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Article 2 Interpretation

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In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires–

  • “the Comptroller” means the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks;

  • “the Institute” means the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents;

  • “patent agency work” means work done in the course of carrying on the business of acting as agent for others for the purpose of applying for or obtaining patents in the United Kingdom or elsewhere or of conducting proceedings before the Comptroller relating to applications for, or otherwise in connection with, patents;

  • “the register” means the register required to be kept under these Rules; and “registered patent agent” means a person whose name is entered in the register;

  • “the Registrar” means the person appointed in accordance with rule 7 below to maintain the register;

  • “the revoked Rules” means the Rules revoked under rule 23 below;

  • “the United Kingdom” includes the Isle of Man.