{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/article-97",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/article-97.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3291",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/97",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": "Issue of the opinion",
  "text": "(1) After the end of the procedure under rule 96, the comptroller must refer the request to an examiner for the preparation of the opinion.\n(2) The comptroller must issue the opinion that has been prepared by sending a copy to—\n(a) the requester;\n(b) the patent holder; and\n(c) any other person who filed observations under rule 96(1).",
  "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/97",
    "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."
}