Patents

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Services

• Search for a patent

  Search for patents and supplementary certificates (SPCs) that have been granted, published and filed

• Check the patents journal

  Find registered patents, patent applications and pending patents, as well as supplementary protection certificates (SPCs)

• File documents for a pending UK patent

  Use this online service to complete a form or send additional documents for a UK patent you've already applied for (a patent pending)

• Search patent decisions

  Search for decisions from patent hearings

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Guidance and regulation

• Patent forms and fees
  • Guidance
  • 1 April 2026
  • Intellectual Property Office
• The Patents Rules 2007 and Patents (Fees) Rules 2007
  • Statutory guidance
  • 24 October 2024
  • Intellectual Property Office
• The Patents Act 1977
  • Statutory guidance
  • 10 October 2024
  • Intellectual Property Office
• Patents: Manual of Patent Practice
  • Guidance
  • 1 April 2026
  • Intellectual Property Office
• Examining patent applications relating to chemical inventions
  • Guidance
  • 11 October 2024
  • Intellectual Property Office

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News and communications

4 August 2025 — News story

Recruitment for Standing Counsel for the Comptroller General of patents, designs and trade marks

Intellectual Property Office

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Organisations

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