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Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
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Publication date 5 February 2025.
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A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property.
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Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
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Publication date 29 January 2025.
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A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property.
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
A form of IP that extends the protection of patented active ingredients present in pharmaceutical or plant protection products.
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Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
Sections (12.01 to 12.100) last updated: September 2018.
Sections (9.01 - 9.34) last updated: March 2018
Section (1.01 - 1.16) last updated: March 2017.
Sections (6.01 - 6.66) last updated: July 2020.
The Formalities Manual explains the Intellectual Property Office's formalities examination practice under the Patents Act 1977.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
Search for patents and supplementary certificates (SPCs) that have been granted, published and filed
Find registered patents, patent applications and pending patents, as well as supplementary protection certificates (SPCs)
Publication date 22 January 2025.
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A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property.
Understand how intellectual property crime and infringement occurs and impacts on businesses.
Guidance for relevant licensing bodies applying to run Extended Collective Licensing (ECL) schemes.
Publication date 15 January 2025.
A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 8 January 2025.
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