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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/article-92",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3291",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/92",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "92",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“request” means, unless the context otherwise requires, a request for an opinion under section 74A ;\n“requester” means the person who makes that request;\n“patent in suit” means the patent to which that request relates;\n“patent holder” means the proprietor of that patent and any exclusive licensee of the patent; and\n“relevant proceedings” means proceedings (whether pending or concluded) before the comptroller, the court or the European Patent Office.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1977 c.37; section 74A was inserted by the Patents Act 2004 (c.16), section 13."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3291/article/92",
    "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."
}