Chapter 6: Declaration of priority Sections (6.01 – 6.66) last updated: July 2020. Introduction 6.01 An applicant may seek to establish a “priority date” for an application in accordance with s.5 of the Patents Act 1977. The applicant must normally do this at the time of filing under rule 6(1).... Continue reading
Chapter 1: Patents and Formalities Section (1.01 – 1.16) last updated: March 2017. Introduction 1.01 What is a patent? A patent is a monopoly right to the exclusive use of an invention. A UK patent lasts for a maximum period of 20 years dating from when the application for the... Continue reading
Chapter 9: Post publication formalities examination Sections (9.01 – 9.34) last updated: March 2018 Action on return from publication 9.01 The following checks should be made when you receive the “A Published” message from Publication Section to confirm; a) that the A letter and published specification have been correctly imported... Continue reading
Chapter 12: Miscellaneous Sections (12.01 to 12.100) last updated: September 2018. Introduction 12.01 This chapter covers formalities activities that may occur at any stage of the processing of an application and may not have been covered in detail elsewhere in this manual. Correction/amendment 12.02 Although the ordinary dictionary definitions of... Continue reading
Guidance for relevant licensing bodies applying to run Extended Collective Licensing (ECL) schemes. Get emails about this page Documents Extended Collective Licensing (ECL): Guidance for relevant licensing bodies applying to run ECL schemes HTML Details This guidance has been updated to reflect the implementation into UK law of The Retained... Continue reading
Publication date 15 January 2025. Get emails about this page Documents Patent Journal special notices: 7078, 15 January 2025 RTF, 130 KB Details These are notices which appear for a limited number of weeks. They include Intellectual Property policy announcements and recent additions to the British Library. Updates to this... Continue reading
Publication date 8 January 2025. Get emails about this page Documents Patent Journal special notices: 7077, 8 January 2025 RTF, 128 KB Details These are notices which appear for a limited number of weeks. They include Intellectual Property policy announcements and recent additions to the British Library. Updates to this... Continue reading
Statistics on the number of ex parte design hearings for 2017-2023. Get emails about this page Documents Ex parte design hearings statistics for 2017-2023 Ref: Ref: foi/2020/622 HTML Details Details provided with the yearly breakdowns for ex-parte hearings for designs. This information has been released by the Intellectual Property Office... Continue reading
Statistics for January 2022- June 2023 on different elements of UK oppositions. Get emails about this page Documents Statistics on undefended oppositions, no decision and ending with a hearing Ref: Ref: foi/2020/621 HTML Details Percentages provided for the following: (2022-2023) UK oppositions which were undefended Oppositions which did not reach... Continue reading
Details of any technologies which the IPO would need to report to other companies, organisations or directly to government. Get emails about this page Documents Patented technologies reportable to other organisations Ref: foi/2020/620 HTML Details Details of the procedure we would follow if any applications would relate to national security... Continue reading
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