• 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

     
  • Guidance: Patent Cooperation Treaty for private applicants

    Updated: PCT Fee changes take effect 1 April 2018. The PCT system allows applicants seeking patent protection, in a number of countries, to file a single international application in English with the Intellectual Property Office. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/patent-cooperation-treaty-for-private-applicants Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO)... 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

     
  • Guidance: Patents: Manual of Patent Practice

    Updated: New PDF version updated 29 March 2018 and a new online version. The Manual recites sections of the Patents Act 1977 and sections of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 relating to patents. There is also a section on Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPC) for Medicinal Products and Plant... Continue reading

     
  • Guidance: Extension of UK intellectual property rights abroad

    Updated: Trade marks information regarding Sierra Leone, Cayman Islands and Uganda revised. Legal status for Sierra Leone revised. Design information for Cayman Islands revised. Please note, this information should be used as a guide only, please contact individual country offices for full information. Your copyright works usually get automatic protection... Continue reading