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Guidance: Patents: Manual of Patent Practice

Intellectual Property Office

January 3
13:00 2023

Manual of Patent Practice

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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 Protection Products.

We update the Manual regularly to reflect recent developments such as changes in the law and judicial decisions. The most recent update occurred on 3 January 2023 when substantive changes were made to Sections 20 and 125.

Please note that statements made in the Manual are not in themselves an authority for any action by the Intellectual Property Office and should not be used as a set of legal requirements. If you notice any errors please contact information@ipo.gov.uk.

Details of recent changes

Details of recent changes to the manual are available.

Request a copy

The Manual of Patent Practice is available as a PDF on request. Please email information@ipo.gov.uk for a copy.

Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 3 January 2023 +show all updates
  1. Online manual to reflect January 2023 changes.

  2. Online manual to reflect October 2022 changes.

  3. Online manual to reflect July 2022 changes.

  4. Online manual to reflect April 2022 changes.

  5. Online manual to reflect January 2022 changes.

  6. MOPP online version for October 2021 updated.

  7. MOPP online version for July 2021 updated.

  8. MOPP online version for April 2021 updated.

  9. MOPP online version for January 2021 updated.

  10. MOPP online version for October 2020 updated.

  11. MOPP online version for July 2020 updated.

  12. MOPP online version for April 2020.

  13. New PDF version updated 2 January 2020 and a new online version.

  14. New PDF version updated 1 October 2019 and a new online version.

  15. New PDF version updated 1 July 2019 and a new online version.

  16. New PDF version updated 29 March 2019 and a new online version.

  17. New PDF version updated 2 January 2019 and a new online version.

  18. New PDF version updated 1 October 2018 and a new online version.

  19. New PDF version updated 29 June 2018 and a new online version.

  20. New PDF version updated 29 March 2018 and a new online version.

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