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The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2011
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1. These Rules may be cited as the Patents (Amendment) Rules 2011 and come into force on 1st October 2011.
Amendments to the Patents Rules 2007
2. The Patents Rules 2007(1) are amended as follows.
3. In the rules set out in the Schedule to these Rules, for “beginning with” substitute “beginning immediately after”.
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4. Where, immediately before these Rules come into force, any period of time prescribed by any of the rules set out in the Schedule to these Rules has effect in relation to any act or proceeding and has not expired, those rules as amended by these Rules shall apply in determining the expiry of that period.
Judith Wilcox
Parliamentary Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
19th August 2011
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