{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/article-94",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/article-94.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3291",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/94",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "94",
  "heading": "Refusal or withdrawal of request",
  "text": "(1) The comptroller shall not issue an opinion if—\n(a) the request appears to him to be frivolous or vexatious; or\n(b) the question upon which the opinion is sought appears to him to have been sufficiently considered in any relevant proceedings.\n(2) The comptroller shall not issue an opinion if the requester gives him notice in writing that the request is withdrawn.\n(3) If the comptroller intends at any time—\n(a) to refuse the request because the condition in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) is satisfied; or\n(b) to refuse the request because, in accordance with section 74A(3)(b), he considers it inappropriate in all the circumstances to issue an opinion,\nhe shall notify the requester accordingly.",
  "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/94",
    "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."
}