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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Contracting Out (Functions in Relation to Applications for Patents) Order 2002 No. 3052
Article 3
1. Functions conferred by or under any of the following provisions of the Patents Act:
(a)section 14(7) (consideration and reframing of abstract);
(b)section 19(2) (amendment of an application for a patent before grant);
(c)section 21(1) (consideration of observations by third parties on patentability); and
(d)section 117 (correction of errors) except insofar as it relates to correction of errors in any specification of a patent or any document filed in connection with a patent.
2. Functions conferred by or under any of the following provisions of the Patents Rules:
(a)rule 19(4) (publication of figures characterising the invention);
(b)rule 36(2) and (6) (amendment of application before grant); and
(c)rule 37 (observations on patentability).
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