Patent fact sheets
Use these fact sheets to assist you with your patent application
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An application for a patent should include a full description of your invention (including any drawings), a set of claims defining your invention, a short abstract summarising the technical features of your invention and a filled in form 1.
Once you’ve applied, you must ask us to search your patent application to find out if your invention is new. Once the search process has finished there will be a first publication of your patent application.
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Published 21 July 2014Last updated 15 July 2022 + show all updates
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