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Changes to Patents Rules on 1 October 2016 and 6 April 2017

Introduction to patents

Intellectual property and your work
Before you apply for a patent
Patents step by step
Patenting your invention
Seeking intellectual property advice
Non-disclosure agreements
Why you should use an IP attorney
Using somebody else's intellectual property
IP for business: events, guidance, tools and case studies
IP in education
The Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court

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Patents: accelerated processing
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Supplementary protection certificates guidance and forms
Patent Cooperation Treaty for private applicants
Request UK processing of an international patent application

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Patent forms and fees
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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees
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How to file documents with the Intellectual Property Office
Intellectual Property Office: how to pay us

Managing patents

Change or update your patent
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Licensing intellectual property
Amending your patent after grant
Requests to amend a patent after grant
Apply for restoration of a patent
Monitoring patent applications
Warning: misleading invoices

Objecting, challenging and resolving patent disputes

Defend your intellectual property
Intellectual property crime and infringement
Valuing your intellectual property
Observations about patentability
Intellectual property mediation
Patents: filing proceeding at the IPO
Ex parte hearing procedures
Opinions: resolving patent disputes
Requests for opinions
Patent disputes resolution: hearings
Patents: hearing diary
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Patent protection abroad

Protecting your UK intellectual property abroad
IP protection abroad: country guides
Extension of UK intellectual property rights abroad

Law and practice

The Patents Act 1977
The Patents Rules 2007 and Patents (Fees) Rules 2007
Patents sections: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Patent directions
Patents practice notices
Patents Journal special notices 2017
Intellectual property offences
Patents: Manual of Patent Practice
Patents Litigation manual
Patents Formalities manual
Opinions manual
Hearings Manual
Examining patent applications for biotechnological inventions
Examining patent applications for medical inventions
Examining patent applications relating to chemical inventions
Retention and disposal policy for patent and trade mark related records
Patents: Code of Practice
References to the Court of Justice of the European Union
Tribunal practice notices
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Changes to Patents Rules on 1 October 2016 and 6 April 2017
1 October 2014: Changes to design and patent law

Research

Intellectual property research: Patents
Intellectual property research: IP in general

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