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Research at IPO
We carry out and commission research relating to intellectual property, patent applications, trade marks and copyright.
Our research programme aims to help us develop policy that’s informed by evidence, and to help us understand the needs of service users.
Research publications
You can search our research and analysis publications from 2010 to the present date. You can add keywords and other filters to refine the search results.
Research priorities
Each financial year we decide and publish what our research priorities will be, in the role of intellectual property and the frameworks for patent applications, trade marks and copyright. For this year’s priorities see .
Evaluation
We are committed to evaluating our policies to demonstrate impact. Our outlines the principles we apply when deciding how to plan for and carry out our evaluation projects.
Contact the research team
For more information on IPO’s research email research@ipo.gov.uk.
To tender for IPO research, please contact our team on procurement@ipo.gov.uk.