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Sections (39.01 - 39.13) last updated: April 2021.
Patentability.
Section last updated: July 2021.
ARIA will focus on projects with potential to produce transformative technological change, or a paradigm shift in an area of science. ARIA is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology .
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
Employees’ inventions.
Sections (76A.01 - 76A.10) last updated: January 2024.
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Check if your company can pay a reduced rate of 10% Corporate Tax if it exploits patented inventions and innovations.
Sections (42.01 - 42.06) last updated: July 2021.
Sections (40.01 - 40.20) last updated: July 2021.
These guidelines set out how the IPO examines patent applications for medical inventions.
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