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The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright. IPO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology , supported...
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
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.
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
Use this form to file a translation in connection with a European patent or a European patent application
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
You must tell DVLA if you have a brain abscess, cyst or encephalitis - download the correct form to let them know
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Student visa - check which courses you can study, prepare supporting documents, apply, what happens at the UK border
Use an OGEL to export controlled dual-use or military goods, software and technology overseas.
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
Sets out COVID-19 testing for hospice patients and staff.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
How to use A/B testing to evaluate your digital health product.
Information for prospective growers of low THC cannabis (industrial hemp), for the production of seed and fibre only.
Check the patents journal to find UK-registered patents granted, published and filed
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
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