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30 August 2011
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Patents (Amendment) Rules 2011 (SI 2011/2052)

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Amend the Patents Rules 2007, SI 2007/3291 to change the various prescribed time periods...
Commencement date

1 October 2011

Legislation Affected

SI 2007/3291 amended

Enabling Power
Patents Act 1977, s 123

Summary

Amend the Patents Rules 2007, SI 2007/3291 to change the various prescribed time periods by substituting a reference to “beginning immediately after” for the references to “beginning with” so that when computing a period of time by reference to a relevant event, the date on which the relevant event occurred is not included.

In practical terms, this means where a rule requires a document to be filed within one month of an event and the relevant event occurs on 1 March, then the document must be filed on or before 1 April. This will restore the drafting in this respect to that which appeared in the Patents Rules prior to their modernisation and

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