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The Patents Act 1977 is the main law governing the patents system in the UK.
The Patents Rules 2007 set out the detailed procedures under the Patents Act 1977, and came into force on 17 December 2007.
The Manual of Patent Practice explains the Intellectual Property Office's practice under the Patents Act 1977.
Guidelines and scenarios explaining how the IPO examines AI inventions.
This Code of Practice is written for patent applicants and agents to identify best practices in UK patent application process.
A list of offences and penalties that relate to counterfeiting and piracy.
Guidance on the patent opinions service, including guidance for users of the service and our procedures for handling opinions
These guidelines set out how the IPO examines patent applications for medical inventions.
An unofficial consolidated version of the patents related sections of parts 5 and 6 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
We provide advice to Ministers, who decide whether the UK should submit observations and intervene in Court of Justice (CJ) cases concerning IP.
The patents hearings manual provides guidance to the law and procedure concerning patent and design right hearings.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for biotechnological inventions under the Patents Act 1977.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for chemical inventions
Guidance on the procedures the Intellectual Property Office follows when examining the formalities of patent applications.
Information for business on forthcoming changes to the Patents Rules.
Guidance on administrative procedures for patent and design right proceedings and requests for Restorations and Post-Grant.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in January 2017.
This manual provides guidance on the administrative procedure for Patent and Design right proceedings and requests for Opinions.
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