Section 22(1)

Where an application for a patent is filed in the Patent Office (whether under this Act or any treaty or international convention to which the United Kingdom is a party and whether before or after the appointed day) and it appears to the comptroller that the application contains information of a description notified to him by the Secretary of State as being information the publication of which might be prejudicial to national security , the comptroller may give directions prohibiting or restricting the publication of that information or its communication to any specified person or description of persons.

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