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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-supplementary-protection-certificates-rules-1997/schedule-1/crossheading-9/paragraph-1",
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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/9/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Lodging of an application for a certificate",
  "text": "The application for a certificate shall be lodged with the competent industrial property office of the Member State which granted the basic patent or on whose behalf it was granted and in which the authorization referred to in Article 3(1)(b) to place the product on the market was obtained, unless the member State designates another authority for the purpose.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/64/schedule/1/crossheading/9/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:47.107599+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."
}