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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-1990/article-22",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2384",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents Rules 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-1990",
  "path": "article/22",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Claims in different categories",
  "text": "Without prejudice to the generality of section 14(5)(d), an application for a patent which includes,—\n(a) in addition to an independent claim for a product, an independent claim for a process specially adapted for the manufacture of the product, and an independent claim for a use of the product;\n(b) in addition to an independent claim for a process, an independent claim for an apparatus or means specifically designed for carrying out the process; or\n(c) in addition to an independent claim for a product, an independent claim for a process specially adapted for the manufacture of the product, and an independent claim for an apparatus or means specifically designed for carrying out the process,\nshall be treated as relating to a group of inventions which are so linked as to form a single inventive concept.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2384/article/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:56:36.113772+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."
}