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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
2. In this Order—
(a)“the comptroller” means the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks;
(b)“the Patents Act” means the Patents Act 1977(1); and
(c)“the Patents Rules” means the Patents Rules 1995(2).
S.I. 1995/2093, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
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