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The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
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 29 April 2026.
If you are unable to reach agreement with a patent examiner over your patent application you can request an ex parte hearing.
Information on changes to IPO practice on examination of inventions involving Artificial Neural Networks.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for chemical inventions
How SPC law is affected by new legislation which came into force on 1 January 2025, the actions SPC holders and applicants need to take, and the issues they need to be aware of.
This section of the SEPs Resource Hub provides an explanation of SEP specific words and terms used throughout the guidance.
You can write to us and offer to surrender your patent after it has been granted.
How the Northern Ireland Protocol affects supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), and what it means you need to do when applying for an SPC and afterwards.
This section of the SEPs Resource Hub signposts to international SEPs-specific information, including for the purposes of patent applications.
To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Indonesia.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Cambodia.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Malaysia.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Oman.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Singapore.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your Intellectual Property (IP) rights in South Korea.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Thailand.
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