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Check if your company can pay a reduced rate of 10% Corporate Tax if it exploits patented inventions and innovations.
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The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
Property in patents and applications, and registration.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
Section (32.01 - 32.24) last updated: January 2023.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
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Find registered patents, patent applications and pending patents
To protect your patent outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Sections (100.01 - 100.06) last updated October 2021.
A collection of guidance about applying for, managing and enforcing a patent. Patents help protect a product or process, for example machines and medicines.
Request an uncertified electronic copy of a UK patent or patent application for personal reference or research
Section last updated: July 2021.
Use this online service to complete a form or send additional documents for a UK patent you've already applied for (a patent pending)
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