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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-supplementary-protection-certificates-rules-1997/schedule-1/crossheading-10/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/64",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificates) Rules 1997",
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  "path": "schedule/1/crossheading/10/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Grant of the certificate or rejection of the application",
  "text": "Where the application for a certificate does not meet the conditions laid down in Article 8, the authority referred to in Article 9(1) shall ask the applicant to rectify the irregularity, or to settle the fee, within a stated time.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:47.107599+00:00"
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  "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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