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The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
An overview of the process including submitting or fast tracking an application, naming your medicine and paying fees.
To protect your patent outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
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Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Explainer on product information templates to be used by applicants and Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) of veterinary medicines.
Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
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Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on how to apply to vary a veterinary Marketing Authorisation (MA) or Homeopathic Remedy.
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Use this form to transform your Madrid Protocol Designation to a UK Trade Mark application.
How to apply for repayment of import duty and VAT on protective equipment or medical supplies brought into the UK from non-EU countries from 30 January 2020 up to 31 December 2020.
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