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Setting out how to deliver our mission to grow the UK economy by providing an IP system that encourages investment in creativity and innovation.
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The IPO customer service standards tell you the level of service you can expect and how we are performing against these targets.
This report is part of an ongoing series. It discusses the findings of the IPO’s Small and Medium-sized Enterprises IP Awareness Survey 2023
The structure and roles of senior management at the Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
The Intellectual Property Office publishes the data on all payments regardless of size on a monthly basis.
In line with government guidelines we are required to pay 90% of all our undisputed supplier invoices within 5 days of receipt.
Report prepared by Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as part of the legal requirement for public authorities to publish their Gender Pay Gap (GPG) on an annual basis.
A copy or link requested to all patents for Sars CoV-2 testing kits to which the government guidance applies.
Patent applications and grants 1970 to 1979, and for the years 2020 and 2000.
The British patent for the first typewriter machine, invented in 1866 in England by John Pratt (patent No. 3163, 1st December 1866, according to the London Society of Arts. Other sources list it as 1863.
Partial information on numbers of applications received and their outcomes.
The number of UK comparable trade marks and designs created, and the number opted out, following the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
The IPO’s trial on preliminary indicators in trade mark oppositions.
The amount of money paid by the UKIPO to EY for the preparation and production of this report.
Patent filing data for 2018 and 2019 available. Data for 2020 was not available at time of the request.
Freedom of Information requests, Subject Access Requests and written complaints and other enquiries received in the calendar years 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Shortest time period for processing patents
This report outlines the work we have been doing to help make IPO a truly inclusive employer.
A report on the IPO's gender pay gap data as of 31 March 2023.
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