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Non-disclosure agreements
- Guidance
- 12 March 2015
- Intellectual Property Office
Manual of Patent Practice
- Manual
- 2 April 2024
- Intellectual Property Office
Patent forms and fees
- Guidance
- 26 April 2023
- Intellectual Property Office
University and business collaboration agreements: Lambert Toolkit
- Detailed guide
- 5 January 2022
- Intellectual Property Office
Patent fact sheets
- Guidance
- 15 July 2022
- Intellectual Property Office

1 April 2024: Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees
- 1 April 2024
- Intellectual Property Office
- News story
Report launched into UK's IP-backed finance landscape
- 19 March 2024
- Intellectual Property Office
- Press release
'Choose Safe not Fake' campaign targets beauty and hygiene counterfeits
- 28 February 2024
- Intellectual Property Office
- Press release
Transformation: Getting it right
- 25 January 2024
- Intellectual Property Office
- News story
1 January 2024: Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees
- 1 January 2024
- Intellectual Property Office
- News story

Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: March 2024
- 25 April 2024
- Intellectual Property Office
- Official statistics
Exploring approaches to forecasting IP demand
- 16 April 2024
- Intellectual Property Office
- Research
Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: February 2024
- 28 March 2024
- Intellectual Property Office
- Official statistics
An analysis of the Metaverse IP landscape
- 7 March 2024
- Intellectual Property Office
- Research
IP and Metaverse(s) – an externally commissioned research report
- 7 March 2024
- Intellectual Property Office
- Research

IPO Transformation programme: second consultation
- 22 August 2023
- Intellectual Property Office
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 31 October 2023
Potential legislative changes for IPO digital transformation
- 1 August 2023
- Intellectual Property Office
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 06 January 2023
Standard Essential Patents and Innovation: Call for views
- 5 July 2023
- Intellectual Property Office
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 01 March 2022
Artificial Intelligence and IP: copyright and patents
- 28 June 2022
- Intellectual Property Office
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 07 January 2022
Common summary of user proposals for patent harmonisation
- 9 May 2022
- Intellectual Property Office
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 27 May 2022

IPO customer service standards
- 24 April 2024
- Intellectual Property Office
- Transparency
IP Awareness and understanding among UK SMEs
- 18 April 2024
- Intellectual Property Office
- Corporate report
Intellectual Property Office: structure chart
- 5 April 2024
- Intellectual Property Office
- Transparency
Inclusion and diversity report for 2022-2023
- 10 October 2023
- Intellectual Property Office
- Corporate report
IPO gender pay gap 2023
- 29 September 2023
- Intellectual Property Office
- Transparency