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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/article-73",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/article-73.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3291",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/73",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "73",
  "heading": "Scope and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Part applies to the following proceedings heard before the comptroller—\n(a) applications, references and requests under the provisions mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 3;\n(b) oppositions under the provisions mentioned in Part 2 of that Schedule.\n(2) The rules listed in Part 4 of that Schedule apply to any proceedings heard before the comptroller under the Act.\n(3) In this Part—\n“claimant” means a person who starts proceedings or is treated as starting proceedings under rule 76(1);\n“defendant” means a person who files a counter-statement under rule 77(6) or (8);\n“statement of case” means the statement of grounds or the counter-statement and references to a statement of case include part of the statement of case;\n“statement of grounds” means a statement filed by the claimant;\n“statement of truth” means a statement that the person making the statement believes that the facts stated in a particular document are true; and\n“witness statement” means a written statement signed by a person that contains the evidence which that person would be allowed to give orally.",
  "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/73",
    "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."
}