules 2007; ...\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 1(2)(a) omitted (30.7.2020) by virtue of The Patents, Trade Marks and Registered Designs (Fees) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/644), rules 1, 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 1(2)(b) substituted (30.7.2020) by The Patents, Trade Marks and Registered Designs (Fees) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/644), rules 1, 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 1(2)(c) and word omitted (1.4.2026) by virtue of The Intellectual Property Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/183), rules 1(1), 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3292/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:40:55.199099+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."
}