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48.—(1) A person may apply to the comptroller for a certified copy of any relevant document and, on payment of the prescribed fee, he shall be entitled to such a copy.
(2) A person may apply to the comptroller for an uncertified copy of any relevant document and, on payment of the prescribed fee, he shall be entitled to such a copy.
(3) But a person is not entitled to a copy of a relevant document where—
(a)it is not available for inspection under section 118; or
(b)making or providing such a copy would infringe copyright.
(4) For the purposes of this rule a relevant document is any of the following—
(a)an application for a patent which has been published;
(b)a specification of a patent;
(c)any other document, or extract from any such document, kept at the Patent Office.
(5) An application under paragraph (1) or (2) must be made on Patents Form 23.
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