{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/article-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/article-48.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3291",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/48",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Copies of documents",
  "text": "(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.\n(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.\n(3) But a person is not entitled to a copy of a relevant document where—\n(a) it is not available for inspection under section 118; or\n(b) making or providing such a copy would infringe copyright.\n(4) For the purposes of this rule a relevant document is any of the following—\n(a) an application for a patent which has been published;\n(b) a specification of a patent;\n(c) any other document, or extract from any such document, kept at the Patent Office.\n(5) An application under paragraph (1) or (2) must be made on Patents Form 23.",
  "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/48",
    "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."
}