{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-2007/article-3A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-2007/article-3A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3292",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Fees) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-fees-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/3A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3A",
  "heading": "Electronic filing fee reduction",
  "text": "Where Form 9A or 10 is filed in electronic form or using electronic communications in accordance with directions given under section 124A, the fee specified in Schedule 1 in respect of a request for a search in accordance with rule 27 of the 2007 Rules or a request for a substantive examination in accordance with rule 28 of the 2007 Rules shall in each case be reduced by £40.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 3A inserted (4.10.2009) by The Trade Marks and Trade Marks and Patents (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2089), rules 2, 22"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sum in rule 3A substituted (1.4.2026) by The Intellectual Property Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/183), rules 1(1), 7"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3292/article/3A",
    "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."
}