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Patents Act 1977 (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/2059)

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Amends the Patents Act 1977 to enable the Intellectual Property Office...
Commencement date

1 October 2011


Legislation Affected

Patents Act 1977 amended

Summary

Amends the Patents Act 1977 to enable the Intellectual Property Office (in law, “the Patent Office” and referred to hereafter as “the Office”) to introduce an online patent document inspection service. Online inspection will make it easier for patent applicants, third parties and other patent offices to check patent

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