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Designs practice notices

Design Practice Notices (DPNs) are used to notify our stakeholders of changes in relation to examination practice.

We issue new notices when practice changes.

Designs Practice Notice 2022

Designs Practice Notice 2016

Designs Practice Notice 2009

Designs Practice Notice 2006

Designs Practice Notice 2004

Designs Practice Notice 2003

Published 5 September 2014
Last updated 3 January 2023 + show all updates
  1. Compliance periods on divisional applications has been removed and has been included in the Patents practice notices.

  2. Compliance periods on divisional applications added.

  3. Designs Practice Notice (DPN) 02/22: Application forms, deferring publication, and time periods for replying to objections added.

  4. Designs Practice Notice (DPN) 02/22: Designs Journal and online search facility added.

  5. Designs Practice Notice (DPN) 01/22: Designs Journal and online search facility added.

  6. Practice notice1/16 added.

  7. First published.