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Sections (47.01 - 47.13) last updated: October 2013.
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Patentability.
This consolidation includes (amongst other changes) the amendments to the 1977 Act.
Your chances of obtaining a useful patent are significantly greater if you use an attorney. A patent specification is a legal document and requires specialist skills to draft properly.
Directions under rule 109 of the Patents Rules 2007 to extend a specified period may be made using electronic communications.
Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.
Publication date 25 March 2026.
This notice sets out a change to the requirements for using the Intellectual Property Office's PCT(UK) Fast Track service from 8 June 2012
Costs in patent, trade mark and design proceedings before the Comptroller
A change to practice in proceedings before the Registrar’s Tribunal.
Maximise innovation with the Lambert toolkit collaboration and consortium agreement guidance.
This provides information on the examination of applications which consists of multiple components.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for chemical inventions
What to do if you have received a letter alleging someone has used your internet connection to download copyright protected material.
This notice is aimed at museums, galleries, libraries, archives and other institutions which may wish to exhibit works which are protected by copyright.
The following certificates were issued on 27 March 2020 and 8 July 2020 by the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.
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