Section 118(3)

Subsection (2) above shall not prevent the comptroller from— nor shall that subsection prevent the Secretary of State from inspecting or authorising the inspection of an application for a patent or any connected documents under section 22(6) above. sending the European Patent Office information which it is his duty to send that office in accordance with any provision of the European Patent Convention; sending any patent office outside the United Kingdom such information about unpublished applications for patents as that office requests; or publishing or communicating to others any prescribed bibliographic information about an unpublished application for a patent;

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04