{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-reform-patents-order-2004/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-reform-patents-order-2004/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2357",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulatory Reform (Patents) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-reform-patents-order-2004",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Patents Act 1977",
  "text": "(1) Section 81 of that Act (conversion of European patent applications) shall be amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (2)(c) for the words “filing fee” there shall be substituted “application fee”.\n(3) In subsection (3)(d) after the words “required by sections” there shall be inserted “15A, ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2357/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:18:51.581652+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."
}