• Guidance: Patent forms and fees

    Updated: Grant fee for patent application (From 34) and updates to costs for Online forms and Patent applications with reviewed date of April 2018 added. Use this guide to find details of all our patent forms, cost for both online and paper transactions and when they were last updated. Fee... Continue reading

     
  • Form: Payment of renewal fee

    Updated: Costs updated. Fee sheet Fee payable forms must be accompanied with a completed fee sheet. Online Available online renew a patent Cost £70 – £610 dependent how long since patent filing date. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/payment-of-renewal-fee Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted... Continue reading

     
  • Form: Request for grant of a patent

    Updated: Costs and guidance updated. Fee sheet Fee payable forms must be accompanied with a completed fee sheet. Cost There is no need to pay any fee at the time of filing this form, but if you pay the application fee now it is reduced as shown below. Application fee... Continue reading

     
  • Form: Application fee for patent application

    Updated: Costs updated. Note you may use this form to accompany the payment of the application fee for an application already filed at the Office if you have not yet filed a patent application you can pay the application fee when filing the application by indicating this on the form... Continue reading

     
  • Form: Notice of opposition to proceedings before the Comptroller

    Updated: All forms updated. Note you must file this form in duplicate you must also file two copies of a statement with this form Fee sheet Fee payable forms must be accompanied with a completed fee sheet. Cost £50 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-of-opposition-to-proceedings-before-the-comptroller Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom... Continue reading

     
  • Form: Application to register or give notice of rights

    Updated: All forms 21 updated. You may use this form for more than one application or patent if the same request is involved. Schedule The schedule document can be used when more than one patent or application is affected by the same transaction. This will avoid unnecessary delays in the... Continue reading

     
  • Form: Request for a substantive examination

    Updated: All forms and costs updated. In order to promote efficient and high quality patent processing internationally, we are cooperating with other patent offices to share the results of examination where they are available. We are obliged to provide some information before publication to the European Patent Office. However, if... Continue reading

     
  • Form: Request for search

    Updated: All forms and costs updated. Fee sheet Fee payable forms must be accompanied with a completed fee sheet. Cost Application fee with this form Paper: £112.50 Online: £75 Request for a search under section 17(1) for an international application which has been searched in the international phase £150: Paper... Continue reading

     
  • Form: Grant fee for patent application

    Fee payable forms must be accompanied with a completed fee sheet. You should only use this form if you have received a letter from the IPO requesting the payment of a grant fee. Cost: £20 for each additional excess claim £10 for each additional excess page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grant-fee-for-patent-application Content Reproduced verbatim... Continue reading

     
  • News story: 1 April 2018: Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees

    Updated: A new fee structure for PCT applications is in effect from today 1 April 2018. The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure changed on 1 April 2018 and are as follows: Transmittal fee: £75 Search fee: £1,552 International fee: £1,029 for the first 30 sheets £12 for each sheet... Continue reading