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The Patents Rules 2007
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rule 8(1) and (2) (filing of information and priority documents)
rule 10(3) (filing of statement of inventorship and the right to be granted a patent)
rule 18(1) (missing parts)
rule 21 (extensions for new applications)
rule 22(1), (2) and (5) (periods prescribed for the purposes of sections 15(10) and 17(1))
rule 28(2), (3) and (5) (request for substantive examination)
rule 30 (period for putting an application in order)
[F1rule 30A (fee for the grant of a patent under section 18(4))]
rule 56(6) and (7) (filing of a translation of European patent (UK) specifications)
rule 58(4) (request under section 81(2)(b)(i))
rule 59(3) (request under section 81(2)(b)(ii))
rule 60 (request for substantive examination following a direction under section 81)
rule 66(1) and (2) (international applications for patents: entry into national phase)
rule 68 (international applications for patents: altered prescribed periods)
[F2rule 104(2) (period for furnishing an address for service), in relation to an application for a patent]
paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 (filing of information in relation to the deposit of biological matter)
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 4 Pt. 2 inserted (6.4.2018) by The Patents and Patents (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1100), rules 1(1), 4 (with rule 11(1))
F2Words in Sch. 4 Pt. 2 inserted (1.10.2016) by The Patents (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/892), rules 1(2), 16(b)
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