The Patents (Amendment) Rules 1999
These Rules amend the Patents Rules 1995 (S.I. 1995/2093). In addition to minor and drafting amendments, these Rules–extend the hours during which public inspection of the register is permitted, to between 9am and 5pm on business days (rule 7);revoke the provisions of rule 79 (entries in the Register of European Patents) (rule 9);extend the hours for certain transaction of business of the Patent Office from 4pm to 5pm (rule 11);make Tuesday 4th January 2000 an excluded day; that is to say a day on which the Patent Office is closed for the purposes of the transaction by the public of business with that Office (rule 12).