{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-2007/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-2007/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3292",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Fees) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Use of a form",
  "text": "(1) Except where any of rules 3 to 7 apply, the fees to be paid in respect of any matters arising under the Act are those specified in Schedule 1.\n(2) Where a form—\n(a) is required to be used by the 2007 Rules; and\n(b) is specified in Schedule 1 as the corresponding form in relation to any matter,\nthat form must be accompanied by the fee specified in respect of that matter.\n(3) But where any provision of the 2007 Rules permits payment to be made before or after the form has been filed, the fee may be paid accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 2(1) substituted (30.7.2020) by The Patents, Trade Marks and Registered Designs (Fees) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/644), rules 1, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 2(1) substituted (1.4.2026) by The Intellectual Property Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/183), rules 1(1), 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3292/article/2",
    "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."
}