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Part 1
INTRODUCTORY
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s.art001
Citation and commencement
s.art002
General interpretation
s.art003
The declared priority date
s.art004
Forms and documents
Part 2
APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS
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s.art005
International exhibitions
s.art006
Declaration of priority for the purposes of section 5(2) (priority date)
s.art007
Request to the comptroller for permission to make a late declaration under section 5(2B)
s.art008
Filing of priority documents to support a declaration under section 5(2)
s.art009
Translation of priority documents
s.art010
Mention of the inventor
s.art011
Waiving the right to be mentioned
s.art012
Applications for the grant of patents under sections 14 and 15
s.art013
Biological material and sequence listings
s.art014
Size and presentation of application
s.art015
The abstract
s.art016
Single inventive concept
s.art017
References under section 15(1)(c)(ii)
s.art018
Missing parts
s.art019
New applications filed as mentioned in section 15(9)
s.art020
New applications under sections 8(3), 12(6) and 37(4)
s.art021
Extensions for new applications
s.art022
Periods prescribed for the purposes of sections 15(10) and 17(1)
s.art023
Preliminary examination under section 15A
s.art024
Correcting a declaration made for the purposes of section 5(2)
s.art025
Formal requirements
s.art026
Publication of application
s.art027
Search under section 17
s.art028
Request for substantive examination under section 18
s.art029
Substantive examination reports
s.art030
Period for putting application in order
s.art030
Fee for the grant of a patent under section 18(4)
s.art031
Amendment of application before grant
s.art032
Reinstatement of applications under section 20A
s.art033
Observations by third parties on patentability
Part 3
GRANTED PATENTS
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s.art034
Certificate of grant
s.art035
Amendment of specification after grant
s.art036
Renewal of patents: general
s.art037
Renewal of patents: first renewal
s.art038
Renewal of patents: subsequent renewals
s.art039
Renewal notice
s.art040
Restoration of lapsed patents under section 28
s.art041
Notification of lapsed patent
s.art041
Payment of fees under section 77(5A) following restoration of a European patent (UK)
s.art042
Surrender
s.art043
Application for, and cancellation of, an entry that licences are available as of right
Part 4
THE REGISTER AND OTHER INFORMATION
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s.art044
Entries in the register
s.art045
Advertisement in relation to register
s.art046
Copies of entries in, or extracts from, the register and certified facts
s.art047
Registrations of transactions, instruments and events
s.art048
Copies of documents
s.art049
Correction or change of name or address; correction of address for service
s.art050
Request for correction of error
s.art051
Restrictions on inspection of documents
s.art052
Request for information where section 118(4) applies
s.art053
Confidential documents
s.art054
Requests for certain information
s.art055
Bibliographic information about an unpublished application
Part 5
EUROPEAN PATENTS (UK)
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s.art056
Translations of European patents (UK)
s.art057
Corrected translations
s.art058
Procedure for making a conversion request under section 81(2)(b)(i)
s.art059
Procedure for making a conversion request under section 81(2)(b)(ii)
s.art060
Request for substantive examination following a direction under section 81
s.art061
Recognition of patent decision of competent authorities of other states
s.art062
Procedure for obtaining evidence for proceedings under the European Patent Convention
s.art063
Communication of information to the European Patent Office
Part 6
INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS
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s.art064
Interpretation relating to international applications
s.art065
Filing of international applications at the Patent Office
s.art066
Beginning of national phase
s.art066
Amendment of international application before grant
s.art067
International exhibitions
s.art068
Altered prescribed periods
s.art069
Necessary translations under section 89A(3) and (5)
s.art070
Requirements of necessary translations
s.art071
Directions under section 89(3) and (5)
s.art072
Circumstance prescribed for the purposes of section 89(3)
Part 7
PROCEEDINGS HEARD BEFORE THE COMPTROLLER
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s.art073
Scope and interpretation
s.art074
Overriding objective
s.art075
Publication of notices
s.art076
Starting proceedings
s.art077
Notification of the parties
s.art078
The counter-statement
s.art079
Copies of documents
s.art080
Evidence rounds and the hearing
s.art081
Alteration of time limits
s.art081
Failure to file Patents Form 4
s.art082
General powers of the comptroller in relation to proceedings before him
s.art083
Striking out a statement of case and summary judgment
s.art084
Hearings in public
s.art085
Security for costs or expenses
s.art086
Powers of comptroller to compel attendance of witnesses and production of documents
s.art087
Evidence in proceedings before the comptroller
s.art088
Proceedings in Scotland
s.art089
