Article 48 Copies of documents

(1)

A person may apply to the comptroller for a certified copy of any relevant document and, on payment of the prescribed fee, he shall be entitled to such a copy.

(2)

A person may apply to the comptroller for an uncertified copy of any relevant document and, on payment of the prescribed fee, he shall be entitled to such a copy.

(3)

But a person is not entitled to a copy of a relevant document where—

(a)

it is not available for inspection under section 118; or

(b)

making or providing such a copy would infringe copyright.

(4)

For the purposes of this rule a relevant document is any of the following—

(a)

an application for a patent which has been published;

(b)

a specification of a patent;

(c)

any other document, or extract from any such document, kept at the Patent Office.

(5)

An application under paragraph (1) or (2) must be made on Patents Form 23.