The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2011

• Citation: S.I. 2011/2052
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Patents (Amendment) Rules 2011 and come into force on 1st October 2011.

Section 2 Amendments to the Patents Rules 2007

The Patents Rules 2007 are amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendments to the Patents Rules 2007

In the rules set out in the Schedule to these Rules, for “beginning with” substitute “beginning immediately after”.

Section 4 Transitional Provisions

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.