Proceedings started under section 46(3) by a person other than the proprietor
s.art090
Licences following entitlement proceedings
s.art091
Period prescribed for applications by employee for compensation
Part 8
OPINIONS
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s.art092
Interpretation
s.art093
Request for an opinion under section 74A
s.art094
Refusal or withdrawal of request
s.art095
Notification and advertisement of request
s.art096
Submission of observations and observations in reply
s.art097
Issue of the opinion
s.art098
Review of opinion
s.art099
Procedure on review
s.art100
Outcome of review
Part 9
MISCELLANEOUS
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s.art101
Agents
s.art102
Appointing advisers
s.art103
Address for service
s.art104
Failure to furnish an address for service
s.art105
Correction of errors
s.art106
Remission of fees
s.art107
Correction of irregularities
s.art108
Extension of time limits
s.art109
Extension of time limits specified by comptroller
s.art110
Interrupted days
s.art111
Delays in communication services
s.art112
Copies available to the comptroller
s.art113
Translations
s.art114
Translations in proceedings in relation to a European patent (UK)
s.art115
Establishing the accuracy of translations
s.art116
Supplementary protection certificates
s.art116
Notifications relating to supplementary protection certificates
s.art117
The journal
s.art118
Reports of cases
s.art119
Publication and sale of documents
s.art120
Transitional provisions and revocations
Schedules
Schedules
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s.sch001
Introductory
s.sch001
Specification of an application for a patent, or of a patent, for an invention which involves the use of or concerns biological material
s.sch001
The first and second requirements
s.sch001
A request by a person for biological material to be made available
s.sch001
The undertaking
s.sch001
Restriction of availability of biological material to experts
s.sch001
Request for a sample to be made available to expert
s.sch001
New deposits
s.sch002
A4 matt white paper must be used.
s.sch002
The capital letters in any typeface or font used must...
s.sch002
There must be a margin around any drawing or photograph...
s.sch002
All drawings or photographs must be numbered consecutively in a...
s.sch002
The drawings or photographs must begin on a new sheet...
s.sch002
The pages containing the drawings or photographs must be numbered...
s.sch002
Drawings must comprise black lines and may be shaded where...
s.sch002
Drawings may include cross-hatching to illustrate the cross-sections of a...
s.sch002
Any scale or other reference for making measurement must be...
s.sch002
Any drawing or photograph must be produced in such manner...
s.sch002
A drawing or photograph must not be included in the...
s.sch002
A document in paper form must be free from tears,...
s.sch002
The capital letters in any typeface or font used in...
s.sch002
Photographs must be black and white, clear and capable of...
s.sch002
References must only be included in the drawing or photograph...
s.sch002
Tables of information may only be included in the claims...
s.sch002
The terminology and any references used must be consistent throughout...
s.sch002
Where units of measurement used in the application are not...
s.sch002
Only technical terms, signs and symbols which are generally accepted...
s.sch002
Frames (lines surrounding matter) must not be used.
s.sch002
The pages of the description and claims must be numbered...
s.sch002
But where a sequence listing is set out at the...
s.sch002
Page numbers must be located at the top or bottom...
s.sch002
The minimum margins in any document must be 20mm.
s.sch002
Each of the following— (a) the request for the grant...
s.sch002
The abstract, description and claims must use at least 1.5...
s.sch005
Interpretation
s.sch005
Application of these Rules to existing patents and applications
s.sch005
Application of the 1995 Rules to sections 8 and 12
s.sch005
Periods of time
s.sch005
Proceedings before the comptroller
s.sch005
Service by post
s.sch005
Applications to which certain amendments made to the Act by the Regulatory Reform (Patents) Order 2004 do not apply.
s.sch005
Security for costs
s.sch005
Patent applications filed before 7th January 1991
s.sch005
Patent applications filed between 7th January 1991 and 27th July 2000
s.sch005
Continued application of Patents Rules 1968 to existing patents
s.schedule/3/part/1/paragraph/wrapper1n2
Patents Act 1977 section 8(1) (reference regarding entitlement in relation...
s.schedule/3/part/2/paragraph/wrapper2n2
Patents Act 1977 section 27(5) (opposition to amendment of specification...
s.schedule/3/part/3/paragraph/wrapper3n2
Patents Act 1977 section 47(6) (opposition to cancellation of licence...
s.schedule/3/part/4/paragraph/wrapper4n2
Patents Rules 2007 rule 74 (overriding objective) rule 79 (copies...
s.schedule/3/part/5/paragraph/wrapper5n2
Patents Rules 2007 rule 83 (striking out a statement of...
s.schedule/4/part/1/paragraph/wrapper6n2
rule 6(2)(b) (declaration of priority for the purposes of section...
s.schedule/4/part/2/paragraph/wrapper7n2
rule 8(1) and (2) (filing of information and priority documents)...
s.schedule/4/part/3/paragraph/wrapper8n2
rule 10(3) (filing of statement of inventorship and the right...
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