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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/schedule-5/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/schedule-5/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3291",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Service by post",
  "text": "Any document sent to the comptroller by posting it in the United Kingdom before the day these Rules come into force shall be deemed to have been filed at the time when it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "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."
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