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If you are unable to reach agreement with a patent examiner over your patent application you can request an ex parte hearing.
You should get legal advice before applying for intellectual property. Your chances of obtaining intellectual property are much greater if you use an attorney.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
An overview of the new patents service.
Basic introduction for private applicants on filing international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
If you are in a dispute with someone over the infringement or validity of a patent or SPC, you may request a non-binding opinion.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA).
These guidelines set out how the IPO examines patent applications for medical inventions.
Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the UAE.
Details of what is considered as military technology or prejudicial to national security or public safety when applying for a patent.
The IPO has developed tools, guidance and teaching resources for primary, secondary, further and higher education, researchers and university management.
This section of the SEPs Resource Hub provides an explanation of SEP specific words and terms used throughout the guidance.
This section of the SEPs Resource Hub signposts to relevant UK cases concerning SEPs.
The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in the European Union (EU)
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 to direct the form and manner in which patent, trade mark and designs forms and documents can be submitted by e-mail.
The patents hearings manual provides guidance to the law and procedure concerning patent and design right hearings.
A list of offences and penalties that relate to counterfeiting and piracy.
Publication date 4 February 2026.
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