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Publication date 27 August 2025.
Guidance on the patent opinions service, including guidance for users of the service and our procedures for handling opinions
We provide advice to Ministers, who decide whether the UK should submit observations and intervene in Court of Justice (CJ) cases concerning IP.
Publication date 3 June 2026.
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Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
Publication date 24 July 2024.
Patents, designs and trade marks forms changes resulting from The Patents, Trade Marks and Registered Designs (Fees) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Rules 2020.
Information on changes to IPO practice on examination of inventions involving Artificial Neural Networks.
Publication date 21 May 2025.
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Publication date 9 April 2025.
The EPO will be completing some searches of biotechnology patent applications for us. This guidance provides details of how that will work in practice.
Publication date 10 April 2024.
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Publication date 27 May 2026.
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