{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/article-114",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/article-114.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3291",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/114",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "114",
  "heading": "Translations in proceedings in relation to a European patent (UK)",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) proceedings are started before the comptroller in relation to a European patent (UK); and\n(b) the specification of that patent was published in French or German,\nthe person who starts those proceedings shall file at the Patent Office a translation into English of the specification.\n(2) But paragraph (1) shall not apply where—\n(a) a translation into English of the specification has been filed under section 77(6); or\n(b) the comptroller directs that a translation is unnecessary.\n(3) Where, in the course of such proceedings, leave is given to amend the specification of the patent, the proprietor shall file at the Patent Office a translation of the amendment into the language in which the specification of the patent was published.\n(4) This rule applies to making a request for an opinion under section 74A as it applies to proceedings started before the comptroller.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3291/article/114",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:40:58.093437+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."
}