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The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
Get endorsement for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a researcher or academic leader - fellowship, UKRI endorsement, peer review.
Guidance on patents hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
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Information on how to gain a UK CoC for Engineering/Electro-Technical Officers or Engineering Watch Rating Certificate
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Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
Information on variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA).
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